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 A beautiful song, and I hope the Easter service has already been a blessing to you. I know it has to me.

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 But I would like you to open the Word of God with me. If you didn't bring your own copy, that is fine. We should have one in the pew in front of you.

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 Someone else may grab that before you get your hands on it.

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 So if you would like to look on with the person next to you or use the Bible app on your phone, that is absolutely fine.

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 We will be looking this morning in John chapter 11. So if you would turn to John chapter 11.

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 While you're turning there, I wanted to just share a couple of heartfelt thoughts about Easter with you.

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 Easter egg hunts are proof that your child can find things when they really want to.

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 Son, go bring me my keys, and they're right next to him. Where are they?

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 But if they're looking for eggs, they can find them anywhere.

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 The best Easter is one spent with your peeps.

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 How many of y'all actually like peeps?

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 Now I know why they keep making them. Okay.

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 How many of you had the Dr. Pepper ones?

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 Yeah, those are the only ones acceptable in Texas, I think.

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 There you go.

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 And then I'll just share this last one with you.

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 It's not meant to be an accurate portrayal of Scripture, but just take it for what it is.

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 What do you mean?

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 That wasn't you who just said good morning?

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 I'm not sure if that's exactly how it happened, all right?

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 But one can imagine.

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 All right, John chapter 11.

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 Would you turn with me there?

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 John chapter 11.

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 A man was sick.

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 Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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 Martha was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume, wiped his feet with her hair.

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 It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

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 So the sisters sent Jesus a message.

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 Lord, the one who you love is sick.

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 So from this we realize Jesus was really close with these sisters and this brother.

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 They'd grown up together and they were dear friends.

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 So when Jesus heard it, verse 4, he said,

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 This sickness will not end in death, but it's for the glory of God,

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 so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

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 Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.

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 So when he heard that he was sick, he ran straight to them.

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 I was just seeing if your Bible said that.

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 Mine doesn't.

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 Y'all were paying attention.

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 Good for you.

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 No, he loved them.

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 So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

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 Then after that, he said to the disciples,

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 Let's go to Judea again.

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 By the way, the last trip to Judea had not gone well.

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 Rabbi, the disciples told him,

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 Just now the Jews tried to stone you, and you're going there again?

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 Jesus said, Aren't there 12 hours in a day?

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 If anyone walks during the day, he doesn't stumble,

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 because he sees the light of this world.

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 But if anyone walks during the night, he does stumble,

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 because the light is not in him.

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 You'll notice a pattern.

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 Jesus talked like that sometimes.

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 When he was answering their clear questions,

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 he gave slightly less than clear answers sometimes.

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 But it was all leading to something that they weren't quite ready to hear yet.

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 So, verse 11.

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 He said this,

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 And then he told them,

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 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,

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 but I'm on my way to wake him up.

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 The disciples said to him,

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 Lord, if he's fallen asleep, he'll get well.

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 Don't you think he needs to sleep if he's sick?

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 They didn't realize he had died.

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 And Jesus knew it.

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 And that's what he called falling asleep.

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 Jesus, however, was speaking about his death,

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 though they thought he was speaking about natural sleep.

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 So, Jesus then told them plainly,

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 Lazarus has died.

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 I'm glad for you that I wasn't there,

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 so that you may believe.

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 But let's go to him.

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 Then Thomas, called twins, said to his fellow disciples,

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 Let's go too, so that we may die with him.

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 They don't know what's awaiting them

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 when they go to Judea and get to Bethany.

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 They don't know if the Jews are once again going to try to stone him.

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 They don't know if they're going to have to stand up for Jesus in his defense

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 and give their very lives for him.

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 This is a tense moment.

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 So what happens?

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 We get down to verse 17.

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 Then Jesus arrived,

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 and he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

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 They had to walk, you know.

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 The journey took a long time.

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 Bethany was near Jerusalem, less than two miles away.

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 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary

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 to comfort them about their brother.

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 So a lot of these Jews are there

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 who tried to stone Jesus last time.

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 And as soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming,

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 she went to meet him,

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 but Mary remained seated in the house.

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 Then Mary said to Jesus,

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 I'm sorry, Martha said to Jesus,

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 Lord, if you had been here,

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 my brother wouldn't have died.

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 We've seen you heal people with sicknesses.

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 We know you could have intervened.

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 You ever ask that question?

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 God, if you had just intervened,

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 this wouldn't have happened.

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 Why did you choose to let this happen?

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 Martha is experiencing that

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 in the loss of her dear loved one at this moment.

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 So,

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 verse 22,

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 her faith comes through strong.

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 Yet even now,

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 I know that whatever you ask from God,

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 God will give you.

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 Jesus tells her,

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 your brother will rise again.

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 Now we get to look ahead

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 and see what happened in the story

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 so we know what Jesus is talking about.

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 But Martha doesn't know.

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 So she believes,

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 like she was taught from an early age,

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 that there would be a resurrection of the dead

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 someday far off in the future

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 when God would raise up those

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 who were his children

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 who had gone before.

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 And so she says,

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 I know.

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 I know he'll rise again

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 in the resurrection

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 in the last days.

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 And Jesus said to her,

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 you don't understand.

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 I am the resurrection.

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 He said,

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 I am the resurrection.

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 I am the life.

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 The one who believes in me,

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 even if he dies,

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 will live.

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 Everyone who lives

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 and believes in me

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 will never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 This is a critical moment

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 in Martha's life.

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 And she says,

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 yes, Lord.

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 With as much faith

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 as she can muster

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 despite her grief

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 in that moment,

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 she says,

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 yes, Lord.

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 I believe you are the Messiah,

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 the promised one

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 that we've always been told about

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 who would come

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 and deliver us

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 and bring us salvation.

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 You are the Messiah,

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 the Son of God

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 who comes into the world.

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 Having said this,

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 she went back

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 and she called Mary

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 and she said in private,

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 the teacher,

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 Jesus,

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 he's here

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 and he's calling for you.

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 And as soon as Mary heard this,

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 she got up quickly

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 and went to him

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 and Jesus hadn't yet come

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 into the village,

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 but he was still in the place

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 where Martha had met him.

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 And the Jews who were there

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 with her in the house

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 consoling her,

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 saw Mary gets up quickly.

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 She runs out

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 and they follow her

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 supposing that she's going

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 to the tomb

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 to cry over her brother.

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 Well, we got to go with her.

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 We got to comfort her.

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 Verse 32,

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 as soon as Mary came

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 to where Jesus was

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 and saw him,

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 she fell at his feet

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 and she's so brokenhearted

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 and she says,

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 Lord,

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 if you'd been here,

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 my brother wouldn't have died.

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 You see their faith.

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 It's really strong.

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 Their faith is really strong.

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 When Jesus saw her crying

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 and the Jews who had come

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 with her crying,

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 he was deeply moved

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 in his spirit

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 and troubled.

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 Where have you put him?

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 He asked.

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 Lord,

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 they told him,

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 come and see.

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 Verse 35,

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 what does Jesus do?

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 He wept.

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 He cried.

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 So the Jews said,

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 see how he loved him.

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 Couldn't he,

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 who opened the blind man's eyes,

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 also have kept this man

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 from dying?

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 Remember what these people did

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 the last time he was around there.

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 So not only do they see

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 his display of emotion,

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 think if he cared so deeply

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 about this guy,

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 why didn't he keep him

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 from dying?

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 Is he really who he says he is?

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 I don't think so.

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 Verse 38,

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 then Jesus deeply moved again.

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 You know what that word

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 deeply moved means?

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 It means he was angry.

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 We see it twice here.

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 In verse 33,

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 Jesus sees Mary crying.

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 He sees the family crying

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 and weeping over their brother's loss.

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 And it says he was deeply moved.

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 Your Bible might say troubled.

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 It might even say angered

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 in his spirit.

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 That is what it's trying to tell us.

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 It says that Jesus was angry.

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 Why was he angry in this moment?

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 Well, you've got to go

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 all the way back

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 to the beginning of creation.

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 You've got to go back

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 to when God made the heavens

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 and God made the earth

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 and he made mankind.

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 And what was one of the first things

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 man did after God made him?

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 What did he do?

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 He sinned.

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 He disobeyed.

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 Right?

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 Since then,

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 and that's what we do too.

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 As soon as we get the chance,

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 we mess it up, don't we?

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 We're experts at that.

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 It all started way back

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 with Adam and Eve

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 and it's passed on

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 in every single one of us,

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 you and me.

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 We look nice.

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 We dressed up for Easter.

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 I don't usually look like this

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 on a Sunday morning,

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 but that's all right.

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 Neither do you, by the way.

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 It's Easter.

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 We all doll up for some reason.

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 By the way,

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 there's a family photo backdrop

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 back there

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 if you want to take advantage

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 of everybody looks nice for once.

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 But look,

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 we make ourselves look

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 as pretty as we can,

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 but the truth is,

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 you and I are on equal level.

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 We're all sinners.

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 We're all bad.

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 At our core,

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 we're not good.

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 We're selfish.

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 We're self-centered.

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 We're unreliable.

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 We're dishonest.

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 At our core,

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 that's who we are.

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 We try to be better.

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 We try to overcome that.

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 We try to be there

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 for the people we love.

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 And you know what we do?

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 We let them down.

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 We let ourselves down.

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 Jesus knows that.

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 That is why he was angry.

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 Because of the damage

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 that sin had done

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 on this world.

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 I can only surmise that,

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 but based on what he has taught us

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 through his word,

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 we can pretty,

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 be pretty accurate

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 and pretty sure

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 that Jesus was moved

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 and troubled

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 and angry

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 because this is only happening

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 because of sin.

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 These people

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 would not experience

00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:48.799
 this loss,

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 this sadness,

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 this sorrow,

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 this heartbreak

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 that was never meant for them

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 when my father and I created

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 this world,

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 created them,

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 and we're seeing

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 the awful effects

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 of sin.

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 You want to know why

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 the horrible things

00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:04.379
 happen in this world?

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 Sin.

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 That's why.

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 And it's awful.

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 And God hates it.

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 He's moved by it.

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 He's angry at it.

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 Moved enough

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 to make a way

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 to solve it.

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 Move enough

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 to give an answer.

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 To give a way of escape.

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 So,

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 Jesus is moved again

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 in verse 38

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 and he comes to the tomb

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 and it was a cave

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 and the stone was lying

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 against it.

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 You know,

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 a little rock

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 was up against it.

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 No,

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 it was huge.

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 It was huge.

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 It would have taken

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 multiple men

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 to move this thing.

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 It was huge

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 covering the stone entrance.

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 And Jesus says,

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 remove the stone.

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 How many days

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 had Lazarus been dead?

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 Four.

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 That body was smelling fresh,

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 wasn't it?

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 Jesus says,

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 remove the stone.

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 The dead man's sister,

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 Martha,

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 told him,

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 Lord,

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 there's already a stench

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 because he's been dead

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 four days.

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 Verse 40,

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 Jesus said to her,

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 didn't I tell you

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 that if you believed

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 you would see

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 the glory of God?

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 See, Martha,

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 you didn't even know

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 how big your faith was.

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 You said the right thing.

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 You had enough faith,

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 but you didn't realize

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 what you were saying.

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 That what God

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 would give me

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 if I asked it

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 could come to pass.

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 So they removed the stone.

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 Then Jesus raised his eyes

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 and said,

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 Father,

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 I thank you

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 that you heard me.

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 He already knew.

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 He already knew

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 what was going to happen.

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 I know that you always hear me,

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 but because of the crowd

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 standing here,

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 I'm saying this

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 so that they can believe

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 that you sent me.

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 And after this,

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 he shouted with a loud voice,

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 Lazarus,

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 come out.

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 And the dead man

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 came out.

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 Y'all,

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 this had never happened before.

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 Okay?

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 And it's never happened since.

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 Except for one moment.

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 We're going to get there

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 in just a minute.

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 Okay.

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 After this,

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 he said,

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 Lazarus came out,

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 come out.

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 The dead man came out,

00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:13.439
 bound hand and foot

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 with linen strips

00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:14.960
 and his face

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 wrapped in a cloth.

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 Somebody was talking to me

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 before the service

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 and they said,

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 this is a good thing

00:14:19.199 --> 00:14:20.699
 that this didn't happen in Texas

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 where you got a bunch of

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:23.139
 cowboys strapped up

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 and they just were watching

00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.439
 The Walking Dead

00:14:25.439 --> 00:14:26.000
 the night before.

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 Don't get me started on that.

00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.740
 And they see

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:31.479
 the dead guy

00:14:31.479 --> 00:14:32.079
 walking out,

00:14:32.219 --> 00:14:32.759
 bound up.

00:14:33.959 --> 00:14:35.139
 He knew the time

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 and the place

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 and the culture

00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:36.979
 to do this.

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 All right?

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.659
 It might not have gone

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:40.620
 that well in Texas.

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.679
 I'm not going to say

00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:42.379
 who told me that

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 right before church.

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 But it was funny.

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 All right.

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 And he came out

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 all bound up,

00:14:50.579 --> 00:14:51.639
 head to foot,

00:14:51.719 --> 00:14:52.559
 his grave clothes

00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.639
 looking like a mummy,

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.259
 his face wrapped in a cloth

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.319
 and Jesus said,

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 unwrap him,

00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.879
 let him go,

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 loose him,

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 free this guy,

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 he's alive.

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:05.860
 So,

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 this was a great story.

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 We're so happy

00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:12.019
 for this family

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.959
 that lost their brother

00:15:12.959 --> 00:15:14.459
 and then Jesus stepped in

00:15:14.459 --> 00:15:15.559
 and he came back to life.

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 but what about

00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:17.899
 all the families

00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:19.259
 whose loved ones

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.539
 didn't come back to life?

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 Jesus didn't raise them

00:15:22.339 --> 00:15:22.979
 from the dead.

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 Because Jesus

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:28.079
 did not come here

00:15:28.079 --> 00:15:31.039
 to extend our life

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 on this earth.

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.799
 He didn't come here

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 just to

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.759
 pull off

00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.679
 the greatest miracle

00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.699
 that we'd ever seen,

00:15:38.319 --> 00:15:39.699
 raise a dead man back up

00:15:39.699 --> 00:15:40.779
 after four days.

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 I understand

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.679
 there have been

00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.439
 medical marvels

00:15:43.439 --> 00:15:44.319
 where the heart stops

00:15:44.319 --> 00:15:44.919
 and some of you

00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.399
 in this room

00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:46.000
 I know have even

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.600
 experienced

00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.839
 being pronounced dead

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 and then

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:49.600
 God brings you back.

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 I don't think

00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:51.919
 any of you

00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:52.279
 have been out

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:52.939
 for four days.

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:54.959
 That was a

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 once in a

00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:57.519
 history moment.

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 So,

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 why did he do it?

00:16:01.959 --> 00:16:02.980
 He did it

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.559
 number one

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:05.240
 so the people

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.759
 would see

00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.299
 that he came

00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:06.839
 from God.

00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:08.200
 But there was

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.000
 a second reason.

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 Because he was

00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:11.720
 signifying

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:15.200
 the main

00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:16.240
 moment

00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:17.440
 in all of history

00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.840
 that was coming.

00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:20.560
 And it was coming

00:16:20.560 --> 00:16:21.259
 pretty soon

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.340
 after this.

00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.620
 It's when

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.259
 once again

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:27.160
 he would turn

00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:28.160
 death into life.

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.340
 Once again

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:32.960
 someone would die.

00:16:33.940 --> 00:16:34.420
 Once again

00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:35.040
 he would be buried

00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.620
 in a tomb.

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.560
 The stone

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.000
 would block

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.399
 the door.

00:16:38.319 --> 00:16:38.959
 And once again

00:16:38.959 --> 00:16:39.359
 it would be

00:16:39.359 --> 00:16:39.939
 rolled away

00:16:39.939 --> 00:16:40.759
 at God's command.

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.079
 And Jesus

00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:45.039
 would walk out.

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.759
 Would you

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.199
 go with me

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.539
 quickly

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:50.299
 to Matthew

00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.799
 28?

00:16:52.739 --> 00:16:53.379
 While you're

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.799
 turning to

00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.699
 Matthew 28

00:16:54.699 --> 00:17:00.899
 I want to

00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.319
 talk to you

00:17:01.319 --> 00:17:01.759
 this morning

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.159
 about

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.959
 resurrection

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:03.819
 power.

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 Folks,

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.759
 this is a

00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.299
 different kind

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.680
 of power

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.079
 than you

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.480
 have.

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.099
 It's a

00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.539
 different kind

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:08.879
 of power

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.240
 than I

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.579
 have.

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 I've been

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.220
 going to the

00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:11.619
 gym a little

00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:11.960
 bit more

00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.279
 lately.

00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:12.579
 I've been

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:12.919
 trying to

00:17:12.919 --> 00:17:13.220
 get more

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.700
 powerful.

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.440
 Highly mixed

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.139
 results on

00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.379
 that.

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:17.879
 Okay?

00:17:19.639 --> 00:17:20.500
 It's a long

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.200
 slow process.

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:23.019
 You might be

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.379
 a very

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:24.919
 powerful person

00:17:24.919 --> 00:17:26.339
 in your world.

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.159
 You might

00:17:27.159 --> 00:17:27.539
 have a lot

00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.099
 of power

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.500
 at your job.

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:29.799
 You might

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.220
 have a lot

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.700
 of power

00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.119
 in the

00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:31.559
 community.

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.379
 Or you

00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:32.720
 might be

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:32.940
 at the

00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.240
 complete

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.559
 opposite

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:33.879
 end of

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.019
 the

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.359
 spectrum

00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:34.759
 and feel

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.039
 very

00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:35.539
 powerless.

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.339
 Everybody

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.819
 wants to

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.539
 feel powerful.

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.440
 Everybody

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:39.819
 wants to

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.179
 feel like

00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:40.500
 they're in

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:40.919
 control.

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.879
 But I'm

00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.379
 talking about

00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:42.779
 a different

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.139
 kind of

00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.899
 power than

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.500
 you or I

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.200
 could ever

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.720
 access.

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.139
 This is

00:17:47.139 --> 00:17:47.659
 resurrection

00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.379
 power.

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.119
 This is

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.500
 power over

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.559
 life and

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.059
 death.

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 Matthew

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.200
 28.

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 Would you

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 read it

00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:55.919
 with me?

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.920
 Matthew

00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:56.920


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 Verse

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 1.

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 I

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 got to

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.440
 get there

00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.060
 myself first.

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 Hang on a

00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:05.160
 minute.

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.500
 There we

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.640
 go.

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 Matthew

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 28.

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 And

00:18:08.800 --> 00:18:09.500
 verse

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 1.

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 After

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 the

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 Sabbath,

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 as the

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 first day

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 of the

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 week was

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 dawning,

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and the

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 other Mary

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 went to

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 view the

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 tomb.

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 For

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 context,

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:21.960
 Jesus had

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 just died

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 on the

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 cross.

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 He had

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 given us

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 the ultimate

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 sacrifice to

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 pay for

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 our sin.

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 You heard

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 the testimony

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 from those

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 two young

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 ladies this

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 morning.

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 I believe

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 that Jesus

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 died for

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 my sin.

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 And this

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 is what we

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 had just

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 seen happen

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 in Matthew

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 27.

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 So,

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 first day

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 of the

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 week is

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 coming.

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 The two

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 Marys go

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 to the

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 tomb.

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 And there

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 was a

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 violent

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 earthquake

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 because the

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 angel of

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 the Lord

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 descended

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 from heaven

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 and approached

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 the tomb.

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 He rolled

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 back the

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 stone and

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 was sitting

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 on it when

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 they arrived.

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 His

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 appearance

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 was like

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 lightning.

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 His

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 clothing was

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 as white

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 as snow.

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 The guards

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 were so shaken

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 by fear of

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 him that they

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 became like

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 dead men.

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 Yeah,

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 if I saw

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 this happen,

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 I might

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 become like

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.319
 a dead

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.799
 man too.

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 I probably

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.439
 wouldn't say,

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 did you say

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 good morning?

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 No,

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 I didn't say

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 it.

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 Who's that?

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 And what

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 happened to

00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:14.079
 that stone?

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 Boom,

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 I'm fainted,

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 I'm on the

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 ground.

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 The angel

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.919
 told the

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 women,

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 don't be

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 afraid because

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 I know you're

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 looking for

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 Jesus who

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.340
 was crucified.

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 He is

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 not here.

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 Let's say it

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 again.

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:29.440
 Ready?

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 He is not

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:32.380
 here.

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:34.059
 He has

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 risen.

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 That's right.

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 Just as

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 he said.

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 Did you

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 forget?

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 Remember when

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.160
 he said,

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 I can build

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.579
 this temple

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 up and I

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.319
 can tear it

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 down in three

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 days.

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 I can

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 build it

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.339
 again.

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 Wasn't

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.259
 talking about

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.779
 the building,

00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.019
 he was

00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.480
 talking about

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.099
 his body.

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 Then go

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 quickly,

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.480
 the angel

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.980
 tells the

00:19:58.980 --> 00:19:59.420
 Mary's,

00:19:59.559 --> 00:19:59.920
 and tell

00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.640
 his disciples

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 he's risen

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.140
 from the

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.460
 dead,

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.880
 and indeed

00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.480
 he is going

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.000
 ahead of you

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 to Galilee.

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 You'll see

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.960
 him there.

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.000
 Matthew

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.480
 gives us

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.380
 this incredible

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:12.940
 account of

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 something that

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.480
 completely

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.579
 changes the

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:15.880
 game.

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.619
 You can be

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 reading the

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.839
 whole Bible

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 starting in

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 Genesis all

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 the way up

00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:20.699
 through Matthew

00:20:20.699 --> 00:20:21.519
 27, and

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:21.899
 then you get

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.339
 to Matthew

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.699
 28, and

00:20:23.699 --> 00:20:24.259
 it's like,

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 whoa, wait

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:26.720
 a minute.

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.599
 It's all

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 true.

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:30.859
 He actually

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.500
 did it.

00:20:32.419 --> 00:20:32.899
 I caught

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.319
 the little

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.019
 hints maybe

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.539
 along the

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.779
 way, talking

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.199
 about the

00:20:36.199 --> 00:20:37.099
 resurrection and

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.959
 saying he's

00:20:37.959 --> 00:20:38.419
 got to do

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:38.819
 this, and

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.079
 then he's

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.959
 going to rise

00:20:39.959 --> 00:20:40.619
 again, and

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:42.000
 he actually

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.639
 did it.

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:44.500
 That's

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.019
 something that

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.500
 you can't

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.699
 do.

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.019
 That's

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.480
 something that

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.079
 your power

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.500
 can't

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:50.599
 control, but

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:50.940
 there's a

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.500
 different power

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:51.759
 here.

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.200
 I want to

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.519
 share this

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.880
 quote with

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.019
 you.

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.720
 The resurrection

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.339
 with God

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:57.019
 the Father's

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.860
 way of

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.720
 authenticating

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.279
 all the

00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.880
 truths that

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.480
 were declared

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.880
 by Jesus.

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.720
 You go

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.200
 back and

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.519
 you look

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.759
 at the

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.160
 Sermon on

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.460
 the Mount.

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.059
 You look

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.440
 at all the

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:05.839
 things that

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.460
 Jesus did,

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.839
 all the

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.240
 things he

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.259
 said, all

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.860
 of a sudden

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.779
 they become

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.640
 this little

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.440
 word called

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.299
 gospel.

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.299
 All of a

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.660
 sudden they

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:16.019
 become truth.

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:17.480
 all of a

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.879
 sudden they

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.759
 become something

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.619
 that we have

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.819
 to build our

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.700
 lives around.

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.579
 Why?

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.359
 Because he's

00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.879
 God.

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.420
 Because he

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.220
 holds power

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.559
 over life and

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.819
 death and no

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.500
 one else does.

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:33.920
 Because then

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.759
 everything he

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.799
 said, everything

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:37.440
 he taught has

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.319
 been authenticated

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:40.180
 because he is

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.819
 who he says he

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.279
 is and he did

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:44.240
 what he said

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.019
 he would do.

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.519
 A couple of

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.960
 thoughts before

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.379
 we leave here

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:47.819
 this morning.

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.980
 Number one,

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.039
 resurrection power

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:51.720
 requires our

00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.440
 faith.

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:54.420
 Resurrection power

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.700
 requires our

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.079
 faith.

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.079
 Back in John

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.680
 chapter 11,

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.279
 we saw it

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.559
 happen.

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.940
 We saw the

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:02.180
 faith give way

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.740
 to Jesus'

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.339
 miracle.

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.200
 And throughout

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.139
 all of Jesus'

00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.319
 time, walking

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.799
 around this

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.579
 earth, healing

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.379
 people, you

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.859
 read through the

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.779
 gospels, Matthew,

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.779
 Mark, Luke,

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.839
 John, you see

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.960
 all these stories

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.019
 of Jesus going

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.700
 and healing the

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:15.899
 sick.

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.399
 And you know

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:16.940
 what he says

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.519
 almost every

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.879
 time?

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.899
 Your what?

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:22.220
 Faith has

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.859
 made you whole.

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.619
 Your faith has

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.139
 healed you.

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.399
 And that's what

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.660
 resurrection power

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.359
 requires.

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.299
 If you want to

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.859
 tap in to God's

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:33.079
 power, the power

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:34.000
 that you don't

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.579
 have, that requires

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.879
 faith in him.

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.960
 Resurrection power

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.819
 requires faith.

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.960
 Romans chapter 10

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.619
 and verse 9,

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.500
 Paul wrote the

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.059
 book of Romans

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.700
 as a letter to

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.220
 the church in

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.599
 Rome and he

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.079
 says this,

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.160
 if you declare

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.019
 with your mouth

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:48.539
 Jesus is Lord

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.579
 and believe in

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.279
 your heart that

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.319
 God raised him

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.139
 from the dead,

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.519
 there's that

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.359
 resurrection power,

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.720
 you will be

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.680
 saved.

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.180
 Why?

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.039
 Why does that

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.440
 save you?

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.200
 We talked about

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.160
 this subject a

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.559
 little bit on

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.079
 Wednesday night

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:03.700
 in our worship

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.379
 training, our

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.399
 evangelism training,

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.879
 sorry, on

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.420
 worship Wednesday.

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.700
 And we talked

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.379
 about this.

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.320
 Why does

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:10.480
 belief that God

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.280
 raised Jesus

00:23:11.280 --> 00:23:11.960
 from the dead,

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.820
 why is that

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.680
 what saves you?

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.100
 Anybody want to

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.720
 take a stab at it?

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:19.940
 Why isn't it being a

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.400
 good person?

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.140
 Why isn't it going

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.740
 to church every

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.019
 week?

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.460
 Why isn't it giving

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.079
 a certain amount of

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.839
 money to the church?

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.539
 Why isn't it being an

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.440
 upstanding member of the

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.720
 community?

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 Why isn't all these

00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.420
 other things we read in

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.420
 the Bible, why is it

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:34.079
 belief that God raised

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.400
 Jesus from the dead,

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 why is that what

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.000
 saves you?

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 That's right.

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 Because that's

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.700
 something we can't

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.019
 do.

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:48.259
 Only God can do

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.579
 that.

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 So if you believe

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.980
 that Jesus raised

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.859
 from the dead by

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:56.019
 God's resurrection

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.460
 power and you

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 declare with your

00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:00.279
 mouth, Jesus is

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.920
 Lord.

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 You know what

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.920
 Lord is?

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.960
 He's in control.

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 He's in command.

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 You're giving it

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.079
 over.

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 Folks, y'all look

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.240
 nice this morning.

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 You really do.

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 But look, some of

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:20.400
 you are genuinely

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.620
 good, upstanding

00:24:21.620 --> 00:24:23.140
 people and you've

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.059
 tried to be that as

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.840
 long as you can.

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 But you've never

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.640
 made Jesus Lord.

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 You've never done

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.819
 this.

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 You might believe

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:35.160
 that God raised him

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.860
 from the dead but

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 you've never humbled

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.359
 yourself to say, you

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.779
 know what?

00:24:40.719 --> 00:24:41.699
 I'm letting go.

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 I'm giving it all

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 up and saying, Jesus,

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:47.159
 you are now Lord.

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 And because of that,

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.919
 I'm so sorry to tell

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.659
 you that someday

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 there's going to be

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.619
 people gathered in

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 heaven.

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 We read about it in

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:56.539
 the scriptures and

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.500
 they stand before God

00:24:57.500 --> 00:25:00.439
 and say, Lord, Lord,

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:02.159
 you were my Lord.

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:04.460
 Lord, I believed in you

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:07.560
 and his response because

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:10.620
 he knows you never made

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:10.980
 him Lord.

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 His response is going to

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.580
 be, depart from me.

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 I never knew you.

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 I don't want that for you.

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.700
 I don't want that for me.

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 I don't want that for my

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:22.799
 family.

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 So our heart at this

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.700
 church and God's heart

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:29.019
 for you and for me is

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.539
 the same that we would

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.640
 declare with our mouth,

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:33.420
 Jesus is Lord.

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.680
 And while we are doing

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.940
 that, we believe in our

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:37.079
 heart that God raised him

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.579
 from the dead.

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 And what happens at that

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.120
 moment?

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 We are saved.

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.360
 Saved from what?

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.559
 Saved from the punishment

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.039
 of sin.

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 Saved from the power

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:47.599
 of sin and given this

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:49.940
 new resurrection power.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.679
 I don't want to live

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.579
 under the power of sin.

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.720
 I don't know about you,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.799
 but it's hard to break.

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.539
 The power of sin is

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:01.440
 really hard to break.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.139
 But resurrection power

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.779
 can break it.

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:06.299
 Resurrection power can

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.460
 break your addiction

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.720
 that not even your

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.579
 husband knows about.

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.700
 That not even your

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.500
 wife knows about.

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.639
 That not even your

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.560
 parents know about.

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:17.100
 Resurrection power can

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:18.520
 break the chains of

00:26:18.520 --> 00:26:20.080
 fear of depression that

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.820
 have been holding you

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.840
 back and keeping you

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:23.280
 from being the real you.

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.520
 Resurrection power can

00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:27.300
 bring light into your

00:26:27.300 --> 00:26:29.940
 darkness that you try to

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:31.480
 keep hidden so well.

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.540
 There are historical

00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.180
 proofs of the

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.960
 resurrection and we

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.240
 don't have time to get

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:37.460
 into them all, but I can

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.400
 share just a couple of

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.220
 them with you today.

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:41.320
 It requires our faith,

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.720
 but God knows how weak

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.960
 our faith is and so

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.059
 there are historical

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:47.200
 proofs that Jesus came

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.339
 back to life.

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.179
 One of them is the

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:51.759
 accounts of so many

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.480
 that came after him.

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:55.639
 Historians, writers,

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.059
 some Christian, some

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.579
 non-Christian, some were

00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:00.039
 not even followers of

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.339
 Jesus.

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.379
 I encourage you if you'd

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.500
 ever like to, and I can

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.200
 point you in the right

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.059
 direction if you'd like,

00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:05.659
 but to do a Google search

00:27:05.659 --> 00:27:06.819
 or do a study, I can even

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.299
 give you some resources

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.700
 that would talk about

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:11.799
 from a non-Christian's

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.319
 perspective the historical

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.319
 proofs that Jesus, this

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.519
 man who was crucified,

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:19.200
 actually was seen alive.

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.519
 There are historical

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.200
 proofs of his resurrection

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.180
 and that can help our

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:29.159
 faith, but that resurrection

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:31.119
 power must require your

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.419
 faith.

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.819
 It must require you to say

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.559
 whether the proofs are

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:36.700
 there or not, whether the

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.799
 world says he did it or

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.660
 not, I know in my heart

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.759
 because God has revealed

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.240
 to me that Jesus rose

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.960
 from the dead.

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:46.200
 I make him Lord.

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.279
 Number two, resurrection

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:51.920
 power responds to God's

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.279
 will.

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.500
 What happened?

00:27:53.840 --> 00:27:56.340
 When Jesus said, Lazarus,

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.460
 come out, what happened?

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.120
 He obeyed.

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.880
 He obeyed that power.

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.620
 He had no choice.

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:07.000
 God holds the power over

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.959
 death and life.

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:10.779
 You might feel like you're

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:12.500
 in a season of death right

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.739
 now.

00:28:13.739 --> 00:28:15.219
 You might feel like you're

00:28:15.219 --> 00:28:16.479
 trapped and you can't seem

00:28:16.479 --> 00:28:17.439
 to come out of it.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:20.399
 God holds the keys to it.

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:23.439
 He has power over it.

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:26.539
 You make him your Lord and

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:28.339
 you taste his power.

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.859
 Maybe you made him Lord at

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:32.279
 some point in your life, but

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.500
 you've kind of strayed away

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.900
 from him.

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:35.200
 You've kind of wandered

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.799
 away and it's time to come

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.720
 back and say, God, you are

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.160
 my Lord.

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.099
 You are my Lord.

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.759
 Rescue me.

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.900
 Let me taste your power yet

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.220
 again.

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:47.579
 It responds to God's will.

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.940
 John chapter six and verse

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.240
 40.

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:52.000
 This is the will of my

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.839
 father that everyone who

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.839
 looks on the son Jesus and

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:58.000
 believes in him should have

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.880
 eternal life and I will raise

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:02.039
 him up on the last day.

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.359
 There's another resurrection

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.659
 coming.

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.240
 Isn't that crazy?

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:06.379
 We've seen one back in John

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:08.740
 11 with Jesus raising

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.700
 Lazarus from the dead.

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.619
 We've seen another one,

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.740
 which is what Easter is all

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:13.200
 about with Jesus himself

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.359
 rising from the dead.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.799
 There's another resurrection

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.339
 coming.

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.000
 When our time on this earth

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.960
 comes to an end, someday we

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.119
 don't know when it's up to

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.339
 God.

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.299
 We don't have to worry about

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.399
 it.

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.139
 Might be tomorrow.

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.420
 Might be a thousand years

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.859
 from now.

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.740
 I don't know, but Jesus is

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.879
 coming back and there will be

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:29.920
 another resurrection of the

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.200
 dead.

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:32.940
 You and I will be caught up

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:35.400
 together to meet him in the

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:38.480
 clouds and they will get to

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:40.140
 be forever with the Lord.

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:43.040
 Now we might already be dead by

00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:44.060
 then and they will be with the

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:45.300
 ones that are coming down to

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:46.700
 receive all those who are

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.260
 alive and still here.

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:49.300
 But there is a resurrection

00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:51.780
 coming and we will be raised up

00:29:51.780 --> 00:29:53.000
 on the last day.

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:54.819
 That's God's will.

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:59.799
 And we must always obey God's

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.019
 will.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:03.059
 The dead have no choice but to

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:05.339
 rise to life when God speaks

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.539
 it.

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.880
 Darkness has no choice but to

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:12.160
 flee when God's will is spoken.

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:17.259
 It has no power over resurrection

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.740
 power.

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.160
 Ephesians chapter 1.

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.799
 Would you turn there?

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.480
 It's our final passage for you to

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:22.720
 turn.

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.019
 Ephesians chapter 1.

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.559
 If you'd like to just listen,

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.339
 that's fine too.

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.279
 We're just going to read a

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.779
 couple verses.

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:31.539
 Ephesians 1 verse 19.

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.920
 For sake of time, I'm going to

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.720
 go ahead and read Ephesians

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.519
 1 verse 19.

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.180
 I'm going to back up and read

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.799
 18 for you.

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.400
 I pray.

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.200
 Paul's writing this one to

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.940
 another church in Ephesus and

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:44.759
 he says, I pray that the eyes

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.019
 of your heart may be

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.640
 enlightened.

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.460
 By the way, Paul himself is

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.180
 another historical proof of

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.039
 Jesus' resurrection.

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.059
 He wasn't there when it

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.399
 happened.

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.339
 But God himself stopped him on

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.579
 the road to a place called

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.240
 Damascus.

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:00.559
 Stopped him in his tracks and

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:02.879
 completely changed his life.

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.599
 Completely rerouted his life

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:07.680
 instead of being the axe man,

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.480
 the hit man for the government

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.819
 with a license to kill and going

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:13.319
 out and hunting illegal

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.920
 Christians.

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.639
 Because that was illegal back

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:15.839
 then.

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.419
 We couldn't do then what we do

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:19.199
 today, meeting in church like

00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.559
 this.

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.919
 And Paul was the hatchet man for

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:23.740
 the government to go hunt them

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:26.079
 down and bring them to a bloody

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.639
 justice.

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:30.079
 God stopped him in his tracks and

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.379
 converted him that day.

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.359
 Revealed him and that he tasted

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:36.379
 resurrection power like he had

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:38.399
 never known or believed in before.

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:40.759
 And all of a sudden, Paul became the

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:43.820
 most dogmatic, the most public,

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:49.100
 the most dedicated, and loud

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:53.000
 proponent of faith in Jesus Christ.

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.920
 Became his follower.

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.640
 Even though he wasn't one of the

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.259
 original twelve.

00:31:58.540 --> 00:32:01.240
 Yet another proof of the power of

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.060
 Jesus' resurrection.

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:05.339
 So this guy then is writing all

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:06.460
 these letters to these churches

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.259
 as God uses him over the years.

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.960
 And he says,

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:10.700
 I pray that the eyes of your

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:12.720
 hearts may be enlightened so that

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:15.019
 you may know what is the hope of

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.559
 his calling.

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.039
 What is the wealth of his glorious

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:20.039
 inheritance in the saints?

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.839
 That's us.

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.519
 And what the immeasurable greatness

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:26.799
 of his power toward us who believe

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:29.220
 according to the mighty working of

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.839
 his strength.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.419
 Yeah, I would say his strength is

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.320
 pretty mighty, isn't it?

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:34.920
 There is nothing our God can't do

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:37.220
 even when facing death.

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.800
 Verse 20,

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:40.120
 He exercised this power in Christ

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:42.080
 by raising him from the dead

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:43.800
 and seating him at his right hand

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:45.680
 of the heavens far above every

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:47.400
 ruler, far above every authority,

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.840
 every power and dominion,

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:51.240
 every president, every congressman,

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:53.740
 every boss, everyone who abuses

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.440
 their power, abuses their authority.

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:58.100
 He is far above them all.

00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:02.099
 Not only in this age,

00:33:02.699 --> 00:33:04.179
 but also in the one to come.

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:06.299
 And he subjected everything under

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:08.119
 his feet and appointed him,

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:10.019
 Jesus, as head over everything for

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.799
 the church, which is his body,

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:14.199
 the fullness of the one who fills

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:16.039
 all things in every way.

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:18.379
 When we are called as the church,

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:20.219
 the body of Christ,

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.399
 you realize what that is?

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:25.300
 Jesus raised his body back to life.

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:28.800
 We are the living embodiment

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:31.500
 of resurrection power.

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:36.140
 That's what the church is.

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.800
 That's what it must be.

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.620
 So,

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:43.320
 I want to take you here

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:44.600
 and we'll be done.

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:49.840
 Resurrection power renews our hope.

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:52.079
 It renews our hope.

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:55.299
 1 Peter chapter 1 and verse 3.

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.699
 According to his great mercy,

00:33:58.319 --> 00:34:00.899
 he has called us to be born again

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:03.579
 to a living hope

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:07.139
 through the what?

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.579
 According to his great mercy,

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.219
 he's called us,

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.819
 caused us to be born again

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.860
 to a living hope

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:16.340
 through the resurrection.

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.440
 Of who?

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.039
 Jesus.

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.840
 Yeah.

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.860
 That's where we get our hope.

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.780
 Because he's not dead,

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.360
 he's alive.

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.639
 You didn't know you were going to have

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.559
 to participate this morning.

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.139
 He's not dead,

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.880
 he's alive.

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.400
 Amen.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:37.460
 You'll hear some people saying this morning

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.619
 and if you've never heard it,

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.079
 that's alright,

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.820
 you're hearing it now.

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:42.019
 He is risen.

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:44.019
 He is risen indeed.

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.579
 You said,

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.480
 I knew this was a cult.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:48.760
 No, y'all,

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.059
 we just really believe it, okay?

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.699
 We just really believe it.

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.880
 Because we have experienced

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.960
 resurrection power,

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:56.159
 many of us in this room.

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.219
 We have tasted that living hope

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.300
 and we know

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.880
 that he has caused us

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.019
 to be born again

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.920
 through

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:05.800
 the resurrection of Jesus Christ

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.019
 from the dead.

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:08.740
 That renews our hope.

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:10.460
 If you are without hope this morning,

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:12.119
 if you have a relationship

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.219
 that seemed hopeless,

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:15.359
 if you have something in your life

00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:17.659
 that just bears no hope,

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.500
 may I introduce you

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.319
 to a living hope.

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:24.299
 May I introduce you

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.919
 to resurrection power

00:35:25.919 --> 00:35:27.559
 and I can understand

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.079
 why your situation

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:30.059
 seems hopeless.

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.539
 I can understand

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.079
 like Martha and Mary

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:35.139
 thought Lazarus' situation

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.079
 was hopeless.

00:35:36.419 --> 00:35:37.539
 I can understand

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:39.179
 how Jesus' followers

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:40.779
 thought his death

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.860
 was hopeless,

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.660
 but I promise you

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:45.000
 there is nothing

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.680
 that is hopeless

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.840
 when faced

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.900
 with resurrection power.

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.160
 Isaiah 43, 19,

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.040
 you don't need to turn there,

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.540
 I'm just gonna

00:35:52.540 --> 00:35:53.720
 read it for you.

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.420
 Look,

00:35:54.540 --> 00:35:55.600
 I'm about to do

00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:56.940
 something new,

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.260
 a new thing.

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:59.700
 Even now it's coming.

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.820
 Don't you see it?

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:02.200
 I will make a way

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.900
 in the wilderness,

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.640
 rivers in the desert,

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.800
 life

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.960
 in a tomb

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.199
 and turn it empty.

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:11.159
 I will bring death

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.820
 to life.

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.840
 I will bring

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:14.380
 dry bones

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.340
 back to life.

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:16.860
 God can do

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.760
 anything.

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.500
 God can do

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.159
 all this

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.400
 and so much more.

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.960
 You have every reason

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.960
 to hope.

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:30.659
 Robert Platt said this,

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.240
 the resurrection

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.119
 gives my life

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.539
 meaning

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:34.000
 and direction

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:35.800
 and the opportunity

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:37.380
 to start over

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:39.139
 no matter what

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.860
 my circumstances.

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.460
 Maybe somebody

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.940
 in this room

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.719
 needs to start over.

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.960
 Maybe you're looking

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.460
 for meaning

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.019
 and direction.

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.800
 You've come

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.639
 to the right place.

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.400
 It's not me.

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.599
 It's not this church even.

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.900
 It's Jesus

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:59.480
 and his resurrection.

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.760
 Easter Sunday,

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:04.020
 there's no better time

00:37:04.020 --> 00:37:05.740
 than to renew

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.340
 your faith

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.180
 or maybe place it

00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:08.180
 for the first time

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:10.100
 in Jesus

00:37:10.100 --> 00:37:10.960
 and his resurrection

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.900
 and what it means

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.740
 for you.

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.920
 The power

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.640
 that you have access to.

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:19.440
 You will receive

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.120
 power

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:21.560
 when the Holy Spirit

00:37:21.560 --> 00:37:22.340
 comes on you

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:24.100
 and you will be

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:25.880
 my witnesses.

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.400
 You've got a room

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.000
 full of witnesses

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.680
 in this church.

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.139
 But we must

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.559
 not only

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.119
 wear witness

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.460
 of this

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.019
 to each other

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.139
 but to those

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.659
 who don't know.

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.819
 We must take

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.299
 the power

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.019
 of his resurrection

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:40.599
 to the ones.

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.099
 You know

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.480
 what we're talking

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.899
 about, right?

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.539
 The ones.

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.899
 Slip your hand

00:37:45.899 --> 00:37:46.239
 out if you know

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.519
 what I mean

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.179
 by the ones.

00:37:47.379 --> 00:37:47.599
 Yep.

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.259
 Yep.

00:37:48.319 --> 00:37:48.679
 All over.

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.039
 We're doing this thing

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.899
 called who's your one

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.319
 and everybody

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.839
 is praying

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.419
 for someone

00:37:52.419 --> 00:37:54.239
 in their life

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:56.619
 who they want

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.259
 so desperately

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:58.199
 to meet Jesus.

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:59.819
 follow him.

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.659
 We can be his witnesses

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.879
 of resurrection power.

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.480
 So our takeaway

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.039
 this morning

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:07.219
 are you missing out

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:08.739
 on the resurrection power

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.419
 that God

00:38:09.419 --> 00:38:10.419
 is offering you?

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.279
 I hope not.

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.319
 I pray not.

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.339
 And if you are,

00:38:13.399 --> 00:38:14.119
 if you know deep

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.579
 in your heart

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.099
 that you are,

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:16.439
 I pray that you'll use

00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:17.559
 these next couple minutes

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:19.319
 to seek deeply

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:20.219
 in your heart

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:22.599
 number one,

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.779
 am I a child

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.359
 of God?

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.400
 God,

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.620
 not am I a good person,

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:29.240
 not do I try

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:29.780
 to go to church

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.320
 when I can,

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.059
 not do I try

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.780
 to help my neighbor.

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.960
 Those are all good things.

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.640
 There's a lot of people

00:38:33.640 --> 00:38:34.680
 trying to do those things.

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.460
 But have you confessed

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.320
 with your mouth

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.579
 that Jesus is Lord?

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.960
 Have you declared

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:43.320
 that publicly?

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.599
 Do you believe

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.280
 in your heart

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.420
 that God raised him

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:48.099
 from the dead?

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:50.860
 is he your Lord?

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.639
 Then if he is,

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.000
 you have that

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.839
 resurrection power.

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.679
 We don't always use it.

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.719
 Sometimes we miss out on it

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.759
 when it's right there

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:02.380
 for us to claim.

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.339
 Would you bow your heads

00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:04.759
 with me now?

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:06.539
 God,

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.179
 every heart in here

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.380
 needs you.

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:11.360
 Starting with me,

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.019
 we are desperate

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.779
 for you, God.

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:16.440
 We're all busy.

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:18.460
 We're all overwhelmed.

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.519
 We're all distracted.

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.340
 We're all hurting

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.039
 in some way.

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.860
 We're all broken.

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.740
 We're all imperfect.

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.820
 But Jesus Christ,

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.139
 you hold the keys

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.460
 to something

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:31.840
 far more powerful,

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.920
 the ultimate enemy,

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:34.400
 and you've conquered him

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:36.079
 time and time again.

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:38.860
 Conquer him again

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.559
 in our lives.

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.300
 Conquer him again

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:42.000
 in our hearts.

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.900
 Let the wife

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.539
 and the mom

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:46.420
 who can't seem

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.199
 to figure out

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.739
 what it's all there for,

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.960
 got hurt in her heart

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:54.199
 that nobody knows about.

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:56.420
 You be the great

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.380
 comforter for her, God.

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.480
 You show her

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.039
 your power.

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.719
 The busy man

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.460
 who's trying to hold

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.059
 it all together,

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:07.940
 not sure how finances look,

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:10.159
 not sure how relationships look,

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:13.480
 got his own struggles

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.019
 and demons.

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:16.219
 I pray that you would

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:17.300
 have power over that

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.800
 right now.

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.679
 That you would draw them,

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.360
 that you would say,

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.820
 I am here for you.

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.420
 You didn't just walk

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.059
 in this morning

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.800
 to check a box

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.519
 that you went to church

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.960
 on Easter.

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:29.059
 You came to encounter Jesus.

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.659
 You came to taste

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.860
 his resurrection power.

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.519
 And God,

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:33.659
 I pray that you would not

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:35.440
 let my words be

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.219
 what are echoing

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.820
 in their ears,

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:38.099
 but let your words,

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:39.579
 I am the resurrection,

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:41.599
 I am the life,

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:43.400
 let that be

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.779
 what takes root.

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:46.539
 Church,

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.219
 with that in mind,

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:47.880
 our heads are bowed,

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.619
 our eyes are closed.

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:49.319
 I'm going to extend

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:50.519
 one invitation to you.

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:53.420
 Would you keep

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.739
 your heads bowed

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:55.420
 and your eyes closed

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:56.059
 for privacy?

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:58.880
 If God's drawing you now

00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.699
 and you say,

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.920
 I want to respond to him

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.119
 and maybe for the first time

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.619
 in my life,

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.460
 I want to genuinely

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:07.319
 make Jesus my Lord.

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.000
 I want to become

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.960
 a follower of Jesus

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.920
 and taste his resurrection

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.640
 power today.

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:14.640
 If that's you,

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.280
 would you just slip

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.920
 your hand up now

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.780
 and I'll pray for you.

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:21.000
 So I want to choose

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:22.500
 Jesus today.

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.940
 Thank you.

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.860
 Thank you.

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.360
 Thank you.

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.180
 You can put your hands down.

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:30.840
 Thank you.

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 God, you see those

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 who raised their hands.

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 Work on their heart.

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:37.019
 Draw them right now, God.

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:39.400
 don't let them

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 walk out of here

00:41:40.080 --> 00:41:43.940
 without finding out

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.800
 how they can become

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.380
 your child.

00:41:48.080 --> 00:41:49.000
 If you slipped your hand

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.720
 up a moment ago,

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.620
 please find me

00:41:50.620 --> 00:41:51.400
 right after the service.

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.160
 I'll be in the back.

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 Would you come to me

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 and we can go off,

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.840
 we can find a quiet spot,

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.400
 we can sit,

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.280
 open the word of God

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 and just very briefly

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 show you the simple way

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:02.900
 of placing your faith

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.519
 in Jesus.

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.519
 For the rest of us

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.039
 in this room,

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:07.119
 if you say there's

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.059
 an area of my life

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.719
 that I'm struggling with

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.860
 and I need God

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:12.400
 to show his resurrection power,

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.719
 I'm praying for that now.

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 Would you slip your hand up

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.440
 and I'll pray for you too.

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.400
 Thank you.

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:16.980
 Thank you.

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.880
 Thank you.

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.960
 Thank you.

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 God, I need his resurrection power

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.800
 in my life.

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.519
 There's an area

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:24.500
 Satan's got a stronghold.

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.980
 It's hard.

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.539
 It's tough.

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.260
 Thank you.

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.639
 Thank you.

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 You can put your hands down.

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.740
 Thank you.

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.320
 Thank you.

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.940
 God, I might have missed some hands,

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.940
 but you saw everyone

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 and you know

00:42:34.500 --> 00:42:36.039
 what's going on in their hearts

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:37.579
 right now, God.

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.159
 Move.

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.679
 Show them.

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:42.199
 Let them hear your voice.

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:43.539
 Let them feel your peace

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:45.719
 and then teach them

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:47.820
 how to run to you every day.

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.360
 Choose you

00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:51.759
 over their own strength.

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.340
 Jared's going to lead us

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.920
 very briefly

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:57.900
 in a verse of this song.

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.779
 This is a time

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.679
 you can sing along.

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.639
 You can keep your seats.

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:03.380
 You can stand.

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.480
 You can come down here

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.279
 at these steps.

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.579
 You can kneel and pray.

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.500
 If you'd like to talk to me,

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.460
 I'll be right down here.

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.739
 This is a time

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:11.219
 for God to just do some business

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:11.940
 in this church.

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:13.639
 Give us a couple minutes

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 before we dismiss this morning.