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 Good morning. Before we start, we just want to also just praise the Lord for a great women's conference yesterday.

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! Despite some of the logistical last-minute changes, women gathered, they heard the Word taught, they prayed, the Holy Spirit worked.

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 It was a great day for all that I heard. If you were not able to make it, think about making the next one, because I'm sure there will be one.

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 And, Pamela, thank you and your team for putting that together.

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 And just wanted to recognize that that was part of our church life this weekend as well.

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 You know, when I was growing up, we attended my father's family church, which was a Unitarian church outside of Boston.

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 And our attendance there ended one Easter Sunday when I was young.

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 Because the pastor was preaching on Easter Sunday, and all he could say was about what Easter was about was,

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 something wonderful happened.

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 But he could not and would not talk about the resurrection of Jesus.

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 This is a church that did not believe that Jesus was risen from the dead.

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 They saw Jesus as a great teacher of ethics and morality, an example of humility, of humanity, of kindness.

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 Jesus showed great mercy to many, and this is what they held to.

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 But they could not confirm that he rose from the dead.

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 But only in some broad, numinous, metaphorical, non-real way that something hopeful happened on Sunday morning.

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 I wonder how many of you have asked the question about,

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 did Jesus really rise from the dead?

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 Maybe you haven't thought about it very much recently.

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 It just isn't something you're thinking about a lot.

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 Maybe you have thought about it, but you're doubting.

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 Because there are a lot of doctors in the room, and once someone is dead, they really stay dead.

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 That's our common experience.

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 And so, how could resurrection really happen?

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 Doesn't science disprove it?

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 Some of you may have grown up in church and known from the very beginning, you know,

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 Easter's about Jesus rising from the dead, but you've never really thought about why you believe that,

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 or why it's true, or how significant it is.

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 And maybe some of you have believed it because it's what you've heard,

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 but it's pretty much of a blind faith.

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 You haven't really thought about it.

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 Well, as we continue in our series in the book of Acts this morning,

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 this is the topic, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

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 We're looking at Acts chapter 2.

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 That's page 867 in the older printing and the 856 in the newer printing of our Bibles.

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 Fortunately, we have two different printings in our pews now.

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 So, 850-something, and then look for Acts 2.

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 And if you end up in John, keep going forward.

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 If you end up in Romans, go backwards, and you'll find it.

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 And so, we're going to be looking at Acts chapter 2 and Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost.

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 And if you've been here, you probably remember this, but if you're new here or if you have forgotten,

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 this is after Jesus rose from the dead.

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 He appeared to His disciples, and then He ascended into heaven,

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 and He told His disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait.

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 And then, in the beginning of chapter 2, we see that as they were gathered and waiting,

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 the Lord poured out His Holy Spirit upon them.

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 And they spoke in tongues that they did not normally…

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 in languages that they weren't not normally able to speak,

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 so that they could proclaim the good news about Jesus.

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 And the people are amazed by this, and they think,

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 how is it that these Galilean fishermen are speaking Cappadocian or whatever it was?

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 And so, Peter stands up, and he preaches a sermon.

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 And we're going to look at that sermon today.

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 We're going to read the whole thing.

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 Pastor Nick talked about the first part,

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 about how this was a fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy in Joel.

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 So, we're not going to focus on verses 14 through 21.

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 We're going to start in 22, and we're going to look at it together today.

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 So, let's read the book of Acts, chapter 2, starting in verse 14,

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 and we'll read to verse 41.

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 So, let's read God's Word together.

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 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them,

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 men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem,

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 let this be known to you and give ear to my words.

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 For these men are not drunk, as you suppose,

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 since it's only the third hour of the day.

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 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel.

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 And in these last days it shall be, God declares,

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 that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.

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 And your sons and daughters shall prophesy,

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 and your young men shall see visions,

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 your old men shall dream dreams,

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 even on my male servants and female servants.

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 In those days I will pour out my Spirit,

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 and they shall prophesy.

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 And I will show wonders in the heavens above,

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 and signs on the earth below,

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 blood and fire, vapor and smoke.

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 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

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 and the moon to blood,

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 and before the day of the Lord comes,

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 the great and magnificent day.

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 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved.

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 Men of Israel, hear these words.

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 Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man attested to you by God

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 with mighty works and wonders and signs

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 that God did through him

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 in your midst, as you yourselves know,

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 this Jesus,

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 delivered up according to the definite plan

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 and foreknowledge of God,

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 you crucified and killed

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 by the hands of lawless men.

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 God raised him up,

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 loosing the pangs of death,

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 because it was not possible for him

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 to be held by it.

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 For David says concerning him,

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 I saw the Lord always before me,

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 for he is at my right hand

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 that I may not be shaken.

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 Therefore my heart was glad

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 and my tongue rejoiced,

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 and my flesh also will dwell in hope.

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 For you will not abandon

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 my soul to Hades,

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 or let your Holy One see corruption.

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 You have made known to me

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 the paths of life.

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 You will make me full of gladness

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 with your presence.

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 Brothers,

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 I may say to you with confidence

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 about the patriarch David

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 that he both died and was buried,

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 and his tomb is with us to this day.

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 Being therefore a prophet,

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 and knowing that God

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 had sworn with an oath to him

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 that he would set one of his descendants

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 on his throne,

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 he foresaw and spoke

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 about the resurrection of the Christ,

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 that he was not abandoned to Hades,

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 nor did his flesh see corruption.

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 This Jesus God raised up,

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 and of that we all are witnesses.

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 Being therefore exalted

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 at the right hand of God,

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 and having received from the Father

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 the promise of the Holy Spirit,

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 he has poured out this

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 that you yourselves

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 are seeing and hearing.

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 For David did not ascend

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 into the heavens,

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 but he himself says,

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 the Lord said to my Lord,

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 sit at my right hand

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 until I make your enemies

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 your footstool.

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 Let all the house of Israel

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 therefore know for certain

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 that God has made him

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 both Lord and Christ,

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 this Jesus whom you crucified.

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 Now, when they heard this,

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 they were cut to the heart

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 and said to Peter

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 and the rest of the apostles,

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 brothers, what shall we do?

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 And Peter responded to them,

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 repent and be baptized,

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 every one of you

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 in the name of Jesus Christ,

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 for the forgiveness of your sins,

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 and you will receive the gift

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 for the promises for you

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 and for your children

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 and for all who are far off,

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 everyone whom the Lord our God

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 calls to himself.

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 And with many other words,

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 he bore witness

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 and continued to exhort them,

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 saying,

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 save yourselves

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 from this crooked generation.

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 So those who received his word

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 were baptized,

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 and they were added that day

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 about 3,000 souls.

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 This is God's word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Lord, thank you for your word.

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 Lord, we thank you for

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 the way that you have,

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 in various times,

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 in various ways,

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 Lord,

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 equipped people to write

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 so that we might know you

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 through your word.

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 Lord, we pray this morning

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 that as we sit under your word,

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 that you would help us

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 to not only understand it,

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 but to treasure it.

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 And Lord,

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 not to treasure your word,

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 but the thing that the word points to.

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 You,

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 our greatest treasure,

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 Christ,

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 the risen Lord.

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 Lord,

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 help me speak as I ought this morning

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 and be with us this morning,

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 all this morning,

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 that we would receive your word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 As Peter transitions

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 from explaining

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 the coming of the Holy Spirit

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 to the significance,

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 what he really wants to say,

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 which is what the Holy Spirit

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 is coming to reveal,

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 he wants to tell us

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 about the resurrection of Jesus

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 from the dead.

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 This is the main theme,

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 and we're going to look at it,

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 we're going to see

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 four different things

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 that Peter wants us to know

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 about the resurrection of Jesus.

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 So the first thing we see

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 in verses 22 through 24

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 is this,

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 that the resurrection of Jesus

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 actually really happened.

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 Peter begins by asserting

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 that Jesus' life and death

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 and resurrection

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 was an actual historical fact,

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 not a dream,

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 not an ideal,

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 not a wistful aspiration,

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 not a mass hallucination,

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 but in fact,

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 it is historical

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 that if we could have gone,

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 if we could go back in time

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 and be there,

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 we could see Jesus

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 physically walk out of the tomb.

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 We could meet him

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 and talk with him

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 as we talk to one another

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 face to face.

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 This is the first thing he asserts,

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 and he does so

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 by just referring to the things

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 that the audience already knows.

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 You know this Jesus,

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 he was attested by God

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 that he was a special person

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 because he came with signs and wonders

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 that you all know about

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 because everyone in Jerusalem

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 at this point

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 had heard of Jesus

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 because he,

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 through his three years of ministry,

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 had caused quite a stir.

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 He had healed the lame

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 and the sick.

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 He had made the blind see.

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 He fed 5,000.

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 He raised Lazarus

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 from the dead,

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 brought him out of the tomb,

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 and he walked around

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 and lived the rest of his life.

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 Peter says,

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 this God did in your midst.

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 That is,

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 all of you have seen this,

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 right?

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 He was delivered

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 and you crucify him.

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 He's reminding them,

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 you knew of these events.

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 This didn't happen

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 in some hidden hidey hole

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 that they didn't know about.

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 And then Peter goes on,

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 he says,

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 and not only do you know

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 about his life and his death,

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 but his resurrection as well.

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 God raised him,

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 and we are all witnesses

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 of this fact,

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 right?

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 That's what he says

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 in verse 32 explicitly.

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 And you think about this,

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 right?

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 The gospel accounts

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 talk about Jesus

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 resurrected from the dead

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 encountering different disciples,

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 right?

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 They got to see him.

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 They ate with him.

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 They talked with him.

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 Remember what Paul writes

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 in 1 Corinthians chapter 15

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 and verses 3 through 8

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 about this well-known eyewitness account.

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 He said,

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 for I delivered to you

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 as of first importance,

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 what I also received,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the Scriptures,

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 that he was buried,

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 that he was raised

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 on the third day

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 in accordance with the Scriptures,

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 and that he appeared

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 to Cephas

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 and then to the twelve,

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 and then he appeared

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 to more than 500 brothers

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 at one time,

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 most of whom are still alive,

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 though some have fallen asleep.

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 Then he appeared to James

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 and to all the apostles.

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 Last of all,

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 as to one untimely born,

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 he also appeared to me.

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 By any historical standard,

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 there are multiple eyewitness accounts

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 that said there is a good basis

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 for the historical fact

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 that Jesus rose from the dead.

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 Now, we live in an age of skepticism,

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 of mistrust of authority,

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 and of confusion about truth.

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 There are people today

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 who say the Holocaust didn't happen.

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 There are people who say

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 that Neil Armstrong

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 did not walk on the moon.

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 There are people who say

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 Elvis is still alive.

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 There are all sorts of things

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 that we,

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 and you guys know this,

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 in the last five or ten years,

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 there has been an increasing culture

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 of skepticism,

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 of doubt,

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 where we are prone

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 to believe nothing

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 unless we have seen it

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 with our own very eyes,

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 that we have to be eyewitnesses.

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 We need to recognize

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 that this is going to undermine

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 our ability

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 to believe any history at all.

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 Right?

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 Eyewitness account

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 is the basis

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 of historical fact.

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 And there's good reasons

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 to believe

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 that the biblical record

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 about the historical fact

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 of Jesus Christ

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 rising from the dead

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 actually happened.

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 And if you're wondering about that,

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 I tell you,

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 explore it.

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 Go read Tom Schmidt's book,

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 Josephus and Jesus,

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 or go to his website

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 and get the summary

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 because his book is great,

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 but it's super technical,

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 and it's wonderful.

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 But it's saying that

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 Josephus,

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 the non-Christian Jewish historian,

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 had access to eyewitnesses

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 when he wrote about

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 who Jesus was.

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 If you want another

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 technical book,

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 if you're in div school

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 or something like that,

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 read Richard Baucom's

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 Jesus and the Eyewitnesses.

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 It's a great resource.

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 If these feel overwhelming,

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 pick up a copy

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 of The Case for Christ

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 by Lee Strobel.

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 Lee Strobel was

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 an atheistic legal reporter.

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 He's actually a Yalie.

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 He went to Yale Law School

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 and then became an editor

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 at the Chicago Tribune.

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 And his wife became

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 a Christian.

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 And he reports this

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 about his own life.

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 He said,

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 I was an atheist,

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 a Yale-educated legal editor

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 for the Chicago Tribune

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 when my wife's conversion

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 to Christianity

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 prompted me

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 to investigate the faith

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 for nearly two years.

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 And his desire

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 was to disprove it

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 so he could go on

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 with his life

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 knowing that his wife

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 was wrong.

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 But he said,

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 ultimately,

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 I decided the evidence

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 was too strong

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 to ignore.

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 And I put my trust

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 in Christ.

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 You may know

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 the story

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 of Chuck Colson.

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 He was called

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 the hatchet man

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 for Richard Nixon.

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 That is,

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 he was in government

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 during Nixon's presidency

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 and was one of the ones

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 who was executing

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 some of his nefarious plans

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 to silence his enemies.

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 He went to jail

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 and when he was in jail,

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 he became convinced

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 of the resurrection of Jesus

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 and came to faith in Christ.

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 One of the things

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 that he wrote afterwards

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 was this.

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 Many people think

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 that the resurrection of Jesus

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 was something made up

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 by the disciples

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 to try to exalt Jesus

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 to a place

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 that he wasn't there,

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 that wasn't really true.

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 And they knew it.

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 And he said,

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 I was there

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 with a small group of men

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 who knew

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 that we were promoting

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 a lie

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 and we couldn't keep it.

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 Human beings

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 can't do it.

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 And when you look

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 at the disciples,

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 they died for this truth.

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 They died.

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 Men do not die

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 for something

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 they know is a lie.

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 So,

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 Peter is establishing

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 for us

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 something that has been

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 a cornerstone

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 of the Christian church

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 and the Christian faith

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 from the very beginning,

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 which is that

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 Jesus rose from the dead.

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 And if you're here

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 this morning

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 and you're exploring

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 is this true,

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 this is the question

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 you need to answer.

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 Because on it

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 hangs everything else.

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 Right?

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 And if you're here

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 this morning

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 and you are a Christian

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 but you've never really

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 thought through this

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 or you're doubting

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 or wondering,

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 we want to encourage you.

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 Pursue this.

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 Know this.

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 Develop confidence

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 that this really happened.

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 So,

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 Peter first,

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 in the first couple of verses,

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 just establishes

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 there's a reality

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 to this resurrection

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 that I want to establish

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 as fact.

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 But he goes on

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 in verses 25 through 33.

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 He says,

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 on top of that,

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 the resurrection of Jesus

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 was something

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 that was predicted

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 from long ago.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 look with me

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 in verse 25.

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 It says,

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 for,

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 he's explaining

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 what's coming before.

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 Why was Jesus

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 certainly going to

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 raise from the dead?

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 Well,

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 for,

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 David explains this

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 in the psalm

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 that Renan read earlier,

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 Psalm 16,

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 about,

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 sorry,

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 lost my train of thought.

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 David wrote this psalm

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 knowing that he was

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 looking forward to Jesus.

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 And Peter says,

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 this was predicted

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 from long ago.

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 Now,

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 Psalm 16

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 is a psalm of confidence

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 in God

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 in the face of enemies

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 who threatened him.

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 The psalmist is saying,

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 I will not be shaken

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 and I will rejoice in God

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 because God

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 will not abandon me.

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 He will not abandon me

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 to Hades.

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 And in this context,

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 Hades means it's the place

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 that's the opposite

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 of God's presence.

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 I don't want to get

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 into all the technicality

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 of the theology

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 of hell here,

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 but just,

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 right,

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 it's the opposite

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 of being with God.

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 But that God

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 would not abandon,

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 abandon him

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 to this place,

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 but instead

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 he would find

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 in God's presence

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 paths of life

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 and joy.

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 And so,

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 David wrote this

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 even though

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 he was a mortal man.

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 And this is what

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 Peter is saying.

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 Even though he knew

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 that he would die

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 and when he died,

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 his body would go

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 into the grave

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 and he says

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 to the first century audience,

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 you know this,

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 right?

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 Because you know

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 the account

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 in 1 Kings chapter 2

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 about David's death

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 and burial

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 in the tomb.

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 And no one has wondered

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.940
 whether David

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 has come back

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 from the dead.

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 Everyone knows

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 he died.

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 So when David

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 is writing this,

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 Peter says,

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 he knew he was looking

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 ahead to something greater.

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 Right?

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 He knew he was looking

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 to a resurrection.

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 And part of this

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 in his mind was

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 there was a fulfillment

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 of a promise.

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 Because back in 2 Samuel

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 chapter 7,

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 God gave David

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 a promise.

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 This promise is,

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 let me read it,

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 verses 12 and 13.

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 When your days

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 are fulfilled

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 and you lie down

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 with your fathers,

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 I will raise up

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 your offspring after you

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 who shall come

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 from your body.

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 I will establish

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 his kingdom.

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 He shall build

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 a house for my name

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 and I will establish

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 the throne

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 of his kingdom

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 forever.

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 David knew

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 that this was a promise.

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 And as he wrote

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.380
 this psalm,

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.200
 he said,

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 I know this isn't

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 ultimately going to be

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 about me.

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 But it is going to be

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 about something

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 greater than me.

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 And it's point,

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 and Peter says,

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:38.279
 he was pointing

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 ahead to Jesus.

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 And that's why we know

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:42.340
 Jesus rose from the dead.

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 Because not only is it

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.519
 historical fact,

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 but it was also predicted

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 by God's word

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 from long,

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 long ago.

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 And this is so important

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 for the first century

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:56.120
 Jews to hear

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 because the idea

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 of a crucified Messiah

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 was an oxymoron.

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 One commentator said,

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.840
 it's like a burning

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 icicle.

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 Right?

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 It's like a crucified,

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 the Messiah was to come

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 to save with triumph

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 and victory.

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 And the fact that he died

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 couldn't compute

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 for these ones.

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 And Peter's saying,

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 do you see the beauty

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 of God's plan?

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 David foresaw it long ago

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 that he would both die

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 and rise from the dead

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 because death could not

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 hold him.

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 This is the foreknowledge

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 and plan of God.

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 And this is what

00:21:37.159 --> 00:21:38.819
 Peter's saying,

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 this is what you

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 in the first century

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 and this is what we

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 in the 21st century

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 are witnesses to

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 that we have heard of

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 and that we know

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 that the Savior

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 is one who lived

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 and died

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 and rose again

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 for us.

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 He rose

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 to bring life

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 to all

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 who are resurrected

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 with him.

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 This is a great joy

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 and a great promise.

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 This is God's plan.

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 So not only do we see

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 that the resurrection

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 is factually true,

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 but not only do we see

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 that this was predicted

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 from long ago,

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 but then in verses

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 33 through 36,

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 Peter moves on

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 to say

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 that the resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 confirms

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 his messianic rule.

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 All right?

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 Look with me again

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 because

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 Peter has, you know,

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 sort of brought

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 a summary together

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 in verse 32.

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 This Jesus

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 God raised up

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 and of this

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 we are all witnesses.

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 Then being therefore

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 exalted to the right hand

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 of God,

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.480
 Peter says

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 not only was he raised

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 from the dead,

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 but he was raised

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 up to

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 in his ascension

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:44.299
 to sit

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 at the right hand

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 of God.

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 Now this is a place

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.539
 of honor.

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 This is a place

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 of power.

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 You read through

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 the Old Testament

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 the right hand

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 of God

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 is the place

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.839
 everyone wants

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.299
 to be.

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 Right?

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 It's like being,

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.859
 well, there's no real,

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.879
 there's no,

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:03.559
 there is no analogy

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 I don't think

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 in our government

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.819
 system today,

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.740
 but being,

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.799
 being God's

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.680
 right hand man,

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 does that make sense

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:09.920
 to you?

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 You have all his power,

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 you have all his authority

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.119
 to accomplish

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.099
 what God intends

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.639
 to do.

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 And Jesus

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 is not only raised

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.859
 from the dead

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.920
 to walk the earth

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 the way Lazarus

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:20.860
 did.

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 The interesting thing

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.360
 is Lazarus

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:23.039
 died again,

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.380
 right?

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:25.460
 But God was exalted

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:27.660
 to this eternal place

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.920
 at the right hand

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.620
 of God,

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.880
 fulfilling

00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.640
 the promise

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.539
 in 2 Samuel

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 that he would have

00:23:34.300 --> 00:23:35.660
 an eternal seat

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.539
 of power

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.120
 and authority

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.779
 and rule.

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 And this is what

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.420
 David says

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.100
 as he quotes

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.940
 Psalm 110.

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.160
 man,

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.680
 the Lord said

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.240
 to my Lord,

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:46.180
 sit at my right hand

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.880
 until I make

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.059
 your enemies

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.860
 a footstool

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.660
 for your feet.

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 The Lord,

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.500
 that is,

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.539
 God the Father,

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.140
 said to the Lord

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.720
 of David,

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.880
 who is Jesus,

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:58.980
 sit at my right hand.

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 This is what,

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.120
 this is,

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:02.100
 he's interpreting

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:03.279
 this Psalm 110,

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.380
 this Messianic Psalm

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.840
 and saying,

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.700
 do you see,

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.440
 David is saying

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.400
 not only was Jesus

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.160
 raised from the dead,

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.259
 but he was exalted

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.039
 to this place.

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.799
 He is now the king.

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.420
 He has defeated

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.579
 the enemies

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.680
 of God's kingdom.

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.259
 And in the Old Testament,

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.019
 people probably

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.920
 would have read this Psalm

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.480
 and thought about

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.420
 the Philistines

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.899
 or the Jebusites

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.839
 and the Perizzites

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.359
 and all the,

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.539
 or maybe the Moabites,

00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.359
 the people who were

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.940
 standing against God's enemy

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.980
 in a very physical,

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:30.000
 geopolitical day.

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.519
 But we know now

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.700
 that God had a greater enemy

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.960
 to overcome.

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:37.399
 And that is the power of sin

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.619
 and the consequence of sin,

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.720
 which is death itself.

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.579
 And when Jesus rose

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.339
 from the dead,

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:44.240
 he declared his victory

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:46.059
 over both of those things

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:47.339
 and his ability

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.259
 and his authority

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.579
 to impart a life

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:51.819
 that is not just nice now,

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:53.920
 but is an eternal quality

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.680
 and character.

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.859
 That he is able

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:59.059
 in his reigning rule

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.920
 to give to all

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.079
 who come to him

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:04.379
 eternal life

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:06.059
 because he is raised

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:07.639
 to a place of authority

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.500
 to do this

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.840
 by defeating

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:13.280
 sin and death

00:25:13.280 --> 00:25:14.520
 in his resurrection.

00:25:16.020 --> 00:25:17.900
 And as he ascends then

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.920
 to this place,

00:25:19.780 --> 00:25:20.060
 right,

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.420
 Peter says,

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.840
 how do we know this?

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.820
 Because you've seen

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.880
 the Holy Spirit work.

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:26.259
 Look at verse 35,

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.040
 right?

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.740
 Because the Holy Spirit

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.380
 has poured himself out

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.500
 on these people

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.340
 and you've seen them

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.840
 do something

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.559
 that they could not

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.339
 do humanly.

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.079
 The Holy Spirit

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.779
 attests

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:39.480
 to Jesus' reign

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.439
 and rule now

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:42.500
 in this particular place

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:44.359
 at Pentecost.

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.439
 And friends,

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.659
 if you're a theologian

00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.779
 and you're noting this,

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.240
 recognize this.

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.379
 The Trinity's at work.

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.720
 God the Father

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.859
 exalts the Son

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.720
 to the right hand

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:57.200
 and gives to the Son

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.059
 the Holy Spirit

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.579
 who then,

00:25:58.900 --> 00:26:00.279
 the Son pours out

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.940
 the Holy Spirit

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.660
 who then comes

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.319
 to this work

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.539
 in our lives

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.940
 so that everyone

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.660
 who calls

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.279
 on the name

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.880
 of the Lord

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.299
 may be saved.

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:11.440
 What a beautiful thing.

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.600
 Peter's summary statement

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.960
 then in verse 36

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.920
 is so important.

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.319
 Let all the house

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.339
 of Israel know

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.880
 therefore

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.319
 for certain

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:24.519
 that God

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.360
 has made him

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.199
 that is Jesus

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:27.299
 both Lord

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.299
 and Christ.

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.539
 This Jesus

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.519
 who you crucified.

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:33.039
 Lord being the name

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:34.039
 that is given

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.079
 to God himself

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:37.199
 and so he's exalting

00:26:37.199 --> 00:26:38.119
 Jesus and saying

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.639
 this is,

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.399
 this is,

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.500
 Jesus is not just

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.359
 a man who lived

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.879
 and died

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.779
 but this is

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.759
 the man,

00:26:43.959 --> 00:26:44.659
 God man,

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.079
 Jesus

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.299
 who lived and died

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.039
 and rose again

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.959
 and now is exalted

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:48.819
 to this place.

00:26:49.199 --> 00:26:50.559
 And he is the Christ,

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.740
 the anointed one,

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.759
 the Messiah,

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.339
 the one in whom

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.480
 all of the hopes

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.099
 of Israel

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.019
 were pinned on.

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.019
 The resurrection

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.859
 of Jesus

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.919
 exalts Jesus

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:02.740
 to this high place.

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.759
 The promised kingdom

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.579
 has come.

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.399
 The promised king

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.039
 has come.

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.939
 Friends,

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:12.679
 I just want to stop

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.119
 for a minute

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.159
 and think with us.

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.639
 How do you think

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:16.799
 of Jesus today?

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:21.200
 Is Jesus small

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.819
 in your life?

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.240
 Do you think of him

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.559
 as kind of like

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.500
 a helpline

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.399
 you call on

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.700
 when things get rough?

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.799
 Or maybe like

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.180
 a neighbor

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.059
 who can come over

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.240
 and clean your gutters

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.079
 when they're

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.220
 overfilled with rain?

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.919
 Is Jesus

00:27:39.919 --> 00:27:41.079
 just a little part?

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:44.460
 Peter's saying

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.199
 Jesus,

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.279
 resurrected

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.359
 and exalted,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:50.519
 claims a role

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.740
 of king

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:55.240
 over all of creation.

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.639
 He says,

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:58.619
 this is my world.

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:01.259
 And he is a living

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.919
 and exalted king today.

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.379
 And he's at work

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.339
 in the world today.

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.319
 And he rules

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.339
 and reigns today.

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:07.879
 Now,

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.679
 we live in the

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.639
 in-between times.

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.720
 We know that there's

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.420
 a day coming

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.620
 when he will return

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.540
 and the fullness

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:14.180
 of his kingdom

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:15.360
 will be all of ours

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:16.580
 and it will be glorious

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.560
 beyond anything

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.340
 we could imagine.

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.380
 And no eye has seen

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.620
 and no ear has heard

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:22.200
 and no one can even imagine

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.580
 what God has

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.640
 for those who love him

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.100
 who are called

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:26.060
 according to his purposes.

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.940
 That we can't believe

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.780
 what it's going to be like

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:29.300
 when the kingdom

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.200
 comes in its fullness.

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.240
 But we have the taste now

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.200
 and we know

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.060
 that he is seated

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:35.120
 at his right hand.

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.820
 At God's right hand.

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:39.200
 We know that he's there

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.799
 now.

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.380
 And he will exert

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.539
 any authority

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.940
 he chooses to exert

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.840
 in this time.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.740
 And friends,

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.559
 as Pastor Nick

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.420
 preached last week,

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.460
 the greatest way

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.299
 he shows this

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.720
 is by delivering people

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.840
 from darkness to light.

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.640
 By saving us,

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.380
 sinners,

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.539
 from our sin

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.819
 and bringing us

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.180
 into his kingdom.

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.799
 Changing us

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:03.080
 from selfish,

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.200
 ugly people

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.039
 who struggle

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.000
 and are broken

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.099
 and so messed

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:10.559
 to being

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.539
 his beloved children

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.779
 whom he graciously

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.460
 and lovingly

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.420
 shepherds

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:19.059
 to be his people.

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.299
 The exalted Christ

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.539
 is at work today

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:25.799
 with the power to save

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:28.619
 and a hope that is sure.

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.519
 And he is

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.599
 both Lord

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.759
 and Christ

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.659
 today.

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.939
 What a great joy

00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.980
 this is.

00:29:37.939 --> 00:29:38.980
 And Peter's not done.

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.339
 Peter's now preached

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.279
 the fact of the resurrection,

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.139
 the prediction

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:45.000
 of the resurrection,

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.359
 the exaltation

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.899
 of the resurrected Christ.

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.819
 Now in verses

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:51.579
 37 through 41,

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:53.879
 there's a call

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.579
 to respond.

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.179
 The resurrection

00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.899
 of Jesus

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:58.699
 changes the lives

00:29:58.699 --> 00:30:00.039
 of all who believe.

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.460
 This is what we see

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.839
 in verse,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.399
 because what happens

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.759
 is,

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:05.240
 in verse 37,

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.039
 the crowd

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.279
 hears what

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.440
 Peter is saying

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.659
 and they understand it.

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.759
 They get

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.480
 that this exalted Christ

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.399
 now calls

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:15.539
 for a response

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.940
 from humanity.

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.559
 Right?

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.920
 And did you see

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.639
 how he tucked in

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.339
 at the very end?

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.319
 This Christ

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.980
 who is both Lord

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.359
 and Christ

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.659
 who you crucified.

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.639
 Right?

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.440
 The people

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.659
 he's speaking to

00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.659
 are the people

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.220
 who lived

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.779
 in Jerusalem

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.559
 and in Judea

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.059
 in the time.

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.779
 They were

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.899
 the Jewish people

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.700
 of the day

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.599
 primarily.

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:36.200
 That's the primary audience

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:37.279
 that he's speaking

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.779
 to today.

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.559
 And he's saying,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.660
 do you see

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:41.240
 you rejected him?

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.559
 You refused him.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.279
 You didn't receive him.

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.940
 You didn't follow him.

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.160
 This Jesus

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.519
 whom you crucified

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:53.399
 and they're cut

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.019
 to the heart.

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.639
 Now,

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.599
 I just want to say

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.359
 this really quickly.

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.139
 There has been

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.619
 a tradition

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.319
 in the church

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.019
 that has called

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.960
 the Jewish people

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:01.139
 Christ killers.

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.279
 It's a terrible

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.139
 epithet

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.919
 and we should not

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.740
 ever say it

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.879
 because when we look

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.700
 at the Bible account,

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.879
 yes,

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.700
 the Jewish people

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.539
 in the first century

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.179
 were involved

00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:12.500
 in Christ's crucifixion.

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.619
 There were people

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.439
 who rejected him

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.279
 and wanted it to happen.

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.339
 The Romans

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.839
 were the ones

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.419
 who actually

00:31:17.419 --> 00:31:18.359
 crucified him

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:20.359
 technically,

00:31:20.659 --> 00:31:21.179
 historically.

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.059
 But friends,

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.700
 when we read

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.180
 the Bible,

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.340
 do you know

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.700
 what crucified

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.900
 Christ?

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.519
 The sinfulness

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.220
 of humanity

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.960
 because God

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.420
 so loved us

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.200
 that he sent

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.640
 Jesus

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:36.299
 to bear

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.200
 our sin

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.000
 on the cross

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.960
 so that we

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.779
 might be forgiven.

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.080
 So yes,

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.819
 the first century

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.600
 Jews rejected

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.100
 Jesus.

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.660
 Yes,

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.319
 the first century

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.140
 Romans rejected

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.460
 Jesus.

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.039
 And yes,

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:47.140
 the 21st century

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.200
 New Havenites

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:50.299
 and Connecticutites

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.519
 and Nutmeggers

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.920
 or whatever

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.460
 we're called,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.599
 we too

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:55.059
 reject Christ

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.079
 in our hearts

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.779
 apart from

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.859
 his gracious work.

00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.920
 And that's

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.879
 why Christ died.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.339
 This was God's

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.759
 plan

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:06.180
 from the very

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.539
 beginning.

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.299
 So let us

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.639
 never fall

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.519
 into that

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.980
 unnecessary

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.680
 and unhelpful

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.440
 and primarily

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.559
 untruthful

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.099
 statement

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:18.019
 about Jewish

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.359
 people.

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.019
 Let us recognize

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.759
 it is the sin

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.640
 of humanity

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.799
 that caused

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.779
 Christ to be

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.200
 crucified.

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.879
 And these people,

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.599
 this audience

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.539
 then hears this

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.960
 and they are

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.599
 cut to the heart.

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.940
 They are convicted

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:32.059
 of their sin

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.900
 that they have

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.339
 rejected.

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.400
 They recognize

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.539
 that their rejection

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.259
 of Christ,

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.980
 this risen

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.619
 and exalted

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.059
 Christ,

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.460
 has broken

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.579
 any claim

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:42.359
 to a relationship

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.059
 with God.

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:44.339
 They have rejected

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.200
 God himself

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.440
 by doing this.

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:50.559
 and they knew

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.840
 that that put

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.279
 them under

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:53.080
 condemnation.

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.480
 It knew,

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.100
 they knew

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:57.080
 that it would

00:32:57.080 --> 00:32:57.620
 put them

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.299
 in a place

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.140
 of spiritual

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.779
 death and

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.559
 alienation

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.960
 from God

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.759
 and they cried

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.039
 out,

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.380
 what are we

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.840
 to do?

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.120
 What do we

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.559
 do?

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.860
 And Peter's

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.440
 response

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.400
 in verse 38,

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.840
 repent

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.259
 and be baptized

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.919
 every one of you

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.439
 in the name

00:33:16.439 --> 00:33:16.899
 of Jesus,

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.059
 in the name

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.779
 of Jesus Christ

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.599
 for the forgiveness

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.459
 of your sins

00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:21.439
 and you will receive

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.000
 the gift

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.679
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.359
 Now I want to spend

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.019
 just a minute

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.579
 on this

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.659
 because it's so

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.179
 important,

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:28.980
 right?

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.099
 The exalted

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.839
 Christ

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.879
 as we behold

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.980
 him as he is

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.879
 convicts us

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.599
 of our sin.

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.679
 How are we

00:33:36.679 --> 00:33:37.399
 to respond?

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.799
 First we must

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.339
 repent.

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.059
 What does

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.919
 repentance mean?

00:33:40.959 --> 00:33:41.379
 It means

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.259
 turning around,

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.920
 right?

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.220
 It means

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.160
 turning away

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.519
 from sin,

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.720
 from selfishness,

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.180
 from life

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.180
 apart from God,

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:51.480
 from rejecting God.

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.099
 It acknowledges

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.259
 that sin is evil,

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.680
 not just misguided

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.460
 or unfortunate.

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.779
 It agrees

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.599
 that sin

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.500
 is an offense

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.700
 to a holy God.

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:03.140
 It recognizes

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.779
 that all of

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.900
 our little sins

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:07.480
 are expressions

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.199
 in one way

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.559
 or another

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.659
 of rejection

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.599
 of God

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.059
 and His

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.619
 rulership

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.519
 in our lives.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.259
 But repentance

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.960
 isn't just

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.779
 turning away

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.619
 from something.

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.339
 It's also

00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:19.500
 turning towards

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.980
 something.

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.019
 Repent

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:22.059
 and be baptized.

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.759
 Turn towards

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:25.239
 faith in Christ.

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.679
 And this

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.599
 baptism

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.940
 is a

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.619
 word that's

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.179
 being used

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.440
 here

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.119
 to determine

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:33.539
 it was a

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.119
 right that

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.639
 in the first

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.960
 century

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.859
 would express

00:34:36.859 --> 00:34:37.659
 a kind of

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.239
 allegiance

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.239
 or joining

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:42.319
 a club.

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.099
 And I don't

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.579
 want to think

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.179
 about baptism

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.719
 in the church

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.139
 as joining

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.500
 club

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.960
 because I don't

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.199
 think it.

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.359
 but it had

00:34:47.359 --> 00:34:48.319
 significance

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.259
 outside of the

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.500
 church

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.819
 of identifying

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.579
 with a group

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.039
 of people.

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.179
 And so

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.679
 when the call

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.480
 to be baptized

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.339
 they were taking

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.259
 a cultural form

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.599
 and saying

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.559
 in Christ

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.179
 this is a

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.199
 uniquely special

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.639
 thing.

00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:01.939
 Being baptized

00:35:01.939 --> 00:35:03.339
 is an expression

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:04.139
 of faith

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:05.319
 that you have

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:06.079
 repented from

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.519
 your sin

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.279
 and turned

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.799
 and you are

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:09.399
 now Christ's

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:09.759
 people.

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.619
 You are now

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.539
 Christians

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:14.519
 when you

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.199
 weren't before.

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.079
 Right?

00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.439
 And the beauty

00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:19.039
 of baptism

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.319
 has this symbolism

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:21.619
 of washing

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.480
 so that we are

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.539
 washed clean

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.239
 from our sin

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.419
 because Jesus

00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:26.099
 has borne

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.559
 the penalty

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.339
 for our sin.

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:28.460
 And it has

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.279
 this beautiful

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.159
 picture of

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.960
 baptism

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.579
 where we go

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.319
 down into the

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.960
 water and being

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.939
 raised to new

00:35:33.939 --> 00:35:34.239
 life.

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:35.000
 In Romans 6

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.739
 it talks about

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.299
 being baptized

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.919
 with Christ

00:35:36.919 --> 00:35:37.679
 into his death

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.539
 and being raised

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.039
 with him

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.939
 in his resurrection

00:35:40.939 --> 00:35:41.819
 to new life

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:43.219
 that by faith

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:44.239
 being connected

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.919
 to Jesus

00:35:44.919 --> 00:35:46.039
 brings this

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.840
 new spiritual

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.340
 life

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.059
 and this

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.000
 new person

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.699
 we now become

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.480
 new people

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.219
 being God's

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.619
 people

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:54.159
 being followers

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.920
 of Christ

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.779
 for the first

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.219
 time.

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.279
 Peter is very

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:00.619
 clear.

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.239
 The baptism

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:01.960
 is for the

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.360
 forgiveness

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.179
 of sins

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.579
 because this

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.279
 is the thing.

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:08.000
 When we think

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.460
 about the

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.800
 resurrection

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.820
 of Jesus

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.360
 when we think

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.779
 about its

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.360
 significance

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.300
 part of what

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.840
 the resurrection

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.420
 of Jesus

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.900
 does

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.720
 is it

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.400
 sheds light

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.720
 on the

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.120
 sinfulness

00:36:17.120 --> 00:36:17.880
 of humanity.

00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:19.460
 Right?

00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.320
 You go back

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.720
 to the very

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.300
 beginning in the

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.600
 garden

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.460
 there was no

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.840
 death.

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:24.000
 There was no

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.340
 sin.

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.900
 But when sin

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.320
 entered

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:27.079
 death

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.480
 entered.

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.760
 Right?

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.900
 And now

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.780
 Christ comes

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.240
 along

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.079
 and Christ

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.740
 is risen

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.220
 from the

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.519
 dead

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.440
 defeating

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.120
 sin and

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:35.539
 death

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.240
 and now

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.860
 offering to

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.480
 all who

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.059
 call on the

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.600
 name of the

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:38.960
 Lord

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.420
 forgiveness

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.159
 of that

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.720
 sin

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:44.880
 the removal

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.079
 of ultimate

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.179
 spiritual death

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.579
 and death

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:49.440
 from separation

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.340
 from God

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.400
 and instead

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.940
 bringing spiritual

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:54.400
 life to all

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.420
 who come.

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.900
 This is the

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.800
 very core

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.559
 of the gospel

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.559
 and this is why

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.220
 the resurrection

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.280
 is so important.

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.320
 We have a

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.199
 tendency here to

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.920
 talk about the

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:05.039
 death on the

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:06.340
 cross that's

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:06.760
 where Jesus

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.519
 died for our

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.099
 sins and

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:08.699
 that's true.

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.780
 But if Jesus

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.639
 did not rise

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:10.960
 from the

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.760
 dead he's no

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.340
 different than

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.679
 David.

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.840
 He's another

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:15.420
 guy who kind

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.880
 of followed

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.639
 God in a

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.260
 certain way

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:18.059
 and he taught

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.579
 some things

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.059
 that's really

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.940
 interesting but

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.599
 he's just

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.619
 another man

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.260
 who died.

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.940
 But that's

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.760
 not true.

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:28.199
 He actually

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:29.019
 rose from the

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:30.199
 dead and it

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.599
 makes all the

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.900
 difference in

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.639
 the world.

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.960
 And Peter

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.639
 calls the

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.220
 people and he

00:37:37.220 --> 00:37:38.159
 says because

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.119
 this is true

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.019
 repent and

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.559
 be baptized

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.879
 and you

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.319
 will receive

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:41.679
 the Holy

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:41.960
 Spirit.

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.359
 That is you

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:42.920
 will receive

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.379
 God working

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:45.699
 in you to

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:46.399
 change your

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:47.299
 heart to

00:37:47.299 --> 00:37:48.239
 apply what

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.899
 Christ has

00:37:48.899 --> 00:37:49.759
 done to you

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.359
 so that you

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:51.819
 can be a

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.759
 saved person,

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.899
 a new person,

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.899
 a Christian,

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.099
 a someone with

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.960
 eternal hope and

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.759
 eternal life

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.739
 because of that.

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.019
 And this is the

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:05.119
 promise that you

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.639
 will have.

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:05.679
 love.

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.099
 And friends,

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.699
 it's so

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.139
 important.

00:38:08.339 --> 00:38:08.739
 Listen to

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:10.259
 Paul as he

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.679
 writes in

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.239
 1 Corinthians

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.259
 15, just a

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.779
 few verses

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.920
 later, 1

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.699
 Corinthians 15,

00:38:14.799 --> 00:38:16.179
 14, about

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.839
 how important

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.460
 this is.

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.799
 And if Christ

00:38:18.799 --> 00:38:19.539
 has not been

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.839
 raised, then

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.339
 our preaching

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:22.400
 is in vain and

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.259
 your faith is in

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.480
 vain.

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.960
 We are even

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.480
 found to be

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.759
 misrepresenting God

00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.319
 because we

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:28.139
 testified about

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.639
 God that he

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.539
 raised Christ,

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.019
 whom he did not

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.799
 raise, if it's

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.279
 true that the

00:38:32.279 --> 00:38:32.679
 dead are not

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.119
 raised.

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.239
 For if the

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.639
 dead are not

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.119
 raised, then

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.880
 even Christ

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.440
 has not been

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.739
 raised.

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.619
 And if Christ

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.239
 has not been

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:38.980
 raised, your

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.940
 faith is futile

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.519
 and you are

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:41.359
 still in your

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:43.619
 sins, then

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:45.039
 those also who

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.819
 have fallen asleep

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:47.019
 in Christ have

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.519
 perished.

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.900
 If in Christ we

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.880
 have hope in this

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.719
 life only, we are

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:54.440
 of all people most

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.440
 to be pitied.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:39:01.659
 this is the

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.639
 question, friends.

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.940
 If Christ rose

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:06.260
 from the dead, it

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:07.340
 changes everything.

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.940
 And friends,

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:11.200
 I want to preach a

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:11.940
 whole other sermon

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.820
 on what that means

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.700
 for us, but I'm

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.599
 not going to.

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.720
 I didn't even give

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.619
 this scripture to

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:18.760
 Sam, so you're

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:19.320
 all just going to

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:19.860
 have to listen.

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:20.860
 But I want to

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.139
 read from 1

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:23.260
 Peter chapter 1

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:25.120
 just to close

00:39:25.120 --> 00:39:26.360
 this sermon on

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.400
 the glories of

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:28.300
 what it means that

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.040
 Christ has risen

00:39:29.040 --> 00:39:29.840
 from the dead for

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.300
 his people.

00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:31.380
 So listen to

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.720
 this.

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.840
 Blessed be the

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.520
 God and Father

00:39:34.520 --> 00:39:35.020
 of our Lord

00:39:35.020 --> 00:39:35.820
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.920
 According to

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.820
 his great mercy,

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:39.160
 he has caused

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:40.200
 us to be born

00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:41.200
 again to a

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.860
 living hope

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:43.020
 through the

00:39:43.020 --> 00:39:43.920
 resurrection of

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.600
 Jesus Christ

00:39:44.600 --> 00:39:45.320
 from the dead

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:46.820
 to an inheritance

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:48.180
 that is imperishable,

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.140
 undefiled, and

00:39:49.140 --> 00:39:50.240
 unfading, kept in

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:51.000
 heaven for you,

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.440
 who by God's

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.240
 power are being

00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:54.640
 guarded through

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:55.480
 faith for a

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.580
 salvation ready to

00:39:56.580 --> 00:39:57.380
 be revealed at the

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.120
 last time.

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.440
 In this you

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:01.440
 rejoice, though

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.300
 now for a little

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:03.420
 while, if necessary,

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:03.940
 you have been

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.940
 grieved by various

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:06.740
 trials, so that

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.200
 the tested

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:08.200
 genuineness of

00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:08.880
 your faith, more

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.760
 precious than gold

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.660
 that perishes, even

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:11.820
 though it is tested

00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:13.360
 by fire, may be

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.400
 found a result in

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.720
 praise and glory and

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.400
 honor at the

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:17.700
 revelation of Jesus

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:18.260
 Christ.

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.880
 Though you have

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.960
 not seen him, you

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.460
 love him.

00:40:22.040 --> 00:40:22.780
 Though you do not

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.519
 see him now, you

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:25.000
 believe in him and

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:27.080
 rejoice with joy that

00:40:27.080 --> 00:40:28.760
 is inexpressible and

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:29.900
 filled with glory,

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.519
 obtaining the outcome

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:33.019
 of your faith, the

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:35.200
 salvation of your

00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.820
 souls.

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:41.180
 Friends, this is the

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:43.160
 fruit of Christ raised

00:40:43.160 --> 00:40:45.340
 from the dead for all

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.080
 who believe.

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.139
 faith.

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.920
 And he calls us this

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:53.340
 morning to repent and

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.799
 believe.

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.699
 Let's pray.

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.739
 Lord, thank you.

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:02.259
 What a glorious,

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.880
 glorious passage and a

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:05.699
 glorious truth that you

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:07.900
 are not a wise teacher

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:10.039
 dead in a grave, but you

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:11.360
 are the exalted and

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:13.719
 living King and Lord in

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.879
 Christ over all.

00:41:16.959 --> 00:41:18.119
 Oh, Lord, cut our

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:20.659
 hearts to the quick for

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.480
 our sin.

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:24.099
 Call us to repentance.

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:27.019
 Thank you that the

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.959
 blood of Christ is

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 sufficient for the

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 forgiveness of our

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 sins.

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 Thank you that the

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 resurrection of Christ

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 secures our hope of

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 life both now and

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 eternal with you.

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 Oh, Lord.

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 We worship you, the

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 risen Christ.

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 Jesus name.

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 Amen.