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 Happy Easter, it's great to worship with you all.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a Bible that you can use

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 while you're here.

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 We are in Luke chapter 24.

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 So last Sunday, Good Friday, and today

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 we're out of our Revelation series,

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 which is what we've been doing,

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 so that we can remember more in greater detail

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 the death and resurrection of Jesus.

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 So we're in Luke chapter 24, verses 1 to 12.

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 Let me pray.

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 For the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Heavenly Father, these are your people.

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 This is your church.

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 And we humble ourselves now before your word.

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 Exalt the name of your son, Jesus.

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 And impart to us, as we trust in him,

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 the power of his resurrection.

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 So that our daily lives are filled

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 with the hope.

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 With the hope that your resurrection brings.

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 Lord, make the dead alive this morning

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 by the power of your word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand for the reading of God's word

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 from Luke 24, verses 1 to 12.

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 But on the first day of the week,

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 at early dawn,

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 they went to the tomb,

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 taking the spices they had prepared.

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 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they went in,

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 they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 While they were perplexed about this,

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 behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

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 And as they were frightened

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 and bowed their faces to the ground,

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 the men said to them,

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 Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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 He is not here,

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 but has risen.

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 Remember how he told you

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 while he was still in Galilee

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 that the Son of Man must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day rise.

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 And they remembered his words.

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 And returning from the tomb,

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 they told all these things

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 to the eleven and to all the rest.

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 Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna

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 and Mary, the mother of James,

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 and the other woman with them

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 who told these things to the apostles.

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 But these words seemed to them

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 an idle tale,

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 and they did not believe them.

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 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb.

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 Stooping and looking in,

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 he saw the linen cloths by themselves,

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 and he went home marveling

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 at what had happened.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 During World War II,

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 in July 1944,

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 U.S. forces raided the island of Guam

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 as part of their offensive

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 against the Japanese soldiers

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 and their forces in the Pacific.

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 And Japanese soldiers,

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 including Shoichi Yokoi,

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 were scattered,

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 and they hid deep inside

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 the jungle of the island

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 in order to avoid being captured

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 as prisoners of war.

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 Shoichi Yokoi outlasted

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 all of his compatriots

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 and held out hope

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 that one day the Japanese army

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 would return to get him.

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 But eventually,

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 he was discovered

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 by local hunters

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 and dragged out of the jungle.

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 And as he was being dragged

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 out of the jungle,

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 panic seized him,

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 and he was afraid

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 that he was going to be given up

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 to the U.S. army

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 as a prisoner of war,

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 and he didn't want that,

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 so he started begging them,

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 just kill me now.

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 But they refused to kill him

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 because they were actually

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 trying to help him.

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 There were no U.S. soldiers

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 looking for him

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 because World War II

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 had been over

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 for 27 years already.

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 This is a true story.

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 You heard that right.

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 Shoichi Yokoi lived in hiding

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 in the jungle for 28 years.

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 Living in his makeshift

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 underground shelter

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 and surviving on a diet

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 of venomous toads

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 and river eels and rats.

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 All because he never heard the news

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 that the war was over.

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 This man was literally

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 living under a rock.

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 The good news of Jesus' death,

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 his atoning sacrifice

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 for our sins,

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 and his victorious resurrection

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 is an even more consequential news

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 than the end of World War II.

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 Jesus' life, death, and resurrection

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 single-handedly altered

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 the trajectory of entire human history.

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 Perhaps it might be better to say

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 that entire human history

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 up to that point

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 was leading to Jesus

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 and that the rest of human history

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 flows out of Jesus' life,

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 death, and resurrection

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 because God is the sovereign author

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 of human history.

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 It changes not only our present life,

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 but our eternal life.

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 And yet, many people in the world

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 are living as business as usual

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 because they have not heard,

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 and if they have heard,

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 they have not believed

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 in the resurrection of Jesus.

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 And that's the main burden

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 of this passage.

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 And if you hear that message today

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 and you believe it,

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 your life will be changed forever.

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 And this is the main point

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 of this passage,

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 to remember,

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 to tell of,

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 and to believe

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 the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 And we're going to talk about

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 those three things in turn,

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 to remember,

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 tell,

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 and believe.

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 It says in verse one,

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 Day is a reference

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 to the woman

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 who had come with Jesus

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 from Galilee

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 and was there

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 when he was dying

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 and saw where Jesus was buried

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 and then made a mental note

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 to go and prepare the spices

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 and come and anoint his body

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 because in those days

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 it was customary

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 to anoint deceased corpses,

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 basically human bodies,

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 so that it doesn't rot too quickly

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 to slow down the process

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 of decomposition.

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 And these faithful women

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 expected to find Jesus' body.

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 That's why they were

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 bringing the spices.

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 But there is a delightful surprise

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 waiting for them

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 in verses two and three.

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 It says,

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 And they found the stone

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 rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they went in,

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 they did not find

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 the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 The repetition of the word find

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 highlights this contrast.

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 It forms a neat contrast

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 between verse two and verse three

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 and reveals the surprise

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 of the woman.

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 Their expectations

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 are upended in two ways.

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 They expected to find the stone

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 blocking the entrance,

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 but they find that the stone

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 is rolled away.

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 They expected to find

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 the body of Jesus,

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 but instead,

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 they do not find the body.

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 What could this possibly mean?

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 Luke is building

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 his suspense here in the narrative.

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 Verse four continues,

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 While they were perplexed

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 about this,

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 behold,

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 two men stood by them

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 in dazzling apparel.

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 We learn later in this chapter

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 in verse 23

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 that these two men

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 were actually two angels.

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 It is not uncommon in scripture

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 for angelic beings

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 to appear in the form of man,

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 in human likeness.

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 The word dazzling

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 gives it away,

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 the dazzling apparel.

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 That's the word

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 that was used to describe Jesus

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 when he was transfigured

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 on the mountain

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 into his heavenly glory.

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 He became dazzling white.

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 And so the presence here

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 of the two angels,

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 just as Jesus sent out

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 his disciples two by two

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 in Luke chapter 10

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 to bear witness to him

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 in all the towns

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 that they went through,

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 is an example

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 of the scriptural precedent

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 of having at least

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 two or three witnesses

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 to bear a credible testimony

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 that can be verified.

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 And so here,

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 the two angels

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 are giving that testimony

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 so that that message

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 can be transmitted

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 to God's people.

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 And as they were frightened

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 and bowed their face

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 to the ground,

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 the men said to them,

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 why do you seek

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 the living among the dead?

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 He's not here,

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 but has risen.

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 Why do you seek

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 the living among the dead?

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 He has risen.

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 That's actually in the passive,

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 and that means,

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 it could be translated,

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 he has been raised.

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 It's the divine passive

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 referring to the fact

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 that God the Father

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 is the one who raised

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 Jesus from the dead.

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 This is the way Luke

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 typically refers

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 to the resurrection.

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 So because God

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 has raised his son,

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 Jesus, from the dead,

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 the women should not

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 be searching for him

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 among the dead,

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 in the tombs,

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 but rather they should

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 be seeking him

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 among the living.

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 Jesus was raised

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 2,000 years ago now already,

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 but even today,

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 so many of us still

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 seek the living

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 among the dead.

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 Jesus is not

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 a mere historical figure.

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 He is a current figure,

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 a living person.

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 Do we listen to Jesus?

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 Do we talk with Jesus?

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 Do we spend time with Jesus?

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 has extensive implications

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 for our lives,

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 and Jesus' resurrection power

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 is available to us

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 as God's people,

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 but are we living

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 in light of those realities,

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 or are we still seeking

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 the living among the dead?

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 The angels remind the woman

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 in verses 5 to 9

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 of the necessity

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 and the significance

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 of the resurrection.

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 Remember how he told you

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 while he was still in Galilee

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 that the Son of Man

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 must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 on the third day rise.

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 Jesus had specifically

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 in the Gospels

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 predicted his death

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 and resurrection

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 to his disciples,

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 and so the woman

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 and the apostles

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 should have known

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 that this would happen,

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 but it was so far beyond

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 their culture

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 and their expectation

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 that they didn't see it coming.

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 They had forgotten

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 what Jesus had told them.

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 The angel's exhortation

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 to remember jogs

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 the woman's memory,

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 and this produces

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 a pattern of the angel's word

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 and then the woman's response,

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 and that forms this structure

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 called chiasm,

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 which is literally a device

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 where the first half

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 mirrors the second half,

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 highlighting what's in the middle,

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 which stands alone.

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 So verses 5 to 6

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 are matched by verses 8 to 9.

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 In verses 5 to 6,

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 the woman,

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 the angels ask the woman,

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 why do you seek

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 the living among the dead?

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 And then tells them

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 to remember.

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 And then in verses 8 to 9,

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 the woman remember

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 the words of Jesus,

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 and then they return

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 from the tomb now

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 to the land of the living.

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 Sandwiched between

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 those two matching sections

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 is verse 7,

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 which is the focal point

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 of the entire passage.

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 That the Son of Man

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 must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day rise.

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 That is the very heart

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 of Christianity.

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 Note that it doesn't merely say

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 the Son of Man

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 will be delivered.

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 It's not just a prediction.

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 It says the Son of Man

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 must be delivered.

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 What happened to Jesus,

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 his betrayal,

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 his sentence,

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 his execution,

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 and his resurrection,

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 they were all necessary.

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 And this is the way Luke

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 describes what God

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 has sovereignly foreordained.

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 It was God's sovereign plan

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 that these things happened.

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 Why?

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 Because Jesus needed to die.

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 As Romans 6.23 teaches us,

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 the wages of sin is death.

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 And therefore,

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 as Hebrews 9.22 says,

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 without the shedding of blood,

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 there is no forgiveness of sins.

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 Shedding of blood represents

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 the pouring out of Jesus' life.

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 It symbolizes death.

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 In order to deliver sinners from death,

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 Jesus had to be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men

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 and die.

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 In order to secure

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 our forgiveness of sins,

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 Jesus had to pay the penalty for sins,

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 which is death.

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 Jesus also needed to be crucified.

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 Or as different parts of the Bible describe it,

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 hanged on a tree.

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 As I mentioned on Good Friday,

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 Deuteronomy 21.23 taught

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 that those who are hanged on a tree

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 are cursed by God.

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 And that's precisely the language

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 that Luke uses in Luke 23.39,

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 in Acts 5.30,

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 in Acts 10.39,

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 to describe Jesus' crucifixion.

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 He was killed

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 by being hanged

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 on a tree.

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 Jesus had to die that way

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 because he had to

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 bear the curse of sin

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 as our substitute.

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 As Galatians 3.13 says,

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 Christ redeemed us

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 from the curse of the law

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 by becoming a curse for us.

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 That's the injustice of the cross.

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 The blessed one,

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 the holy one,

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 becomes the accursed one

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 for our sake.

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 2 Corinthians 5.21,

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 for our sake,

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 God made him to be sin

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 who knew no sin

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 so that in him

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 we might become

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 the righteousness of God.

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 Again,

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 the injustice of the cross.

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 That he who knew no sin

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 carries all of our sins

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 and pays the penalty

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 for all the sins

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 of his people.

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 But Jesus' death alone

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 isn't sufficient

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 for our atonement.

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 Paul corrects that

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 misbelief

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 in 1 Corinthians 15.17

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 where he writes,

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 and if Christ

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 has not been raised,

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 your faith

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 is futile

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 and you are still

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 in your sins.

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 The death

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 of Christ

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 and the resurrection

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 of Christ

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 are inseparable.

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 Christ was delivered

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 up for our trespasses

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 and raised

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 for our justification.

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 It says in Romans 4.25,

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 if we were,

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 while we were enemies,

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 reconciled to God

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 by the death

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 of his son,

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 then how much more

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 now that we are

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 reconciled to him

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 shall we be saved

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 by his life?

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 There is no justification

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 of sinners

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 without the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 there is no salvation

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 in eternal life

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 apart from the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 If Christ had not

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 been raised,

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 it would mean

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 that he was swallowed

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 up by death.

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 If Jesus had not

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 been raised,

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 it would mean

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 that he was overcome

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 by the curse of sin.

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 If Christ has not

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 been raised,

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 then it would mean

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 that he was defeated

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 by Satan

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 and that we would

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 still be in our sins.

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 but Christ

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 was raised.

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 And his resurrection

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 is proof

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 that his death

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 on our behalf

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 was accepted

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 by the Father.

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 You can think of it

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 this way.

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 Our sins were like

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 an insurmountable debt.

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 We could never hope

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 to repay.

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 But our master,

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 our Lord,

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 God,

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 because he is gracious

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 and because he loves us,

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 writes a check

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 to repay all of our debt.

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 And it seems too good

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 to be true.

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 We go to the bank.

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 We hand over the check.

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 And it does not bounce.

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 It clears.

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 That's like the resurrection.

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 Jesus dying,

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 his blood,

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 his payment

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 is like the check

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 being written

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 and then his,

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 and the check

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 actually clearing.

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 That's like the resurrection.

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 It's the proof,

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 the receipt

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 that the payment

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 for our sins

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 has been received.

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 Brothers and sisters

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 in Christ,

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 do you live

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 as if your debt

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 really has been paid

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 in full?

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 Or do you still live

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 in fear

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 as if the loan sharks

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 will come by any day now

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 just knocking on your door?

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 To drag you to jail.

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 We cannot repay God

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 and we don't need to

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 because it's the gift

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 that God has given to us

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.659
 in Jesus Christ.

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 It's also necessary

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 that this resurrection

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 happens on the third day.

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 I can't get,

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 don't have the time

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 to get into all of that,

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 but there are many,

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 over 30,

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 references in scripture

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 where God delivers his people

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 on the third day.

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 It's following that pattern.

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 There's an expectation

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 that God would deliver

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 on the third day.

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 And this third day

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 after Jesus' death

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 also happens to be

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 the first day of the week,

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 Sunday,

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 like today,

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 as it says in verse 1.

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 And this is no coincidence either.

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 Every one of the four gospels,

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 as Luke does here,

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 notes that Jesus

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 was raised from the dead

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 on the first day

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 of the week.

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 The first day

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 conveys a note of hope

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 and renewal,

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 just like people

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 have all these hopes

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 and resolutions

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 for the new year.

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 And this is why

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 the early Christians,

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 though they were mostly Jews

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 who faithfully worshipped

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 and observed the Sabbath,

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 which is on Saturday,

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 after Jesus' resurrection,

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 they began to worship

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 on what they call

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 the Lord's Day,

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 which is Sunday.

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 Jesus is not only

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 raised from the dead

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 on the first day

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 of the week,

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 but also at early dawn,

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 it says in verse 1.

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 The time reference

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 early dawn

00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:05.839
 is also not extraneous.

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 It's not irrelevant

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 because dawn

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 is also frequently

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.159
 associated in Scripture

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 with God's help

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 and deliverance.

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 When the Israelites

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 are crossing

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 the Red Sea,

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 it says in Exodus 14, 27,

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 that the Lord got

00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:21.859
 through the Egyptian

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 forces into a panic

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 and then a pillar of fire

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 and cloud descended

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 upon them

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 and caused the Red Sea

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 to return to its normal course

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 to engulf the Egyptians.

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 And it says that

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 that happened

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 when the morning appeared

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 or when the morning dawned.

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 That phrase is taken up

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 then in Psalm 46,

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 where it says that

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 God is our refuge

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 and strength,

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 a very present help

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 in trouble.

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 God will help her,

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 talking about the people of God,

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 when morning dawns.

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 Throughout the Gospel of Luke,

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 Luke makes this repeated use

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.100
 of this light,

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 darkness motif.

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.240
 When Jesus is born,

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.940
 Zachariah, his uncle,

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:11.079
 or just before he's born,

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 Zachariah prophesies

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 in Luke 1, 78 to 79,

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 that because of the tender

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.900
 mercy of our God,

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 the sunrise shall visit us

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 from on high

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 to give light to those

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 who sit in darkness

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 and in the shadow of death

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 to guide our feet

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 into the way of peace.

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.140
 In contrast,

00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.720
 just when Jesus is being delivered

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:31.220
 into the hands of sinful men,

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:33.900
 Jesus says in Luke 22, 53,

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.920
 when I was with you

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 day after day in the temple,

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.840
 you did not lay hands on me,

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 but this is your hour

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 and the power of darkness.

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 And as we saw on Good Friday

00:20:45.520 --> 00:20:47.700
 after Jesus dies on the cross,

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 it says in Luke 23, 44 to 45,

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 that there was darkness

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.000
 over the whole land

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 and that the sun's light failed.

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 This is not a solar eclipse.

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 Some of you guys

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 are probably planning

00:21:01.520 --> 00:21:02.780
 on going to visit

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:04.540
 to see the totality,

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.860
 the solar eclipse coming up,

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.900
 I think it's next week.

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:10.140
 And if you've been planning it,

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.680
 then you know

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.680
 solar eclipses last

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.720
 like three minutes.

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:16.080
 Doesn't last three hours

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:17.660
 like it does

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 in the gospel accounts.

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 And it also happens

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.320
 during new moon.

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.519
 Doesn't happen during full moon,

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 which would be

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.620
 what this would have been

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:29.600
 when Jews celebrated

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.900
 the Passover

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 and following that.

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 It's as if the sun itself

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:38.779
 recognizes the death

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.720
 of the one by whom

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.799
 it was created

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 and cloaks itself

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.019
 in darkness.

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 And so Jesus' birth

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 is associated

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.220
 with the sunrise

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 and his death

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 is associated

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.500
 with darkness

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.740
 and his resurrection

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.860
 is once again

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:54.160
 associated with

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.079
 the sunrise at dawn.

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 Linguists debate

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.620
 the origin of the name

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.000
 Easter,

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:03.319
 but the most plausible theory

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.019
 is that it comes

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.640
 from an old

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.759
 high German word,

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.539
 Easterum,

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:08.319
 which comes then

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.159
 from a Latin word

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:10.159
 that means dawn.

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 In many ancient languages

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.159
 like Hebrew,

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.779
 Aramaic,

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.339
 Syriac,

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.940
 and Arabic,

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.159
 the word east

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.480
 either means

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.819
 or is related to the word

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 that means sunrise

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 because the sun rises

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:24.359
 from the east.

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 And that's an apt representation

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.920
 of the resurrection

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 because at the end

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 of each day,

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 at night,

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.480
 when the sun sets,

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.859
 it seems like

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.699
 a sword of death

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 but in the morning

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 it rises again.

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 And that's why

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.519
 Easter is a fitting

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.199
 alternate name

00:22:42.199 --> 00:22:43.459
 for resurrection Sunday.

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 And there's hope

00:22:45.459 --> 00:22:46.399
 for us in this

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 that no matter

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.839
 how long and hard

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.979
 your week might be,

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.219
 the first day

00:22:52.219 --> 00:22:52.639
 of the week

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:54.219
 always comes around.

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 No matter how dark

00:22:57.079 --> 00:23:00.079
 your night might be,

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:03.759
 sun always rises

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:05.019
 at dawn.

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:08.079
 That's the hope

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.179
 that the resurrection

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.139
 of Jesus offers

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.759
 his people

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:13.099
 because his resurrection

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:14.139
 guarantees

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:16.119
 our future deliverance

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:17.519
 and bodily resurrection.

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 Our God

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.059
 raises the dead

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 and that means

00:23:22.199 --> 00:23:23.599
 there is no situation

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.179
 in life

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:25.759
 that is so bleak

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:27.439
 as to be without hope.

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 when your chronic illness

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.660
 is crippling,

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:36.000
 when the pain

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.620
 and hardship

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.600
 of your work

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.860
 is overwhelming,

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:41.680
 when you feel crushed

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:43.039
 by grief,

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.320
 sorrow,

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.700
 and loneliness,

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:48.259
 when your dream

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.380
 seems dead

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:51.259
 and buried.

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.140
 Remember the hope

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.920
 of the resurrection.

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 even though

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.820
 in this life

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.620
 we are grieved

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:02.400
 by various trials,

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.240
 we have a hope

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.400
 that no trial

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.920
 in life

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.779
 can extinguish

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.620
 because,

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.480
 as it says,

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.100
 as we read

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.920
 in the assurance

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.299
 of pardon

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.799
 this morning

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.840
 from 1 Peter 1,

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.120
 we have been born again

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.360
 to a living hope

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.519
 through the resurrection

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.480
 of Jesus Christ

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.299
 from the dead

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 to an inheritance

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 that is imperishable,

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.259
 undefiled,

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.259
 and unfading,

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.700
 kept in heaven

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.539
 for us

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 who,

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.660
 by God's power,

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.360
 are being guarded

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.960
 through faith

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.600
 for salvation

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.500
 to be revealed

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 in the last time.

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.519
 Similarly,

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.680
 in 2 Corinthians 1,

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.140
 8-9,

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.000
 Paul and Timothy

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.740
 write about

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.560
 how much they were

00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:36.960
 suffering

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.100
 and how they were

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.800
 afflicted

00:24:38.800 --> 00:24:39.640
 and how they were

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.180
 so utterly burdened

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.080
 beyond their strength

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.940
 that they despaired

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.860
 of life itself.

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.120
 They felt that

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.920
 they had received

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.720
 the sentence of death,

00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.200
 they say.

00:24:50.300 --> 00:24:51.460
 That's about as low

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.460
 you can get in life

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:54.460
 to despair of life itself,

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.000
 to feel like

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.579
 you've received

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.420
 the death sentence

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:58.000
 which seems so final

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.839
 and irreversible.

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.779
 But,

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.619
 they continue,

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.359
 that was to make them

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.900
 rely not on themselves

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.160
 but on God

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:07.500
 who raises the dead.

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.960
 Even when you're

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:12.779
 despairing of life itself,

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.259
 if you're counting

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:14.900
 on the God

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:16.019
 who raises the dead,

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.700
 then you are not

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.299
 without hope.

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.960
 Many of you

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.140
 have already put your faith

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.920
 in Jesus Christ

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.540
 for salvation.

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.280
 And if that's you,

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.500
 it is your responsibility

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.500
 to remember

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.860
 this truth.

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.500
 The word remember

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.480
 is repeated twice

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.180
 in this passage

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.960
 and the command

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.480
 to remember

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.980
 is an important word

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.180
 throughout the scriptures.

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:41.440
 The verb remember

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.580
 by itself

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:44.500
 occurs 222 times

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.520
 throughout the Old Testament

00:25:45.520 --> 00:25:47.380
 and that's not counting

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.259
 different forms

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.200
 of that word.

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.940
 Remembrance,

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.460
 memorial,

00:25:51.600 --> 00:25:52.259
 these other words.

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.160
 In the Bible,

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.100
 remembering

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:57.000
 the redemptive acts

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.500
 of God

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.600
 in order to freshly

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.700
 apply those truths

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.940
 to our lives

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.940
 is a central act

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.640
 of Christian worship.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.480
 We cannot rightly

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.080
 worship God

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:08.240
 if we don't rightly

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.840
 remember

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.680
 what he has done

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.220
 for us.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.020
 That's why

00:26:13.020 --> 00:26:13.720
 in Luke 22,

00:26:13.780 --> 00:26:14.100
 19,

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.560
 when Jesus instituted

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.259
 the Lord's Supper,

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.780
 he says,

00:26:17.060 --> 00:26:17.980
 this is my body

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.620
 which is given

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.120
 for you.

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.000
 Do this

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.880
 in remembrance

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:22.860
 of me?

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.940
 Easter

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.240
 and really

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.960
 every Sunday

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.520
 when we gather

00:26:27.520 --> 00:26:27.980
 to worship

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.800
 every first day

00:26:28.800 --> 00:26:29.220
 of the week

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.320
 is a day

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:31.320
 of remembering

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:32.780
 because we are

00:26:32.780 --> 00:26:33.660
 a forgetful people.

00:26:35.520 --> 00:26:36.600
 Do you remember

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.200
 the resurrection

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.760
 of Jesus

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:38.640
 as you wrestle

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:40.020
 with your own sins,

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:42.000
 your setbacks

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.740
 in life,

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.640
 your sorrows

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.080
 and the sufferings

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.660
 of your life?

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:49.980
 weeping may tarry

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.640
 for the night

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:52.860
 but joy comes

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.880
 with the morning.

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.300
 This is Psalm 35,

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.480
 30 verse 5.

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.300
 When you see

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.400
 the sunrise each morning,

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.779
 remember the resurrection

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.320
 of Jesus

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:04.960
 and those who remember

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.420
 the resurrection

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.860
 of Jesus

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.620
 must tell

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.480
 of the resurrection

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.680
 of Jesus also.

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.440
 There's a transmission

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.360
 of the testimony

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.840
 from first the angels

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.740
 to the woman

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.419
 and then from the woman

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:16.639
 to the apostles

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:18.439
 in verse 9.

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.980
 It says in verse 9

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.619
 that they told

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.699
 all these things

00:27:22.699 --> 00:27:23.299
 to the eleven

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.919
 and to all the rest.

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.500
 And then later

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.339
 we see that transmission

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.980
 happening again

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.799
 in verse 14

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.019
 when the two of the disciples

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.679
 start talking

00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:31.439
 amongst themselves

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.799
 about all these things

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.459
 that they had heard.

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.899
 Christians

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:37.799
 are by definition

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.500
 witnesses

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.500
 of Jesus Christ.

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.880
 we bear witness

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.920
 to his death

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.460
 and resurrection

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.359
 and transmission

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.859
 therefore is essential

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:47.059
 because unless

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.119
 we tell

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.740
 of the resurrection

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.680
 of Jesus Christ

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.319
 no one will hear

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.740
 and believe

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.619
 the news.

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.700
 Notice how

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:59.259
 Luke emphasizes this

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.799
 in this text.

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.819
 It's not when the women

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.980
 see the empty tomb

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.640
 that they believe.

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:05.680
 It's when they are told

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.480
 by the angel

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.160
 to remember

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.259
 what Jesus told you.

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.420
 That's when they believe.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:13.420
 this is consistent

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:15.519
 with Luke 11 29 to 32

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.859
 where Jesus says

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.799
 that no sign

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.279
 will be given

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.099
 to this generation

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.380
 except for the sign

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:20.900
 of Jonah.

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.259
 There are multiple ways

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.240
 that the gospel writers

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.460
 apply that sign of Jonah.

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.619
 Matthew used the sign

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:25.940
 of Jonah

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.880
 to refer to the fact

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.799
 that Jonah was

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.420
 in the belly

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.339
 of the great fish

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.019
 for three days

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.140
 which is like a death

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:33.220
 and then he came out

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:36.279
 and they said

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.380
 that that foreshadows

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.460
 that story foreshadows

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.299
 or parallels

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.460
 Jesus being buried

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.059
 in his tomb

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.799
 for three days

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.799
 and then being raised

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.299
 from the dead.

00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.579
 But that's not the way

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.600
 Luke mentions

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:47.039
 the sign of Jonah.

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.660
 The sign of Jonah

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.759
 that Luke mentions

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.420
 in Luke 11

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:53.480
 is not the fish part

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.380
 but the fact

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.579
 that Jonah came out

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:57.360
 and then preached

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.599
 to the people

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.299
 of Nineveh.

00:28:59.959 --> 00:29:01.299
 It's Jonah's preaching

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.619
 that's the sign

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:05.159
 that people of Nineveh

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.619
 saw or heard

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.659
 and came to faith in.

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.279
 And likewise

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.240
 then the parallel here

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.439
 is that the sign

00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:13.719
 that Jesus says

00:29:13.719 --> 00:29:14.919
 this is the only sign

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.399
 I will give

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:16.199
 to this generation

00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:18.000
 because no one's

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.559
 going to see

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.679
 Jesus' empty tomb.

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.359
 No one's going to see

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.199
 the risen Jesus

00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:24.079
 in the flesh anymore.

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.519
 The sign that is given

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.179
 to this generation

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:27.419
 is not to see

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:28.439
 but to hear

00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:30.779
 from the people of God

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.359
 that Jesus

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.519
 is raised

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.179
 from the dead.

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.759
 As Romans 10

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.699
 14, 17

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:39.960
 says

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.659
 how then

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.619
 will they call on him

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.639
 whom they not believed?

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.059
 How can they believe

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.519
 in someone

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.720
 whom they have not heard?

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:47.000
 And how can they hear

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.879
 unless someone

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.980
 preaches to them?

00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:50.879
 And how can they preach

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.880
 unless they are sent?

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:54.280
 So faith

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:55.760
 comes from hearing

00:29:55.760 --> 00:29:57.960
 not from seeing

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:00.620
 and hearing

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:02.300
 through the word of Christ.

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.700
 Saving faith

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.740
 comes by hearing

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.640
 the word of Christ

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.640
 and that means

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.420
 brothers and sisters

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.740
 we must tell

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.140
 of Jesus.

00:30:15.800 --> 00:30:17.080
 It's as simple as that.

00:30:19.540 --> 00:30:20.400
 If you feel

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.940
 that you are not

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.460
 qualified

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.320
 to tell people

00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:23.320
 about Jesus

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.080
 and his resurrection

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:25.200
 then I want

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.940
 to ask you

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.440
 to consider

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.920
 who Jesus'

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.100
 first witnesses are.

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:31.420
 It says in verse 10

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:33.480
 Now it was Mary Magdalene

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.220
 and Joanna

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.259
 and Mary

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.240
 the mother of James

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.780
 and the other woman

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.519
 with them

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.780
 who told these things

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:40.420
 to the apostles.

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.759
 All of the gospels

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.220
 record

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.920
 that the first report

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.600
 of the resurrection

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:49.019
 was by these women.

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:52.180
 And this is a remarkable fact

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:53.400
 considering the status

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.800
 of women

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.660
 in the ancient world.

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.940
 To illustrate

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.820
 the first century

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.640
 Jewish historian

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.280
 Josephus

00:30:59.280 --> 00:31:00.259
 writes in his book

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.140
 Against Apian

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:02.500
 but let not

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.240
 the testimony

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.000
 of women

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.620
 be admitted

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.720
 on account

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.360
 of the levity

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.019
 and boldness

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.660
 of their sex

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.980
 since it is probable

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.860
 that they may not

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.480
 speak truth

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.420
 either out of hope

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.040
 of gain

00:31:12.040 --> 00:31:13.180
 or fear of punishment.

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.720
 Similarly

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.560
 the Talmud

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.620
 which is the compilation

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.899
 of Jewish rabbinical

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:20.199
 oral traditions

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:21.859
 and commentary

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.679
 stipulates

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.039
 that women

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.599
 may not be

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.559
 a valid witness

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.359
 in legal

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.359
 Jewish proceedings

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.739
 Jewish legal proceedings.

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.359
 In fact

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.419
 this was exactly

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:31.239
 what Christians

00:31:31.239 --> 00:31:32.619
 of the early age

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.719
 were mocked about

00:31:33.719 --> 00:31:36.199
 in the second century

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.939
 Greek philosopher

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.619
 Kelsus

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:39.000
 mocks Christians

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:40.659
 on precisely this point

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.719
 arguing that

00:31:41.719 --> 00:31:42.439
 our doctrine

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:43.199
 of the resurrection

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:43.739
 of Jesus

00:31:43.739 --> 00:31:44.959
 is based on the testimony

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.539
 of quote

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.539
 half frantic

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.619
 self deceived woman

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:50.879
 but the Bible

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:52.259
 betrays

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.740
 no such prejudice

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:57.680
 despite the fact

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.359
 that it would have

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.819
 been a point

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.379
 of embarrassment

00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:00.359
 in their culture

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.720
 in their cultural context

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:03.039
 that the first witnesses

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.039
 of Christ's resurrection

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.599
 were women

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:06.359
 none of the gospel writers

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.720
 try to hide this fact

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.399
 or minimize

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.619
 this reality

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.859
 and I think

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.379
 this is

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:13.220
 a corroborating evidence

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.319
 of the authenticity

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:16.240
 of these resurrection accounts

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.339
 and of the integrity

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.240
 of the authors

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.839
 who wrote them

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.819
 it also shows

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.779
 that both men

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.799
 and women

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.220
 can be witnesses

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.359
 of Jesus Christ

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:29.299
 I mean think about it

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.720
 it's not like

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.000
 the 11 apostles

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.779
 remaining

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.099
 are all that better

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.500
 they're just

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.439
 a bunch of fishermen

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:41.720
 God is no respecter

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.279
 of persons

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.840
 and he is not

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.779
 looking for

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.320
 expert witnesses

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:51.720
 he's looking for

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.259
 true

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.779
 and faithful witnesses

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:57.400
 you don't have

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.299
 to be a pastor

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:59.740
 with formal theological

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.259
 training

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.299
 to share the good news

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.019
 of Jesus Christ

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.680
 with your neighbors

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:05.440
 you just need

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.980
 to believe

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.880
 in Jesus Christ

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:11.360
 and that brings me

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:12.240
 to my final point

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.560
 we must believe

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.200
 the resurrection

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:15.900
 some of you here

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.680
 are not yet

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:18.060
 followers of Christ

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:19.900
 and you must first

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.500
 believe

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.380
 in the resurrection

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:22.740
 before you can remember

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.900
 and tell of the resurrection

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.460
 of Christ

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:26.700
 in verses 11 to 12

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.840
 we see that the words

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.600
 of the woman

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.480
 seem to be

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.640
 seem to the apostles

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.780
 an idle tale

00:33:31.780 --> 00:33:32.880
 and they did not

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.440
 believe them

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:35.080
 but Peter rose

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:36.080
 and ran to the tomb

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.720
 stooping in

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.259
 looking in

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.780
 he saw the linen cloths

00:33:38.780 --> 00:33:39.340
 by themselves

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:40.480
 and he went home

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.400
 marveling at what

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.040
 had happened

00:33:42.040 --> 00:33:44.300
 here we see

00:33:44.300 --> 00:33:45.900
 two contrasting responses

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.920
 to the witness

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:48.400
 of Jesus' resurrection

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:50.540
 most of the apostles

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:51.280
 do not believe

00:33:51.280 --> 00:33:51.759
 at first

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:54.100
 it was hard for people

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.960
 to believe the resurrection

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.740
 back then too

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:58.060
 but Peter

00:33:58.060 --> 00:33:59.340
 marvels at what

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.799
 had happened

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:01.879
 the word

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:03.099
 translated idle tale

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.299
 is a Greek word

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.859
 that's usually

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.740
 to describe

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:07.199
 the delirious talk

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.599
 of people

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.400
 who are sick

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.759
 delirium

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.460
 delusion

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.599
 nonsense

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:16.299
 people's skepticism

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.799
 toward the resurrection

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.460
 of Christ

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.259
 is nothing new

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:20.819
 to this day

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:22.440
 many treat our faith

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.679
 in the resurrected Christ

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:25.119
 as a delusion

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.960
 a delirium

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:29.519
 but the resurrection

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.639
 is no idle tale

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:33.679
 you can see

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.460
 in today's passage

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.480
 that Jesus' disciples

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.480
 both men and women

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.920
 were not expecting

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.519
 the resurrection

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:40.400
 they are surprised

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.980
 the resurrection

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.420
 was not some conspiracy

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.820
 that they were all in on

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.280
 prior

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.500
 to the fact

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:48.119
 it was rather

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:49.679
 an unexpected event

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:51.000
 a surprising reality

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.019
 that they had to

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.119
 reckon with

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.820
 and make sense of

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:57.920
 what do you make

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.700
 of the empty tomb

00:34:58.700 --> 00:35:01.000
 what do you make

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.260
 of all those disciples

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.100
 who lived

00:35:03.100 --> 00:35:04.500
 and died

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.600
 proclaiming

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.559
 that they saw

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.660
 the risen Jesus

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:11.940
 according to

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.539
 third century

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.519
 pastor and theologian

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.920
 origin

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.940
 and church historian

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.539
 Eusebius

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:17.440
 all

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.720
 of the

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.440
 all of the

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.080
 twelve apostles

00:35:20.080 --> 00:35:21.280
 except for

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:22.380
 apostle John

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:24.340
 were killed

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.260
 for bearing

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:26.059
 witness to Jesus

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:29.260
 Peter

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.880
 bore witness

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.420
 to Jesus

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.420
 from Jerusalem

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.119
 all the way

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.680
 to modern day

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.019
 Turkey

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:34.720
 and then

00:35:34.720 --> 00:35:35.420
 he was crucified

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.500
 by Emperor Nero

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.599
 after bearing

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.000
 witness

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.559
 in Rome

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:41.200
 James

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:42.420
 bore witness

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.180
 to Christ

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:44.240
 throughout Judea

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:45.579
 and was killed

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.180
 by King

00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.140
 Herod Agrippa

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.660
 the first

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:49.840
 John

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.940
 was the only

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.800
 one that made

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.480
 it to old age

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.640
 but he died

00:35:53.640 --> 00:35:54.420
 in exile

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:56.100
 in Patmos

00:35:56.100 --> 00:35:58.539
 it's possible

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.200
 he did come back

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.680
 from exile

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.160
 but that's where

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.600
 you spend

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:01.420
 the waning years

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.960
 of his life

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:03.300
 Andrew

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:03.920
 bore witness

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.380
 to Jesus

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.940
 as far as

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.360
 modern day

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.840
 Ukraine

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:07.180
 southern Russia

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:08.519
 and Kazakhstan

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.660
 and then was

00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.080
 crucified

00:36:10.080 --> 00:36:10.840
 in Patras

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.360
 Greece

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:13.240
 Bartholomew

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:14.060
 bore witness

00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:14.560
 to Jesus

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:15.640
 as far as

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.260
 modern day

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.680
 India

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.240
 and Armenia

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.160
 where he was

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.060
 then flayed

00:36:19.060 --> 00:36:20.000
 to death

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.019
 for his faith

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:23.119
 James

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.480
 the son

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.099
 of Alphaeus

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.659
 bore witness

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.980
 to Jesus

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.559
 as far as

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.980
 Egypt

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:27.219
 where he was

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.619
 crucified

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.659
 for his

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.380
 faith

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:31.039
 Judas

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.679
 the son

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.239
 of James

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:33.559
 also known

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.139
 as Jude

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.880
 or Thetius

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.820
 bore witness

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.179
 to Jesus

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.820
 in Iran

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.840
 in Syria

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.639
 and Lebanon

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.219
 where he was

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.619
 beheaded

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.400
 for his

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.759
 faith

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:42.559
 Matthew

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.179
 bore witness

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.679
 to Jesus

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.460
 as far as

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.000
 modern day

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.539
 Sudan

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.539
 and church

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.920
 tradition

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.300
 holds

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.860
 that he too

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.559
 was martyred

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:50.840
 Philip

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.420
 bore witness

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.860
 to Jesus

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.380
 as far as

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.799
 modern day

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.219
 Greece

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.719
 Syria

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.360
 and Turkey

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.900
 where he was

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.279
 beheaded

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:56.199
 for his

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.599
 faith

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.840
 Simon

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.900
 the zealot

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.519
 bore witness

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.940
 to Jesus

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.599
 as far as

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.259
 Mauritania

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:01.659
 Libya

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.860
 and Britain

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:04.360
 where he was

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.940
 crucified

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:07.259
 Thomas

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:07.940
 bore witness

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.380
 to Jesus

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.159
 as far as

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.559
 India

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.940
 where he too

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.960
 was martyred

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.760
 Matthias

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.579
 the last

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.960
 apostle

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.300
 to be

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.480
 added

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.320
 to replace

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.840
 Judas

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:18.000
 the Iscariot

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.800
 who betrayed

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:19.300
 Jesus

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.559
 bore witness

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.579
 in modern day

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.240
 Azerbaijan

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.340
 and Armenia

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:24.400
 and Georgia

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.619
 and he was

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.460
 stoned to death

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:30.980
 and I dare say

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.460
 that there are

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.199
 many in this

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.460
 room right now

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:35.720
 who would gladly

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.639
 give their lives

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.220
 for Jesus

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:47.099
 do you really

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.779
 think that they

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:48.919
 all died

00:37:48.919 --> 00:37:49.739
 to keep a lie

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:56.159
 Christ

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.000
 really did

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.799
 conquer death

00:37:57.799 --> 00:38:00.119
 he was raised

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:00.939
 from the dead

00:38:00.939 --> 00:38:02.139
 and that's why

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.959
 Luke calls him

00:38:02.959 --> 00:38:03.759
 the Lord

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.439
 Jesus

00:38:04.439 --> 00:38:05.099
 in verse

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.759
 three

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:09.180
 Jesus

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:09.700
 has been

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:09.980
 called

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.320
 Lord

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.700
 before

00:38:10.700 --> 00:38:11.080
 but

00:38:11.080 --> 00:38:11.940
 by itself

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.360
 sometimes

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.660
 it can

00:38:12.660 --> 00:38:13.140
 just mean

00:38:13.140 --> 00:38:13.560
 something

00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:13.960
 as simple

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.440
 as sir

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.560
 but when

00:38:16.560 --> 00:38:16.880
 you

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.640
 combine

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:19.100
 the title

00:38:19.100 --> 00:38:19.460
 Lord

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.820
 with the

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.040
 name

00:38:20.040 --> 00:38:20.420
 Jesus

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.020
 and becomes

00:38:21.020 --> 00:38:21.500
 the Lord

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.940
 Jesus

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.620
 this is

00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:23.020
 the only

00:38:23.020 --> 00:38:23.680
 time

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.100
 he's called

00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:24.520
 the Lord

00:38:24.520 --> 00:38:24.840
 Jesus

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.420
 is after

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.920
 the resurrection

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.420
 here in

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.660
 Luke

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:28.060
 only happens

00:38:28.060 --> 00:38:28.640
 once in the

00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:29.180
 gospel of Luke

00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:29.640
 but in the

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.240
 sequel in the

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:31.000
 book of Acts

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.840
 Jesus

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.240
 is called

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.680
 the Lord

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.120
 Jesus

00:38:33.120 --> 00:38:34.240
 18 times

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:35.040
 because it's

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.800
 only after

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.940
 the resurrection

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.800
 that we see

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.659
 Jesus as

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.539
 the exalted

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.179
 Lord

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:41.159
 that we saw

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.019
 only a glimpse

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.179
 of during his

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.000
 transfiguration

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:45.639
 he is the

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.860
 Lord Jesus

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:48.539
 who demands

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.400
 our submission

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:51.539
 who deserves

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.420
 our allegiance

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:54.000
 who is

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.900
 worthy

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.619
 of our

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.320
 worship

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.840
 Jesus

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.779
 is Lord

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.360
 and Lord

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.019
 over all

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.980
 he reigns

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.960
 over all

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.539
 creation

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:04.559
 his name

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.199
 is exalted

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:05.579
 above

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.179
 every

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.199
 other name

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:10.159
 and Romans

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.779
 10 9

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.480
 promises

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.519
 all of us

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.579
 and I want

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.079
 to implore

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.659
 you if you

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.159
 have not yet

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.460
 put your

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:15.840
 faith in

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.340
 Jesus Christ

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:16.820
 it says

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.699
 if you

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:18.320
 confess

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.840
 with your

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.279
 mouth

00:39:19.279 --> 00:39:20.159
 that Jesus

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.980
 is Lord

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:22.599
 and believe

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:23.079
 in your

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.440
 heart

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.920
 that he

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.779
 raised

00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.800
 Jesus

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.239
 from the

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.519
 dead

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.039
 that God

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.519
 raised

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.779
 Jesus

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.159
 from the

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.400
 dead

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:30.599
 that you

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.500
 will be

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:32.260
 saved

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:39.680
 if that's

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.960
 not amazing

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.260
 to you

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.559
 then you

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.800
 do not

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:42.160
 quite

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.760
 understand

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:43.139
 what I'm

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.460
 saying

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.059
 to you

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:47.099
 do you

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.500
 realize

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.200
 what God

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:48.840
 is offering

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.280
 you

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:52.139
 free

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.820
 gift

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.539
 of salvation

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.980
 eternal

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.579
 life

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:57.019
 freedom

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.559
 from the

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.119
 bondage

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.679
 of sin

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.199
 and death

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.900
 forgiveness

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.179
 reconciliation

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:02.059
 with God

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:04.019
 we're offering

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.440
 that to you

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.179
 right now

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:09.859
 and all

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.119
 you need

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.559
 to do

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:12.400
 confess

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.699
 outwardly

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:16.079
 the name

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.699
 of Jesus

00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:21.319
 and believe

00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:22.000
 inwardly

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:23.079
 that God

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.559
 raised him

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:23.880
 from the

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.139
 dead

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:29.879
 let's

00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:30.199
 pray

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:38.639
 father we

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.119
 ask that

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.519
 you would

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:41.579
 please

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:47.339
 anyone here

00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:47.799
 who does

00:40:47.799 --> 00:40:48.139
 not yet

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.480
 know you

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:48.719
 and does

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.339
 not yet

00:40:49.339 --> 00:40:49.879
 belong to

00:40:49.879 --> 00:40:50.199
 you

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:52.379
 but they

00:40:52.379 --> 00:40:52.980
 are yours

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:54.259
 you have

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.539
 chosen

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.899
 them

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.899
 won't you

00:40:55.899 --> 00:40:56.279
 now

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:56.699
 father

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.159
 call

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.439
 them

00:40:57.439 --> 00:40:57.980
 by name

00:40:57.980 --> 00:41:02.159
 won't you

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.500
 father

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.319
 now speak

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:03.679
 into their

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.059
 heart

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:09.139
 won't you

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.399
 father

00:41:09.399 --> 00:41:09.859
 now give

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:10.099
 them the

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.500
 gift of

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.899
 faith

00:41:10.899 --> 00:41:11.219
 that they

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.579
 might be

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.159
 born again

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.559
 to a

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.219
 living hope

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.000
 of the

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.480
 resurrection

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:19.840
 and lord

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.900
 please

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:21.420
 comfort

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:21.920
 my brothers

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.400
 and sisters

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.940
 in christ

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.240
 who already

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.679
 know you

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:25.679
 their lives

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.199
 are full

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.900
 of

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.719
 disappointments

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:29.300
 discouragements

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:30.860
 struggle

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.480
 with sin

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:34.059
 but lord

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.740
 remind them

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:35.240
 this morning

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.800
 and comfort

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.519
 them of

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:37.079
 that hope

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.500
 that we

00:41:37.500 --> 00:41:37.880
 have

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.780
 in the

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.219
 resurrection

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:49.159
 in jesus name

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.559
 we pray

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.500
 amen