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 Father in heaven,

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 we would come before you now

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 and that we would ask that

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 your name would be hallowed

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 and that your will would be done

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 on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Father, would you now pour out your spirit

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 upon us, your people,

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 in this congregation

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 and would you give us eyes

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 to see the risen Jesus

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 through this eyewitness account of John.

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 It's in your name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, a week ago I had my vision tested

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 and as part of having my vision tested,

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 I knew that there was going to be

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 a particular test in that big test

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 that is a point of challenge for me.

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 The colorblind test.

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 I was seated in front of 12 circles,

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 four rows of three.

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 Each circle was comprised of smaller circles

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 of varying colors and shades

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 and apparently there are numbers

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 you can see in those circles.

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 So the aid helping me

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 starts circle one.

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 Well, what do you see?

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 I don't see anything.

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 Oh, what do you see there?

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 I don't see anything.

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 Next circle, nothing.

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 Next circle, nope.

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 Nope.

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 Nope.

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 I think I see a six.

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 Nope, nope, nope, nope.

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 Three, seven, nope.

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 So I turned to her and I said,

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 would you just tell me?

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 I can't see.

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 I'm colorblind.

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 I can't see.

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 Tell me the numbers.

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 So she walked me through.

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 Four, 14, 27, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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 And I believed.

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 I believed.

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 I couldn't see it.

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 I turned to my eyewitness friend

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 and she said, there they are.

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 And I believed without seeing.

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 My eyes didn't need to see the numbers

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 to believe that they were there.

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 This morning, we're not gathered

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 to talk about a colorblind test.

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 This morning, we've gathered together

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 to see and believe the risen Jesus.

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 He is risen.

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 He's risen indeed.

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 And I doubt that any of us in this room

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 have actually laid physical eyes

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 upon the risen Christ.

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 But does that mean that Jesus is not alive?

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 If there's anything that my vision test shows,

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 it's you don't have to see something

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 with your own eyes to know it's real.

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 This morning, I'm going to show you

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 a eyewitness account from the Gospel of John.

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 And if you want to start turning your Bibles there,

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 please feel free.

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 You've got Bibles before you in the pews.

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 John is the fourth book of the New Testament.

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 It's the fourth Gospel.

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 When it comes to seeing and believing

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 in the resurrection of Jesus,

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 we're actually dependent on someone else's eyewitness.

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 Someone else who saw Jesus

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 after he was crucified and raised from the dead.

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 And the eyewitness account that we're going to look at

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 is the account of John,

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 one of his longtime followers.

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 Now, you know what an eyewitness account is, right?

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 It's like when there's an accident on 60th and Sheridan,

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 and you're there, you see it,

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 the police officer come,

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 then they take a police report of your eyewitness account

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 of what took place.

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 You were there, you saw it.

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 And this morning, we're going to look at the eyewitness account

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 of the Gospel of John, John's account.

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 He was there, he saw it.

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 And he shares it with us

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 so that we can believe

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 that Jesus is raised from the dead.

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 And so my aim this morning

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 is not to convince you

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 that the Gospel of John

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 is a reliable account

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 of the resurrection of Jesus.

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 My aim this morning

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 is to show you what John shows us

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 so that you would believe that Jesus is risen.

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 That's my goal this morning.

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 And here's how he's going to do it.

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 In John chapter 20,

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 he starts in verses 1 through 10,

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 and he shows us the empty tomb.

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 And then for the rest of the chapter,

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 he's going to show us

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 three transformational events.

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 People who encounter the risen Jesus,

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 and their lives are changed.

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 And so what John shows us

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 is the tomb is empty

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 because Jesus is alive,

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 and Jesus changes people's lives.

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 Here's what's riding on all this.

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 What you believe about Jesus

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 is really important.

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 And what you believe about his resurrection

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 is very important.

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 If Jesus wasn't raised from the dead,

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 he is not who he claimed to be,

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 and the work that he did on the cross,

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 what we just kind of brought to mind,

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 how is that supposed to have accomplished anything

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 if he wasn't raised from the dead?

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 Let alone the fact that we have no hope of life after death.

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 But if Jesus was raised from the dead,

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 it actually proves that he was God in the flesh,

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 that his payment for sin was effectual,

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 it accomplished what he sought to do with it,

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 and that he is alive today.

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 So let's look at this empty tomb in verses 1 through 10.

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 I'll just read it for you.

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 Now on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early

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 while it was still dark

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

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 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple.

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 The other disciple is John, the writer of the gospel.

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 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and John,

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 the one whom Jesus loved,

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 and said to them,

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 They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,

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 and we do not know where they have laid him.

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 So Peter went out with the other disciple,

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 and they were both going toward the tomb.

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 Both of them were running together,

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 but the other disciple, John, outran Peter

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 and reached the tomb first.

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 And stooping to look in,

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 he saw the linen clothes lying there,

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 cloths lying there,

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 but he did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter came following him

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 and went into the tomb.

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 He saw the linen cloths lying there

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 and the face cloth,

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 which had been on Jesus' head,

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 not lying with the linen cloths,

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 but folded up in a place by itself.

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 Then the other disciple, John,

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 who had reached the tomb first,

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 also went in,

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 and he saw and believed.

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 For as yet,

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 they did not understand the scripture,

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 that he, Jesus,

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 must rise from the dead.

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 Then the disciples went back to their homes.

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 Here's John's eyewitness account

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 of what happened that first Easter Sunday.

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 Before dawn,

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 this would have been most likely Sunday,

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 April 5th, 33 A.D.

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 A real time, a real day.

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 Before dawn, it's still dark.

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 Mary Magdalene,

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 one of Jesus' female followers,

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 she arrives at the tomb

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 to finish preparing Jesus' body for burial.

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 So there's a little backstory right there.

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 Two days earlier,

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 Jesus had been crucified

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 on a Roman cross outside of Jerusalem.

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 And while Jesus,

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 his last words that he said there,

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 it is finished,

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 he was speaking about the work

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 that he had done on the cross.

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 Mary Magdalene was there.

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 She witnessed his crucifixion,

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 his death,

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 and his burial.

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 Because she followed

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 Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus

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 to Joseph's newly hewn-out tomb

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 in the limestone outside of Jerusalem.

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 And she followed them there

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 and watched them put Jesus'

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 linen-shrouded body into that tomb

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 and then roll this huge stone

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 in front of the tomb entrance.

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 She saw it.

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 She had the tomb address,

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 you could say.

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 And so it's on the first day

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 of the week.

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 It's Sunday.

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 Three days following

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 that first Good Friday.

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 And when Mary arrives

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 in the dark,

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 she notices right away

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 that this huge stone

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 had been taken away,

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 verse 1.

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 She must have looked in.

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 Because when she runs

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 and tells Simon, Peter, and John

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 that the body has been taken away,

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 she must have looked in

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 to know that it had been removed.

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 And she tells them

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 that someone must have taken his body

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 and placed him somewhere else

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 unknown to them.

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 And right there,

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 what you see is that

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 she's not thinking resurrection.

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 She's not thinking

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 that he's been raised from the dead.

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 She's thinking that

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 his body's been misplaced.

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 So upon hearing Mary's report,

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 Peter and John,

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 foot race to the tomb,

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 verses 3 and 4.

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 John arrives first

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 because he's younger than Peter.

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 And when John arrives,

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 he stoops in the tomb

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 and he looks down into the tomb.

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 It's like looking down

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 into a shallow cellar

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 of a basement.

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 He looks down

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 and sees the linen burial cloths

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 that had enshrouded Jesus' body

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 lying there.

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 And they're missing something.

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 I'm not naming any names,

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 but sometimes in our family,

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 there's this towel

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 that shows up

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 in the middle of our bathroom

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 with no body in it.

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 It's this empty towel

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 and you touch it

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 and it's a little damp.

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 What's going on?

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 Not naming any names.

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 But when John looks in

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 and sees these burial linens,

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 something's out of place.

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 We've got a missing body.

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 These burial linens

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 were missing the very person

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 that had been enshrouded by them

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 two days earlier.

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 And it gives John pause.

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 So much so,

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 he doesn't go into the tomb.

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 He's just looking in.

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 And here's what I want to put

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 into your brain.

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 Something's going on

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 in John at this moment.

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 Something is being brought

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 to his mind

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 at this moment.

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 He arrived at the tomb

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 and his heart was pumping

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 and his heart starts going,

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 the heart rate starts going down

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 and then he sees

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 these burial linens

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 and his heart rate

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 is starting to go up

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 because something is going on

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 in his mind.

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 Something related

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 to the Old Testament.

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 But we'll come back

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 to that in a second

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 because Peter arrives.

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 He arrives huffing and puffing

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 that old man

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 and in classic Peter style,

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 he just goes right

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 into the tomb.

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 Right in.

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 And he too sees

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 the burial linen lying there.

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 But what John tells us,

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 he also sees

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 the linen face cloth

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 that was over Jesus'

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 dead head.

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 It was separate

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 from the linen cloths

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 that covered his body.

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 And what Joseph,

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 what John is very clear

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 in pointing out

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 is that this linen face cloth

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 was not thrown

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 on the floor.

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 It was folded up.

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 You know,

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 after you wash your face

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 with a washcloth,

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 you kind of fold it up

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 and put it on your sink.

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 Very intentional.

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 It's folded up.

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 Someone left

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 the burial linens.

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 Someone folded up

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 this face cloth.

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 And if you were going

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 to be stealing

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 Jesus' body,

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 I'm guessing

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 you're not going

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 to take the time

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 to fold up

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 his face cloth.

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 You're going to throw it

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 on the floor

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 or keep it on his head.

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 So,

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 at this point,

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 John in verse 8

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 now enters the tomb.

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 He sees the empty tomb.

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 He sees the empty

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 burial linens.

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 He sees the folded up

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 face cloth.

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 And at the end

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 of verse 8,

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 we see these words,

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 John saw

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 and believed.

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 And we have a very

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 important question

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 we need to answer

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 right now.

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 What did he believe?

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 What was he believing?

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 Well, in verse 9,

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 we're told,

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 for as yet,

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 they did not understand

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 the scripture

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 that he must

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 rise from the dead.

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 He believes

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 that Jesus

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 has been raised

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 from the dead.

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 Because what has

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 come to his mind

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 is the Old Testament

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 scripture

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 in new,

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 pronounced,

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 powerful way.

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 If you flip

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 in your Bible

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 back to

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 Psalm 16,

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 verse 10,

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 this may have

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 been the scripture

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 that had come

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 to his mind

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 and that

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 stirred his belief

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 that Jesus

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 has been raised

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 from the dead.

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 This verse,

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 I'm going to read you,

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 this verse

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 was proclaimed

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 by Peter

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 and the apostle

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 Paul

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 when they would

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 preach

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 and that they

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 would give

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 an Old Testament

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 basis for the

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 resurrection of

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 Jesus.

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 For you will not

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 abandon my soul

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 to Sheol

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 or let your

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 holy ones see

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 corruption.

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 And of course,

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 the holy one of all,

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 the greatest of all

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 holy ones is Jesus.

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 You will not see

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 corruption.

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 Was this

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 the verse

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 that God

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 had used

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 in John's

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 mind

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 to stir

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 belief

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 when he sees

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 the empty tomb?

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 It could have been.

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 It could have been

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 Isaiah 53, 10

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 where the suffering

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 servant is buried

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 in a grave

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 of a rich man

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 and then afterwards

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 he lives,

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 goes on living,

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 raised from the dead.

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 These are different

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 passages that

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 the Old Testament

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 points to

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 not just the

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 Messiah dying

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 but the Messiah

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 necessarily being

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 raised from the dead.

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 So here's what

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 we see happening.

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 Here's this

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 eyewitness account

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.480
 of an empty tomb

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 and what John

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 is telling us

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 is that this

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 tomb is not

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 empty on

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 accident.

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 It's purposefully

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 empty.

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 It's the

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 fulfillment of

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 the Old Testament

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 scriptures.

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 That's one reason

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 why it was empty.

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 It had to be

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 to fulfill

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 the Old Testament.

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 Another reason

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 is that

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 the resurrection

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 had to happen

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 in order to

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 demonstrate that

00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:58.379
 Christ's one time

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 payment for sin

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 was accepted

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 and received

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 by God

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 a holy God.

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 This past week

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 I ordered a book

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 from Amazon.

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 Anybody ever

00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.439
 order a book

00:15:10.439 --> 00:15:10.879
 from Amazon?

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 It was a book

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 on the gospel,

00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:14.740
 the life of Jesus

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 and how that's

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 essential to

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 every Christian

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 and as soon

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 as I ordered

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 it I clicked

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 that little button

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 that place order

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 bing

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 three seconds

00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:24.259
 later

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 my emails

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 dinged

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 from Amazon

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 the confirmation

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 email

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 payment received

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 what happens

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 on Good Friday

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 is payment

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 made

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 what happens

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 on Easter Sunday

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 is payment

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 received

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 Christ's payment

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 for sin

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 was accepted

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 by a holy God

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 and that

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 opens

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 wide the door

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 for all sinners

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 to come

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 and receive

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 forgiveness

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 of sins

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 through what

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 Jesus has

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 accomplished

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.259
 he is a

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 living savior

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 and sins

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 are washed

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 clean

00:16:00.900 --> 00:16:03.040
 this is an

00:16:03.040 --> 00:16:03.660
 empty tomb

00:16:03.660 --> 00:16:05.060
 but it's

00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:06.120
 speaking loud

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:08.400
 and so upon

00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:08.920
 seeing the

00:16:08.920 --> 00:16:09.440
 empty tomb

00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:10.220
 John believed

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:10.780
 that Jesus

00:16:10.780 --> 00:16:11.440
 had been raised

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:11.920
 from the dead

00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:12.760
 because his

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 bible is making

00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:14.700
 sense in a new

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 way

00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:15.680
 and I just

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 want to point

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 out the obvious

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:17.780
 he's not

00:16:17.780 --> 00:16:18.640
 looking at

00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:19.560
 the resurrected

00:16:19.560 --> 00:16:20.520
 Jesus right

00:16:20.520 --> 00:16:20.800
 now

00:16:20.800 --> 00:16:21.980
 he's standing

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:22.620
 in an empty

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.100
 tomb

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:24.260
 believing that

00:16:24.260 --> 00:16:24.840
 Jesus has been

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.240
 raised

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.080
 because he's

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 thinking about

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.180
 his bible

00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:27.560
 in a new

00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:27.860
 way

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:31.259
 if John

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:31.600
 is any

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.399
 indicator

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.720
 someone does

00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.399
 not have to

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.279
 visibly see

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.740
 the risen

00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:36.120
 Jesus

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.980
 in order to

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:37.500
 believe that

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:37.799
 he's been

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.419
 raised from

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.820
 the dead

00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:40.940
 you just need

00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:41.139
 to know

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.659
 your bible

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:44.680
 it's a

00:16:44.680 --> 00:16:45.240
 supernatural

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:45.980
 revelation

00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:48.320
 okay

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:50.740
 we've seen

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.180
 the empty

00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:51.500
 tomb

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.840
 John's

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.379
 making an

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.740
 eyewitness

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.159
 case

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.259
 now he's

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.459
 going to

00:16:56.459 --> 00:16:56.919
 move us

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.240
 to

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:58.179
 some

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 very

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.500
 interesting

00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.740
 encounters

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:02.240
 and what

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.480
 these

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.139
 encounters

00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:04.279
 demonstrate

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:05.799
 is why

00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.420
 the empty

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:06.779
 tomb

00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.440
 is empty

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.379
 the empty

00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:09.680
 tomb

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.299
 is empty

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.279
 because

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.579
 Jesus

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.440
 is alive

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.220
 and he's

00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.599
 changing

00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.119
 people's

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 lives

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.899
 so the

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 first

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.899
 transformational

00:17:20.899 --> 00:17:21.480
 risen

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.440
 Jesus

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.140
 sighting

00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:23.380
 it's

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 almost

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 like

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 if you

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 were in

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 the

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 northwest

00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.500
 and you're

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 like

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.220
 okay

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:28.100
 bigfoot

00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:28.660
 sighting

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.680
 I saw

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 him

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.080
 we don't

00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.340
 know it's

00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:32.600
 true or

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:32.920
 not

00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:35.140
 John

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 provides us

00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.259
 with some

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.779
 risen

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.380
 Jesus

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.220
 sightings

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:39.140
 of people

00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:39.980
 real people

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.680
 who had a

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.480
 real encounter

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:41.840
 with the

00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:42.440
 risen Christ

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:42.940
 and they

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.340
 were really

00:17:43.340 --> 00:17:43.960
 changed

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:46.960
 so the

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.579
 first story

00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:49.299
 first account

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.840
 is with

00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:50.200
 Mary

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 Mary Magdalene

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 and I'm

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 just going to

00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.579
 breeze through

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 these

00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.600
 this is in

00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:53.840
 verses

00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:54.720
 11

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 through 18

00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:57.640
 what we see

00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.340
 happen here

00:17:58.340 --> 00:17:58.900
 is that

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.259
 Mary's

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 weeping

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.120
 outside

00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:01.140
 the tomb

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:01.740
 where Jesus

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.340
 was laid

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 she stoops

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 down

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 she looks

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:04.380
 in the tomb

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:04.600
 there are

00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.079
 two angels

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:05.380
 there

00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:05.900
 and the

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:06.200
 angels

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:06.640
 are like

00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.819
 woman

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.160
 why are

00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:08.559
 you weeping

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:11.079
 he's not

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.360
 here

00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.519
 it doesn't

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.219
 even strike

00:18:14.219 --> 00:18:14.500
 her that

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 two angels

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.359
 are in

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 this tomb

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 because she

00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:16.899
 turns around

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:17.619
 and when she

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:18.279
 turns around

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.119
 there is

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 Jesus

00:18:19.659 --> 00:18:20.439
 standing

00:18:20.439 --> 00:18:21.099
 before her

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:23.039
 but she

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.339
 doesn't

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.259
 recognize him

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 in fact

00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:27.799
 he then

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.559
 asks her

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.419
 woman

00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:30.859
 why are

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.439
 you weeping

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 and then

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.819
 in great

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.399
 irony

00:18:34.399 --> 00:18:35.399
 he asks

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 her

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 in verse

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.479
 15

00:18:36.479 --> 00:18:37.799
 whom are

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 you seeking

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 so

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 don't

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.460
 miss

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.819
 that

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:43.419
 Mary

00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:43.879
 is

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.779
 distraught

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:47.460
 the one

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 that she

00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.039
 had been

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.519
 living for

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 for the

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 last three

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 years

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 she just

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 witnessed

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 crucified

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 her

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 the guy

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 that he

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 was she

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 was living

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.019
 for is

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 gone

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 and now

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.440
 she just

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 wants to

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 finish

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 preparing

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 his body

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 and now

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.279
 his body

00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:01.759
 is gone

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.279
 it's gone

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.059
 from bad

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.579
 to worse

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.720
 she just

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.079
 wants to

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.359
 know where

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 the body

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.139
 is

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:07.639
 and so

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:08.019
 she's

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.359
 seeking

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:09.180
 the body

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.859
 of Jesus

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.720
 she turns

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.059
 around

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.659
 and there's

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:12.220
 the risen

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 Christ

00:19:12.639 --> 00:19:12.980
 who she

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.419
 doesn't

00:19:13.419 --> 00:19:13.980
 recognize

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:15.220
 asking her

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 who are you

00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.460
 looking for

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:20.839
 and she

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.259
 thinks he's

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.279
 the gardener

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:24.720
 sir if you

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 have carried

00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.519
 him away

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.899
 tell me

00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.200
 where you

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.579
 have laid

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:26.899
 him

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:27.700
 and I

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.039
 will take

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.460
 him away

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.179
 verse 15

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:30.940
 and then

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.240
 Jesus

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.819
 says

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:34.139
 he says

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 to her

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.139
 Mary

00:19:35.139 --> 00:19:37.279
 Mary

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:40.779
 and instantly

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:42.680
 she has

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 eyes to

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.639
 see

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 and she

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.879
 exclaims

00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:47.180
 in verse

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.639
 60

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.539
 in Aramaic

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.220
 Rabboni

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.879
 which is a

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.200
 term of

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.779
 affection for

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.220
 a teacher

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.440
 Rabboni

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:54.539
 and so she

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.180
 must have

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.980
 reached out

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.399
 to cling

00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:56.680
 to him

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.160
 because in

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.599
 verse 17

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:57.960
 he's like

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.200
 whoa

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.339
 whoa

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:58.500
 whoa

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.299
 don't cling

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.500
 to me

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.779
 yet

00:19:59.779 --> 00:19:59.980
 I've

00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.279
 not yet

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.599
 ascended

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:00.899
 to my

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.299
 father

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:03.980
 but what

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.299
 we see

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.700
 happening

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:04.980
 in this

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.220
 account

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.659
 is this

00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.599
 we have

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.359
 a distraught

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:07.899
 weeping

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.279
 Mary

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.960
 that once

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.519
 she sees

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.259
 and recognizes

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.759
 the risen

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.220
 Jesus

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:14.139
 she is

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.200
 profoundly

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.359
 changed

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.460
 her weeping

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.379
 turns to

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:18.919
 worship

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.659
 do you see

00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:19.879
 it

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:21.700
 she encounters

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.159
 the risen

00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:22.599
 Jesus

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:24.079
 and she's

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:24.779
 changed

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:28.940
 and what

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.339
 John is

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:29.839
 helping us

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.259
 to see

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.659
 is the

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:30.859
 tomb

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.459
 is empty

00:20:31.459 --> 00:20:32.419
 because

00:20:32.419 --> 00:20:32.740
 Jesus

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.439
 is alive

00:20:33.439 --> 00:20:34.859
 and he's

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.539
 changing

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.519
 people

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.559
 she see

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.539
 she saw

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.259
 she believed

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.899
 and she was

00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:40.599
 transformed

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.459
 now some

00:20:41.459 --> 00:20:41.879
 of you may

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.179
 have come

00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:42.519
 into this

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.759
 building

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.279
 this morning

00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.000
 and you

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.459
 have a

00:20:44.459 --> 00:20:45.259
 very similar

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.019
 cry of

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.500
 your heart

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:46.779
 when it

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.159
 comes to

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.459
 Jesus

00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:49.319
 someone stole

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.659
 Jesus

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.179
 from you

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:52.759
 maybe it

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.079
 was when

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.459
 you were a

00:20:53.459 --> 00:20:53.699
 child

00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:54.000
 growing up

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.199
 in a

00:20:54.199 --> 00:20:54.439
 church

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:54.779
 and another

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.119
 Christian

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.659
 did something

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:55.979
 and you

00:20:55.979 --> 00:20:56.259
 were like

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.819
 I'm done

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.419
 I'm done

00:20:57.419 --> 00:20:57.879
 with this

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.379
 take

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.279
 I'm done

00:20:59.279 --> 00:21:00.639
 I'm walking

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.519
 away

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:03.019
 and you

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.660
 grieve the

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.299
 loss of your

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.639
 Jesus

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.879
 or maybe

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.240
 you're a

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.799
 college student

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.480
 you showed up

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.379
 freshman year

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:08.779
 to this

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:10.139
 big class

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.680
 with a really

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.440
 smart professor

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.799
 and this

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.339
 really smart

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.740
 professor

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:14.039
 just totally

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.859
 annihilates

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.680
 any argument

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.599
 for Jesus

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.099
 and his

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.579
 resurrection

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.339
 and it's

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:18.680
 like he

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.720
 you lost

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.259
 your Jesus

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.759
 at that

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.099
 point

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:24.799
 well the

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.139
 good news

00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:25.699
 is this

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:27.379
 despite

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:27.859
 what other

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.339
 people have

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.559
 done

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:28.899
 despite

00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:29.500
 best

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.199
 arguments

00:21:30.199 --> 00:21:31.939
 John is

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.639
 very clear

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.659
 Jesus is

00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:34.500
 alive

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:37.219
 and he

00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:37.839
 calls you

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.639
 by name

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:41.659
 in John

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.019
 10

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.500
 Jesus

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.259
 says

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.799
 the good

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.179
 shepherd

00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:45.839
 calls his

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.359
 sheep

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.500
 by name

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.699
 and they

00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.740
 know his

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.339
 voice

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:52.659
 when Mary

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.079
 hears

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.879
 Jesus

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.619
 calling her

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:55.039
 name

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:56.439
 lights on

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.639
 she sees

00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:57.899
 and she

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.299
 believes

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.779
 and she's

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.379
 transformed

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:00.459
 her weeping

00:22:00.459 --> 00:22:01.059
 turns to

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.379
 worship

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.919
 and she's

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.299
 just looking

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.659
 to hold

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.179
 on to her

00:22:03.179 --> 00:22:03.500
 savior

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.519
 her risen

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.980
 savior

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:07.279
 if you've

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.699
 lost your

00:22:07.699 --> 00:22:08.019
 Jesus

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.599
 along the

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:08.959
 way

00:22:08.959 --> 00:22:12.839
 he's calling

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.179
 you by

00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:13.659
 name

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:15.339
 how do you

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.599
 know he's

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.099
 calling you

00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:16.959
 do you

00:22:16.959 --> 00:22:17.339
 believe he's

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.659
 alive

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.859
 do you

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.199
 believe he

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.599
 died for

00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:19.819
 you on

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.259
 the cross

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.160
 do you

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.579
 believe that

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:21.920
 there is

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.539
 life in

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:22.980
 him and

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.299
 no one

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.599
 else

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:23.940
 do you

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.259
 want to

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.539
 live your

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.920
 life for

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.059
 him

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.599
 he's

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.079
 calling

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.480
 you

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.980
 so what

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.240
 you do

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.640
 is this

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.200
 you by

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.720
 faith

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.440
 like Mary

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.379
 you just

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.079
 cling to

00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:33.339
 him

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:37.599
 so we

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:37.940
 see

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.019
 the tomb

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.740
 is empty

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.539
 because Jesus

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.240
 is alive

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.799
 and he's

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.180
 changing

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.640
 people

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.420
 not just

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.259
 in 33

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.839
 AD

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.480
 April

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.220
 but he's

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.539
 changing

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.240
 people in

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.859
 April

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:49.399
 2018

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.079
 AD

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.859
 because he's

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.039
 still

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.519
 alive

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:55.819
 the next

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.579
 encounter we

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:57.479
 see is with

00:22:57.479 --> 00:22:58.500
 his disciples

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.219
 in verses

00:22:59.219 --> 00:22:59.819
 19 through

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.359
 23

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.759
 the disciples

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.099
 are holed up

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.659
 in the upper

00:23:03.659 --> 00:23:04.379
 room locked

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.159
 door and they

00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:05.779
 have basically

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:07.199
 kind of isolated

00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:08.179
 themselves in

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.719
 fear of the

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.039
 Jews

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.379
 these guys that

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.079
 killed Jesus

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.719
 what does that

00:23:11.719 --> 00:23:12.500
 mean for us

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.720
 so they're

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.099
 hiding

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.559
 they're

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.000
 fearful

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.880
 circle the

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.319
 wagons

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.980
 call a

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.599
 holy huddle

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.359
 let's step

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:18.960
 back

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:20.319
 who knows

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.660
 what's going

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.099
 to happen

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:23.559
 some of us

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.119
 in this room

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:25.059
 followers of

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.339
 Jesus

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.880
 we're seeing

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.240
 where our

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.640
 culture is

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.039
 going and

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.400
 we're asking

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.000
 questions like

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.640
 what does

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:28.960
 this mean

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.519
 for us

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:31.200
 where's

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.500
 this thing

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.920
 going

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:34.640
 well

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.119
 verse

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.539
 the second

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.859
 part of

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.200
 19

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.539
 Jesus

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.039
 comes

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.700
 and stands

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.079
 among

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.380
 them

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.000
 and he

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.579
 says peace

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:39.920
 with you

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.619
 he speaks

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.539
 peace to

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.019
 his fearful

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.639
 disciples

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.539
 they're

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.119
 like who

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.680
 what is

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.259
 going on

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.019
 he shows

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.399
 them his

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.740
 hands

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.500
 he shows

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.920
 them his

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.259
 side

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.139
 and then

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.819
 we read

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.639
 that verse

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.740
 20

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.079
 the disciples

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.819
 are glad

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.960
 they move

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.819
 from fear

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:59.379
 hear words

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.099
 of peace

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.039
 Jesus is

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.639
 present

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.440
 and they're

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.039
 glad

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:05.579
 but it

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.079
 doesn't stop

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.500
 there

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:09.299
 verse 21

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.879
 Jesus

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:11.039
 then tells

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.399
 them

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.780
 hey

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:12.340
 I'm glad

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.740
 that you're

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.040
 gathered

00:24:13.040 --> 00:24:13.480
 together

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.580
 but I'm

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:14.900
 sending

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.380
 you out

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:18.080
 and he's

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.320
 going to

00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:18.940
 send them

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.480
 out

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:21.460
 with power

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.940
 from the

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.540
 Holy Spirit

00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.140
 he breathes

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.580
 the spirit

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.060
 upon him

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.920
 with the

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.280
 authority

00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:25.880
 to proclaim

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.460
 the forgiveness

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.040
 of sins

00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:27.519
 that Christ

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.060
 accomplished

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.480
 on the

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.780
 cross

00:24:28.780 --> 00:24:29.220
 it is

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.560
 finished

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.400
 he says

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.180
 it's time

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.600
 to go

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:31.980
 now

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:34.980
 see what's

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.400
 going on

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.880
 here

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:40.700
 Jesus

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.360
 disciples

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:41.680
 are

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.140
 fearful

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:43.380
 they

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.800
 isolate

00:24:43.800 --> 00:24:44.460
 themselves

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.660
 they

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.100
 hole up

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.320
 in a

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:46.540
 holy

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:46.940
 huddle

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.340
 Jesus

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:49.020
 steps

00:24:49.020 --> 00:24:49.560
 into the

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:49.760
 midst

00:24:49.760 --> 00:24:50.280
 of them

00:24:50.280 --> 00:24:51.300
 pronounces

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.840
 peace

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.860
 empowers

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.220
 them with

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.600
 his Holy

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.000
 Spirit

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.120
 and sends

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.780
 them out

00:24:55.780 --> 00:24:58.420
 that's a

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.060
 transformation

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:02.259
 Jesus

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:04.419
 is seen

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:05.419
 he's

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:06.019
 believed

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.980
 and there's

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.720
 a transformation

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.279
 you see

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.740
 what John

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.299
 is doing

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.079
 John

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.519
 is helping

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.000
 us to see

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.339
 that the

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.679
 tomb is

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.000
 empty

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.879
 because Jesus

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.639
 is alive

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.399
 and Jesus

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.960
 is changing

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.379
 people

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:16.359
 back then

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.179
 and now

00:25:17.179 --> 00:25:17.779
 and so

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.319
 if you're

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.799
 a Christian

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.220
 and you're

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.619
 fearful

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.440
 of what

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:20.899
 can happen

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.279
 to you

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.759
 because you're

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.279
 associated

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.059
 with Jesus

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.079
 Jesus

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.799
 says

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.659
 I'm here

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.339
 and I'm

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.980
 here with

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.419
 power

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:27.859
 from the

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.519
 Holy Spirit

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.400
 to send

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.039
 you out

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:38.220
 we've seen

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.960
 Jesus now

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.420
 interact

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.920
 with Mary

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.460
 we've seen

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.160
 him interact

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.299
 with his

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.819
 disciples

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.859
 and now

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.639
 verses 24

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.400
 through 29

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:48.299
 Thomas

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.339
 aka

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:52.720
 doubting

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.240
 Thomas

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:56.859
 in verse

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.579
 24

00:25:57.579 --> 00:26:00.240
 we read

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.559
 that

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.199
 Thomas

00:26:02.199 --> 00:26:02.659
 wasn't

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.059
 there

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.579
 when Jesus

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.000
 appeared

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.500
 to him

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.500
 and he

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:05.939
 had appeared

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.379
 to him

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.059
 Jesus

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.379
 appeared

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.639
 to his

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.099
 disciples

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.379
 that first

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.740
 night

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.159
 Easter

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.500
 night

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.559
 Thomas

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.919
 wasn't

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.079
 there

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.220
 we're

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.359
 not

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.539
 told

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.819
 why

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:15.519
 and they

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.119
 tell Thomas

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.740
 they had

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.000
 seen

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.359
 Jesus

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.679
 and in

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.359
 verse 25

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.720
 Thomas

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.299
 responds

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.980
 with a

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.279
 degree

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.500
 of

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.139
 skepticism

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.580
 he says

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.180
 unless I

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.680
 see in

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:22.840
 his

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.100
 hands

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.520
 the mark

00:26:23.520 --> 00:26:23.720
 of the

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:23.940
 nails

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.700
 but then

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:24.960
 he goes

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.320
 further

00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:27.640
 she's not

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.340
 seeing it

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:29.900
 and place my

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.680
 finger into

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.120
 the mark

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.340
 of the

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.640
 nails

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.540
 and place

00:26:32.540 --> 00:26:33.080
 my hand

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.600
 into his

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.060
 side

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:35.320
 unless I

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:35.640
 see it

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.000
 I will

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.240
 never

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.800
 believe

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:39.960
 unless I

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.740
 put my

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.520
 finger

00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:42.580
 in the

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.060
 holes

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.740
 in his

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.360
 body

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.620
 I will

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.280
 never

00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:47.220
 believe

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:49.799
 it's

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.140
 quite a

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.480
 statement

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.940
 he's

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.079
 saying

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.680
 unless I

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.039
 have

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.940
 physical

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.839
 tangible

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.960
 verifiable

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.860
 proof

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.519
 I'm not

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.000
 buying this

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.440
 business

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.120
 that Jesus

00:26:59.120 --> 00:26:59.779
 is alive

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:05.980
 I mean

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.240
 he's got

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.720
 a point

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:09.839
 normally

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.319
 speaking

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.880
 under normal

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.400
 conditions

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.900
 people who

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.240
 are dead

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.680
 three days

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.039
 don't come

00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:13.400
 back to

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.660
 life

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.819
 there's a

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.519
 doctor

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.079
 do people

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.559
 who are

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.839
 dead

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.160
 three days

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.480
 come back

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.860
 to life

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:19.120
 no

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.800
 medical

00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.360
 testimony

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:24.080
 typically

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.519
 not

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:28.480
 normally

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.759
 doesn't

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.120
 happen

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:31.200
 it's like

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.720
 Thomas is

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.019
 saying

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.860
 I'll believe

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.259
 it when I

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.700
 see it

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.300
 but more

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:34.660
 than that

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.240
 it's like

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.759
 he's saying

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.860
 I'll believe

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.240
 it when I

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.720
 can put my

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.279
 finger in

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.519
 it

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.600
 when there's

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.960
 tangible

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.540
 proof

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:43.840
 now I'm

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.320
 guessing that

00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:44.800
 some of you

00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:45.259
 here this

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.940
 morning have

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:47.060
 real questions

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.559
 about the

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.000
 historical

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.559
 reality

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.839
 of the

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.240
 resurrection

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.619
 and you

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:50.940
 have a

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.339
 scientific

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.899
 mind

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.500
 and that

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.799
 is a

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.000
 good

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.379
 thing

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.819
 and you're

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.099
 like I

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.440
 just want

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.940
 to know

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.859
 how do I

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.299
 know

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.639
 how can I

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.059
 figure this

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.419
 out

00:27:58.419 --> 00:28:00.039
 did it really

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.500
 happen

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.519
 and how can

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.980
 you verify

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.440
 it

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:04.619
 let me just

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.759
 say this

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:08.099
 and I hope

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.599
 this helps

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.079
 you I hope

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:10.139
 this moves

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.639
 you in a

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:10.940
 particular

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.519
 direction

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:14.240
 the bodily

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.839
 resurrection

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.299
 of Jesus

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.680
 Christ

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.099
 from the

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.379
 dead

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:18.079
 is a

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.680
 supernatural

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.220
 event

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:21.099
 it's not

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.660
 a natural

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.039
 event

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.619
 it's a

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.200
 supernatural

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.660
 event

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:26.299
 it's a

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.619
 miracle

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.119
 and it's

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.339
 true

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.900
 under normal

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.480
 circumstances

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.940
 people who

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.180
 are dead

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.559
 three days

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:29.839
 don't come

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.139
 back to

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.379
 life

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:34.059
 science

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.299
 is a

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.920
 good thing

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:38.320
 the research

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.200
 over the

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.779
 decades

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.580
 and years

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.600
 that men

00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:42.000
 and women

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.420
 have put

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:43.080
 into finding

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.620
 cures

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.440
 that is

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.080
 a good

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.620
 thing

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:47.880
 discovery

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.620
 natural

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:49.259
 revelation

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.240
 we all

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.759
 benefit

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.360
 from that

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:55.000
 all of us

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.920
 have benefited

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.840
 from health

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.320
 treatments

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:57.700
 that have

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.519
 come from

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.920
 the hard

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.380
 research

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.960
 of people

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.960
 using science

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.400
 to that

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:01.820
 end

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:06.980
 but one

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.179
 of the

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:07.419
 things

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:07.839
 one of

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.019
 the

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.379
 limits

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.599
 of

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.200
 science

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.819
 is

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.359
 that

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.679
 it's

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.279
 incapable

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.779
 of

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.339
 really

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.079
 explaining

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.439
 supernatural

00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.539
 events

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:18.619
 so do you

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:18.879
 know what

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.339
 will happen

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:19.759
 if someone

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.599
 tries to

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.039
 apply the

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.419
 scientific

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.059
 method to

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.220
 the

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.619
 resurrection

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.039
 of Jesus

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.460
 Christ

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.619
 that person

00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:24.819
 is going

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.000
 to get

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.539
 frustrated

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.619
 because it's

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:26.879
 like two

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.079
 different

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.439
 languages

00:29:27.439 --> 00:29:27.919
 speaking

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:31.159
 the

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.720
 scientific

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.120
 method

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.519
 depends

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.740
 on

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.880
 naturalistic

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.600
 explanation

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.579
 of natural

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.240
 events

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.120
 and realities

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.900
 but what

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.620
 happens

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.960
 what happens

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.799
 if a

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.480
 supernatural

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.079
 reality

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.539
 is being

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.319
 asked about

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.079
 supernatural

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.180
 literally means

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.220
 beyond the

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.700
 natural

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:50.319
 here's what I

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.839
 think happens

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.220
 here's the

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.600
 culture I

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:51.920
 think we're

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.140
 in

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.779
 some people

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.039
 in our

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.380
 culture

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.480
 see science

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.920
 and they're

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.180
 like yeah

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.480
 that is

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.200
 really helpful

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.960
 it's really

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.440
 helpful for

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.880
 explaining

00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:00.039
 naturalistic

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.600
 events

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:02.219
 science

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:02.579
 as a

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.059
 discipline

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:04.939
 but there's

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.480
 other of us

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.379
 who start

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.119
 seeing science

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.359
 not just as

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.980
 a discipline

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.159
 but as a

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.639
 worldview

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:13.259
 science explains

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.959
 everything

00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:16.299
 and when

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.980
 science is

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.639
 unable to

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.099
 explain

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.519
 something

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.119
 it can

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.559
 then be

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.859
 labeled

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.879
 unscientific

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.639
 which can

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.399
 subtly mean

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.799
 it's not

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.219
 true

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:27.200
 think about

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.460
 it this

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.720
 way

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.660
 science is

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.200
 like this

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.759
 map

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.759
 a map

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.220
 that

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.519
 explains

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.579
 and describes

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.720
 those things

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:39.019
 in natural

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.620
 events and

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:40.380
 encourages and

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.000
 it's really

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.500
 helpful

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.299
 it's very

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.779
 clear

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.700
 but what

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.579
 happens when

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.620
 there's something

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.279
 that happens

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.559
 beyond the

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:48.960
 map

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.420
 that goes

00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:52.920
 beyond the

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.480
 scope of

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.120
 what science

00:30:54.120 --> 00:30:54.480
 is

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:56.079
 defined to

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:56.460
 do

00:30:56.460 --> 00:31:00.840
 what are

00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:01.620
 other ways

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.519
 to know

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.480
 realities

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:05.779
 how do you

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.100
 know

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.680
 supernatural

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.380
 truth if

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.519
 it's

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.019
 supernatural

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:11.059
 revelation

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:13.220
 supernatural

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.960
 revelation

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.440
 and that's

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.079
 exactly what

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.579
 happens to

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:16.059
 Thomas

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.759
 Jesus reveals

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.399
 himself to

00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:19.799
 Thomas

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:23.379
 look with

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:24.039
 me

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:28.679
 Jesus

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.379
 eight days

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.740
 later

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.659
 verse 26

00:31:30.659 --> 00:31:33.359
 his disciples

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.000
 are inside

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.419
 again

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.159
 Thomas is

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.480
 with them

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.000
 this time

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:38.079
 and Jesus

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.659
 once again

00:31:38.659 --> 00:31:39.359
 stands among

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.839
 them and

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:41.240
 speaks peace

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:43.119
 and then he

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.720
 turns right to

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.419
 Thomas and he

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:44.779
 says to

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.059
 Thomas

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.940
 Thomas put

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.320
 your finger

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:46.720
 here

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.180
 see my

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.500
 hands

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.240
 and then he

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.820
 says and

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.240
 put out your

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.700
 hand and

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.320
 place it in

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.759
 my side

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.220
 do not

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.720
 disbelieve

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.680
 but believe

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:56.860
 and you know

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.180
 what I find

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.779
 very interesting

00:31:57.779 --> 00:32:00.519
 John does

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.000
 not record

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:04.779
 him doing

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.080
 that

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:07.400
 he doesn't

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.500
 record that

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.940
 he doesn't

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.920
 show Thomas

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.440
 putting his

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.200
 finger in his

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.000
 hand or

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.640
 putting his

00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.460
 hand in his

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.860
 side

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:16.799
 what we

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:17.419
 see happening

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.199
 here is

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:19.559
 Jesus reveals

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.839
 himself to

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:22.099
 Thomas and

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.559
 in such a

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.399
 way it

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:25.519
 satisfies

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.219
 Thomas

00:32:26.219 --> 00:32:31.779
 and he

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.179
 says my

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.500
 Lord and

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.959
 my God

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:35.259
 remember what

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.740
 Thomas said

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.079
 earlier

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:38.279
 I will never

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.199
 believe unless

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:40.119
 this happens I

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.459
 will never

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:40.859
 believe

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.519
 Jesus shows

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.059
 up he

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.659
 doesn't touch

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.299
 him and

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.919
 he believes

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.679
 my Lord

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.000
 and my

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.359
 God

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:52.059
 when Thomas

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.599
 says my

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.000
 Lord and my

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.379
 God he's

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.839
 saying two

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.279
 things

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.240
 Jesus is

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.500
 preeminent over

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.719
 all Lord of

00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:00.919
 Lords and

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.399
 he's his

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:03.399
 Lord and he

00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:04.419
 also says my

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:06.119
 God talking

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.599
 about Jesus

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.359
 true nature

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.979
 God in the

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.700
 flesh and

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.180
 notice the

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:11.220
 my's I

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.680
 belong to

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:13.140
 him now he's

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.299
 my Lord and

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.980
 my God

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:17.019
 Thomas knew

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.960
 at once as

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.460
 he's standing

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.259
 in the presence

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.500
 of the risen

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.660
 incarnate God

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.259
 Lord of

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.440
 Lords that he

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.400
 is alive

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.019
 so here's what

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.660
 John is doing

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.680
 John is showing

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.079
 this account of

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.839
 Thomas coming

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:32.480
 face to face

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.960
 with the risen

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.940
 Jesus his

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.839
 disbelief turned

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.920
 to belief and

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.860
 it shows us why

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.459
 the tomb is

00:33:37.459 --> 00:33:38.059
 empty because

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.919
 Jesus is alive

00:33:38.919 --> 00:33:42.339
 and Jesus

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.199
 responds by

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.879
 saying hey

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:46.699
 have you

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.299
 believed because

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.839
 you've seen me

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.579
 blessed are those

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.159
 who have not

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:50.059
 seen and yet

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.399
 have believed

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:51.139
 that's us

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:52.819
 that's where

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.339
 we're living

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:57.240
 most likely

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.839
 none of us

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.139
 are going to

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.979
 lay physical

00:33:58.979 --> 00:33:59.719
 eyes on the

00:33:59.719 --> 00:34:00.459
 risen Christ

00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:02.119
 but there are

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.859
 other ways

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.719
 to see him

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:07.299
 we're able to

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.980
 believe in

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.900
 Jesus now by

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.960
 seeing him in

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.880
 the revelation

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:14.240
 of this book

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:16.619
 of John's

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:18.500
 eyewitness to

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.159
 the resurrected

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.760
 savior

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:23.539
 it's a faithful

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.619
 testimony of a

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.360
 true event

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:30.039
 when doubting

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.200
 Thomas encounters

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.740
 the risen

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.200
 Jesus

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:34.260
 he sees

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.559
 he believes

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.480
 and he's

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.079
 transformed

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.220
 I will never

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.740
 believe

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.620
 he's turned to

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.300
 my Lord

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.420
 and my God

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:44.660
 so this morning

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.140
 if you have

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:46.440
 doubts about

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.960
 the resurrection

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.099
 of Jesus

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.620
 because you

00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.500
 have a healthy

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.780
 scientific mind

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.620
 of inquiry

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:53.659
 we're not

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.339
 asking you

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:55.559
 to reject

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.059
 that

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:59.000
 what I just

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.659
 like to ask

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.299
 you is this

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:01.440
 maybe

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.779
 you're trying

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.219
 to make

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:04.059
 science do

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.759
 something it's

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.699
 incapable of

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.039
 doing

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.759
 so here's

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.139
 what I would

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.659
 recommend

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:12.659
 would you

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.139
 take a little

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.920
 step of faith

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.960
 and if

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.880
 Jesus is in

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.639
 fact alive

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.980
 you call

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.819
 out to him

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.440
 and ask

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.920
 him to

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.800
 reveal himself

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.360
 to you

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:26.580
 ask

00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:27.220
 Jesus

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:28.820
 to show

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.180
 himself

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:29.860
 to you

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:31.380
 we've got

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.980
 these little

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.760
 gospel of

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.200
 John's on

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.559
 the back

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.140
 tables for

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:35.340
 you to

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.720
 have

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.780
 and that's

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.000
 where I

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.500
 would start

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:42.220
 this morning

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.640
 we've covered

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:43.000
 a lot of

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.360
 ground

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.140
 John has

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.480
 shown us

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.840
 the tomb

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.460
 is empty

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.519
 John walked

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.720
 in

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.300
 he saw

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.240
 he believed

00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:48.700
 and there was

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:49.260
 hope in his

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.680
 heart

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:51.719
 and then

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.399
 John shows

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.879
 us the tomb

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.259
 is empty

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.879
 because Jesus

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.500
 is alive

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.699
 Mary saw

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.139
 believed

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.779
 transformed

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.460
 the disciples

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.019
 saw

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.440
 believed

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.219
 transformed

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:00.719
 Thomas

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:01.399
 saw

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.159
 believed

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.159
 transformed

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.339
 salvation

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:05.299
 depends upon

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:05.799
 what you

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.559
 believe about

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.980
 Jesus

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.960
 if Jesus

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.899
 was not

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.440
 raised from

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.819
 the dead

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.659
 it casts

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.579
 major doubts

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.179
 on who he

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.619
 was

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:14.299
 and major

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:15.079
 doubts on

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.719
 what he sought

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.279
 to do on the

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.899
 cross but if

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.639
 Jesus was

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.360
 raised from

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.760
 the dead

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:20.780
 my lord

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.039
 and my

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.400
 god

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:23.920
 if he was

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.400
 raised from

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.820
 the dead

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:26.420
 his payment

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.900
 for sin

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.539
 is accepted

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:29.079
 the resurrection

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:30.240
 demonstrates that

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:33.139
 we started

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.619
 this sermon

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.099
 together

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:37.039
 with this

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.260
 story of

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.039
 my color

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.639
 blindness

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.900
 and this

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.780
 aid asking

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.360
 me do you

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.079
 see do you

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.720
 see do you

00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.059
 see

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:46.699
 this morning

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.299
 having looked

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:49.000
 at this

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.519
 eyewitness

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.019
 account of

00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.400
 Jesus

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:53.059
 do you

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.579
 see

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:56.099
 and if

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.840
 you see

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:58.360
 do you

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.079
 believe

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:01.460
 do you

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.239
 believe

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:03.500
 the historical

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.059
 account

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.679
 that Jesus

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:07.340
 is alive

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:09.000
 he is alive

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.719
 in April

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.360
 33

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.340
 he is alive

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.940
 in April

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.980
 2018

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.420
 and if

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.840
 you put

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.420
 your faith

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.079
 in him

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.500
 everything

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.260
 changes

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:20.980
 you go

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.579
 from death

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.320
 to life

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.820
 you go

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.760
 from hopelessness

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.360
 to hope

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.840
 and you go

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.599
 from one

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.599
 who is apart

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.159
 from God

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:28.579
 to one

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.820
 who has

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.840
 been reconciled

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.240
 to God

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:33.139
 this morning

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.740
 if you

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.460
 have never

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.340
 confessed

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.840
 with your

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.159
 mouth

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.960
 to Jesus

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:39.380
 my lord

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:39.740
 and my

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.099
 God

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.779
 let

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.799
 this

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.219
 April

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.219
 1st

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.759
 be

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.279
 that

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.719
 date

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:48.259
 he is

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.719
 alive

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:50.860
 he is

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.319
 risen

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:54.380
 let's

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.639
 pray

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:56.199
 God in

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.380
 heaven

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.819
 we thank

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.139
 you so

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.440
 much

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.880
 for this

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.319
 testimony

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:58.819
 in our

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.239
 Bibles

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.719
 thank you

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.039
 that it

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.799
 is reliable

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.360
 thank you

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.659
 that it

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.039
 speaks

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.480
 to a

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.880
 truth

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.119
 and a

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.579
 reality

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.980
 that

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:07.260
 is life

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.980
 transforming

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.760
 implications

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:10.800
 Lord Jesus

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:12.079
 we praise

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.480
 you and

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.219
 worship you

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:14.579
 because not

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.079
 only did you

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.940
 die for us

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.920
 you've been

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.519
 risen from

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.960
 the dead

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.740
 and right

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.240
 now you're

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.860
 reigning on

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.240
 high

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:21.380
 and we

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.940
 delight

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:23.000
 in being

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:24.119
 your

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.900
 citizens

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.340
 of your

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.679
 kingdom

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.420
 in Jesus

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.880
 name

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.880
 amen

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:34.860
 to

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.619
 peace

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.660
 of

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:38.360
 eman

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.700
 b

00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:43.059
 infinite

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.559
ści

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.619
 en

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.680
 central

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.599
 al

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:45.619
Start

00:38:45.660 --> 00:38:46.880
 as

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:57.180
 an

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.780
元