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 Surprises. There are basically two kinds of surprises. There are the welcome surprises,

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 and then there are the unwelcome surprises. Welcome surprises are you get your taxes done,

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 and you've got a sweet refund. Do I have an amen? Or if you're playing Monopoly and you fall on the

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 chance thing, you get the card that says, go to go and collect $200. That's a welcome surprise.

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 An unwelcome surprise is when you have your taxes done and you owe money more than you expected and

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 maybe more than you planned on, yours truly. Or you're playing Monopoly and you fall on the chance

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 thing and you get the card that says, inheritance tax, pay $200. That's an unwelcome surprise.

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 But perhaps the greatest surprise of all is Easter. Easter is the annual celebration

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 of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and it's a game changer.

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 All throughout the ages, since the first century, the Christian church has been proclaiming that

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 Jesus Christ is alive today and changing lives. He is alive. He's risen. He's risen indeed.

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 Now for many of you in the room, when we started the service and you heard me say, he is risen,

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 you responded, he is risen indeed with every fiber of your being because you have come to know the

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 risen Jesus personally. You know him. You have experienced his mercy and his grace.

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 He has changed you. He has changed you. He continues to change you for his name's sake.

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 The first time you heard the good news of Christ's death and resurrection and you had ears to hear,

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 you welcomed it. The surprise of the resurrection was welcomed good news because you realized at that

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 moment Jesus had died and was raised for you. But let's just be honest, even if you're a Christian,

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 you can have some doubts, you can have some hard experiences where you're condemning yourself for

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 sins you've committed. And maybe even if you just remain silent about Jesus, well,

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 got a surprise for you today. So there's some in this room that give a hearty yes and amen

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 to this surprise news of the resurrection of Jesus. It's welcome news. But for others of us in this room,

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 it may not be as welcome. You may be skeptical about the resurrection. And that's not necessarily a bad

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 thing. It's just that you're like, hey, dead people don't come back to life three days later. That's

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 impossible according to the laws of nature. Well, maybe there's a surprise for you this morning.

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 I'm glad that you're here. Maybe you're not skeptical. Maybe you're just a little bit more

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 pragmatic. So your thinking goes something like this. Hey, you know what? I'm a pretty busy person.

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 I'm working hard during the week. And if I'm going to plan my Sunday morning, I got stuff to do.

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 And in that stuff to do, Jesus just doesn't fall into the mix. It's not that I don't believe he

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 existed. He's just not that important to me. Well, for the pragmatists in the room,

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 I have a surprise for you this morning. And then there are the searchers among us.

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 Every three to five years, you find yourself giving yourself fully to something new.

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 Maybe when you were in school, it was your grades. Maybe it turned into environmentalism.

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 Maybe it became the cause of sex trafficking. Maybe it became your career. Maybe it came raising

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 children, having a family. But every three to five years, you're turning to something new in order to

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 scratch that itch deep inside of you. I've got some good news for you this morning.

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 And then there are the guilt ridden among us.

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 You have deep levels of shame and guilt for real pain that has been inflicted on you or you have

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 inflicted upon others. It's real. And so there are things that you have experienced that you are so ashamed of

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 that you will never tell anyone until all the way up to your death.

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 Your greatest fear is having these shameful happenings exposed.

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 So here's how you get by. You find ways to hide the shame and numb the guilt.

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 And in so doing, you keep people just far enough away.

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 We'll have good news for you this morning.

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 Someone already sees it all

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 and wants to come close.

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 Jesus died and was raised

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 for skeptics, for pragmatists,

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 for searchers,

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 and for the guilt ridden.

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 He came for you and me.

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 And not only did he die,

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 he was raised.

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 And this

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 resurrection

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 is to be a welcomed surprise

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 announcement.

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 Jesus is alive today.

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 Changing lives.

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 We heard that from Billy Johnson already.

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 So here's how we're going to move forward this morning.

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 I'm going to walk you through

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 an eyewitness account of the resurrection of Jesus.

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 It's given to us by a guy named Luke.

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 The Gospel of Luke.

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 He was a first century doctor

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 and he was a very careful historian.

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 And you'll see that as we go through this account.

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 And what this eyewitness account claims

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 is that Jesus was dead

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 and now he's alive

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 changing people.

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 And you're going to see it as a series

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 of surprises.

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 And after we're done walking through that,

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 I'm going to summarize it

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 and then I'm going to say,

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 here's some things to think about

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 on your way out.

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 So let's walk through Luke's account

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 in Luke 24.

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 Danielle read a good chunk of it.

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 She read through verse 7.

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 I'm going to walk you through chapter 24

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 verses 1 through 12.

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 In your Black Pew Bible,

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 I think it's page 1051

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 or pretty close to that.

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 Luke 24.

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 So here's how we're going to walk through.

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 We're going to see first a scene

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 that should not surprise you.

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 And then we're going to move to another scene

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 where it's a tomb surprise.

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 Wait on it.

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 And then an angelic surprise.

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 Wait on it.

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 And then a people surprise.

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 A series of surprises that culminate.

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 It's all about Jesus is alive.

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 So 24.1, we read,

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 but on the first day of the week

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 at early dawn,

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 they went to the tomb

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 taking the spices they had prepared.

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 Who is this they?

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 Well, Luke tells us.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 Now it was Mary Magdalene

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 and Joanna

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 and Mary the mother of James

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 and the other women

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 with them

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 who went back to the apostles.

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 They're on their way to the tomb.

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 And the reason why

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 they're on the way to the tomb

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 is hinted at

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 because they're carrying spices.

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 They're burial spices.

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 So here's what has happened.

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 Jesus died on a Friday.

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 And then came Saturday,

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 which for the Jews at the time

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 is called the Sabbath.

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 It's the last day of the week.

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 Nobody worked on the Sabbath.

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 And then came Sunday,

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 the first day of the week.

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 And so Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

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 These women didn't have time

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 to prepare their body.

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 They couldn't prepare his body

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 for burial

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 because it was a kind of a work.

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 So they had to wait out the Sabbath.

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 And then first thing on Sunday morning,

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 they're back to the tomb

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 in order to prepare his body.

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 But here's what you need to know

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 about these women.

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 These women

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 have been traveling with Jesus.

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 They're from Galilee.

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 Some of them have been

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 with Jesus for three years.

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 They had witnessed his miracles.

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 They had heard his teaching.

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 They had experienced him personally.

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 They knew the sound of his voice.

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 They themselves were helped

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 fund his itinerant ministry.

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 They were committed.

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 And so these are the same women

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 who just days before

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 had watched Jesus be crucified.

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 They watched him die.

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 They watched his body

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 be taken down from the cross.

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 And they watched,

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 chapter 23, verse 55,

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 Luke is very specific.

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 They see where his body was laid.

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 They saw the tomb.

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 They know where he's at.

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 And so these women

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 are going to the tomb.

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 And it shouldn't surprise you

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 that these women

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 are grieving.

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 And not just grieving,

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 their hope has been crushed.

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 Because this was the guy

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 just a week before

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 Jesus was welcomed into Jerusalem

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 to crowds singing his praises

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 like he's a returning king.

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 They were thinking,

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 this is the Messiah,

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 the Christ,

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 the long-awaited one.

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 But now their hopes

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 have been crushed.

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 It's all changed.

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 He's dead.

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 And so maybe

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 you know what it's like

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 to have the very thing

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 that you were banking

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 all your hopes on

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 pulled right out

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 from underneath you.

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 That's what these women

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 are experiencing.

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 So it's no surprise here.

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 These women are grieving.

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 They're crushed.

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 It's hopeless.

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 They're just going to do

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 what they need to do

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 to prepare his body.

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 They're fully expecting

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 to find the dead body of Jesus

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 where they had left it

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 on Friday.

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 So no surprise here.

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 Now we start entering

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 the surprises

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 with verse 2.

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 And what we first run into

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 are some tomb surprises.

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 You ready for this?

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 Look at verse 2.

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 And they found the stone

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 rolled away.

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 So they walk up

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 to where the tomb was.

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 And remember,

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 they knew where it was,

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 2355.

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 And the stone

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 had been rolled away

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 in front of the entrance

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 of the tomb.

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 It would have been

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 hundreds of pounds.

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 The only way to move

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 a stone like that

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 is by rolling it downhill

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 or by levering it.

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 And what it was for

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 was to block

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 the entrance of the tomb

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 so no animals

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 could get inside,

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 so no grave robbers

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 could get in there.

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 And so they walk up

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 in surprise.

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 The stones rolled away.

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 Here's how they were feeling.

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 Just imagine you go home

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 after the service today

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 and whether it's a house

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 or an apartment,

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 you left your house

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 with a front door lock

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 and you come to your house.

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 Front door is wide open.

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 Surprise!

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 That's a sample

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 of how they're feeling

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 right now.

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 What's going on?

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 It's an alarming surprise.

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 And then we have

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 another surprise

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 in verse 3.

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 Not only is this tomb open,

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 they go into the tomb

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 and they do not find

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 the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 It's an open

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 and empty tomb.

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 Which is even more surprising

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 than it being open.

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 So,

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 in verse 4,

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 we read,

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 while they were perplexed

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 about this,

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 it was confusing to them.

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 You'd be confused too.

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 You're coming to the tomb

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 because the one

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 that you'd set your hope on

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 has died.

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 You just want to

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 put spices on his body

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 and give an honorable death,

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 burial,

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 and you walk up

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 and all of a sudden

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 the thing's open

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 and there's no body inside.

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 Where's the body?

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 Who took the body?

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 And why would anybody

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 take his body?

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 The tomb surprise

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 is a confusing surprise.

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 surprise.

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 And if you were there,

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 you would have been

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 as confused

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 as they were as well.

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 And then something happens.

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 More surprises.

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 An angelic surprise.

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 And this angelic surprise

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 is a surprising appearance

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 as well as a surprising question

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 as well as a surprising connection.

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 So look at the surprising appearance.

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 Verse 4,

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 While they were perplexed about this,

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 behold,

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 two men in dazzling apparel

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 stood by them.

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 It's a surprising appearance

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 of two angels.

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 And you know they're angels

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 because of their dazzling apparel.

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 They were shining.

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 This word dazzle

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 is the same word

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 that describes Jesus'

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 radiant glory

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 at his transfiguration.

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 They were radiating light.

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 And notice,

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 they're radiating light

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 next to these women

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 in the tomb.

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 Literally,

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 they are bringing light

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 into the dark tomb.

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 They're bringing clarity

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 to their confusion.

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 Angels,

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 when they come on the scene,

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 they make announcements.

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 We see that in the gospel of Luke

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 that the birth of Jesus

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 is announced by angels

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 at the beginning of the book.

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 And here at the end

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 of the gospel of Luke,

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 we have angels

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 announcing his resurrection.

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 And so,

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 we have the surprise appearance

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 of these angels

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 and the women.

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 They're afraid

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 and they bow their eyes.

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 they don't want to look.

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 They don't want to look.

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 And now,

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 there's this surprise question

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 and announcement.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 They say,

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 and as they were frightened

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 and bowed their face

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 to the ground,

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 the men,

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 the angels said to them,

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 why do you seek

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 the living among the dead?

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 Why do you seek

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 the living among the dead?

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 Here's how to think about it.

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 They're kind of like,

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 duh.

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 What are you doing here?

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 Why do you think

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 Jesus would be here?

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 Why are you seeking

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 the living one

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 in a cemetery?

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 It's a surprising question.

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 And they go on to say,

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 he's not here,

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 but has risen.

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 He's alive.

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 In the original language

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 that this was written in,

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 that verb has risen,

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 scholars call it

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 a divine passive.

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 And here's what that means.

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 These angels are saying

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 that God has raised him

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 from the dead.

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 And so for their questions

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 about who stole his body,

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 these angels are saying,

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 nobody stole his body.

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 God raised him

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 from the dead.

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 These angels are kind of

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 like saying,

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 hey, let's just set

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 the record straight

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 so there's no confusion.

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 He's not here.

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 Dead people are in tombs.

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 He's not dead.

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 He's alive.

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 He's alive.

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 And if that were not,

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 there's now this

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 surprising connection.

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 And we see that

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 in verse 6.

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 He is not here,

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 but has risen.

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 You see the word remember?

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 Remember how he told you

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 while he was still in Galilee

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 that the Son of Man

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 must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men.

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day,

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 rise.

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 It's a really important connection

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 that they're making here.

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 These angels are saying,

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 duh, he's not here.

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 He's risen.

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 Like he said he would be.

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 He's fulfilling the divine must.

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 These angels are making a connection

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 between what Jesus foretold

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 and what Jesus has fulfilled.

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 He foretold.

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 He foretold

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 that he was going to die.

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 And not just that,

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 he foretold

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 where he would die.

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 He foretold

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 who would kill him.

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 He foretold

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 how he would be killed.

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 And not just that,

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 he foretold

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 not that he would just die,

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 but that he would be raised.

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 And not just raised,

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 he foretold

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 when he would be raised

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 on the third day.

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 What do you think it means

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 when angels

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 quote you?

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 Because this is what

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 these angels are doing.

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 Do you remember what he said?

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 And they basically

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 quote him verbatim

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 from

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 Luke 9 and Luke 18

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 where Jesus foretells

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 his death and resurrection.

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 What does that mean?

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 That means that his word

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 is all authoritative.

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 And what these angels

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 are showing us

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 is that Jesus,

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 what Jesus foretold

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 about himself,

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 he has fulfilled.

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 In 922 and 1831,

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 he does foretell

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 where he's going to die

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 and who's going to kill him

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 and how he's going to die.

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 And he also foretells

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 that he's going to be raised

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 and when he will be raised.

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 And what the angels

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 are saying here in 24-7

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 is it's been fulfilled.

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 Remember?

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 It's happened.

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 It's a very specific fulfillment.

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 Let me give you

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 some perspective on this.

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 Back in the day,

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 this guy named Joe Namath

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 who was a quarterback,

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 he publicly guaranteed

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 that his underdog

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 New York Jets

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 would upset

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 the juggernaut

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 Baltimore Colts

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 in the 1969 Super Bowl.

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 And then he delivered on it.

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 They actually won.

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 They actually won.

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 Jesus

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 has publicly guaranteed

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.860
 in Luke 9

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 and Luke 18,

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 he's publicly guaranteed

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:08.640
 where he would die,

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.220
 Jerusalem,

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 by whom he would die,

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 sinful men,

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 the way he would die

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 by crucifixion,

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 and that he would be raised

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 on the third day.

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 It's one thing

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 for Joe Namath

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 to get lucky

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 and win a Super Bowl.

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.880
 It's another thing

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:32.019
 for Jesus Christ

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 to foretell his death

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.400
 and resurrection

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 and then to fulfill that

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 according to God's loving plan

00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:42.500
 to rescue sinners.

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 That's what this is all about.

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 Jesus' death

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 and resurrection

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.540
 was a must.

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 It was a must

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 for skeptics

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 and for searchers

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 and for pragmatists

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 and for the guilt-ridden

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 to rescue us

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 it is a surprising connection.

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.860
 The words Jesus foretold

00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:17.400
 have been fulfilled.

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 Now, if Jesus was right

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:24.700
 about his own death,

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 if what he said

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:28.160
 was right about his own death

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 and his own resurrection,

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:32.560
 it begs the question,

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:34.259
 what else did he talk about?

00:21:36.800 --> 00:21:37.300
 Well, did you know

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 he talked about

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 the nature of man?

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 He talked about

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 men and women

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 enjoying food.

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 He talked about

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 men and women

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 being in relationship

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 with each other.

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 He also talked about

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 that at the core,

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 men and women

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 have a sin problem.

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 There is this well

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 within us

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 that bubbles up

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 things like

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.120
 sexual immorality,

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:06.259
 like envy,

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 like hatred.

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:11.279
 In Mark chapter 7,

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 Jesus is very clear.

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.279
 What defiles

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.720
 a man and a woman

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 is what comes

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 from inside of you.

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 Our hearts

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.720
 are sinful

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.640
 at their core

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.900
 and out of our

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.559
 sinful hearts

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 we commit sins.

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 sins.

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 They defile us

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 before God,

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.799
 says Jesus,

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.720
 and that defilement

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.619
 before God

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:35.440
 has a judgment

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.059
 on it.

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.079
 We read elsewhere

00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.920
 that the wages

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.379
 of sin

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 is death.

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.879
 Our sin

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.920
 deserves

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.680
 death

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.720
 according to

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.299
 our Bibles,

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:50.299
 which reminds me

00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.940
 something else

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.899
 about Jesus' death.

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 death.

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.280
 He foretold

00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:55.460
 where He would die,

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.080
 by whom He would die,

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.740
 and how He would die.

00:22:59.320 --> 00:23:00.740
 He also told us

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.840
 why He would die.

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:07.040
 In the Gospel of Mark,

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 Jesus says,

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.100
 I came

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.820
 not to be served,

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.380
 but to serve

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.640
 and to give my life

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 as a ransom

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.080
 for many.

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 You see,

00:23:17.419 --> 00:23:17.839
 the death

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 that Jesus died

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.740
 isn't just

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.879
 a historical event,

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 it accomplished

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 something.

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 Recently,

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 there was a woman

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 and her guy

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 that were taken

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 hostage in Africa,

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 and someone

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 paid a ransom payment

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 and they got rescued.

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 They were released.

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 A ransom payment

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 is a payment

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:41.159
 that liberates

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.139
 captives

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.220
 from slavery.

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 And when Jesus

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.759
 talks about

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.839
 His life,

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.299
 His death

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.299
 as a ransom,

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.220
 His death

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.319
 liberates

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.960
 sinners

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.579
 from the

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.199
 slavery

00:23:54.199 --> 00:23:55.859
 of sin

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 and frees

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.539
 them

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 so that they

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.819
 can experience

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.699
 the fullness

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.619
 of life

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:04.179
 in obedience

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:04.879
 to God.

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.480
 Another way

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.819
 of thinking

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.220
 about it

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.939
 is like this.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:12.059
 Jesus' death

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.640
 payment

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:15.059
 was for sin.

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.440
 Jesus'

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.299
 resurrection

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:19.059
 was the

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.660
 declaration

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.820
 that that payment

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.900
 has been received

00:24:21.900 --> 00:24:22.500
 and accepted.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.120
 Jesus'

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.620
 word

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.600
 proves true.

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:31.659
 true.

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.679
 And what

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.279
 these angels

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.839
 are doing

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.099
 is,

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.039
 it's not just

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.719
 surprising

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.079
 that they

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.559
 showed up,

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.559
 it's not just

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.199
 surprising

00:24:40.199 --> 00:24:41.079
 that they

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.299
 say,

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.539
 hey,

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.359
 why are you

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.699
 looking for

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:42.980
 the living

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.339
 among the

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.539
 dead?

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.939
 What's amazing

00:24:44.939 --> 00:24:45.619
 is that they're

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.219
 making this

00:24:46.219 --> 00:24:46.819
 connection

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.759
 between what

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.839
 Jesus foretold

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.699
 and what

00:24:49.699 --> 00:24:50.359
 He's fulfilled.

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:57.000
 the resurrection

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.959
 is declaring

00:24:57.959 --> 00:24:59.939
 that God's

00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:00.819
 plan has

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.759
 been accomplished.

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.219
 Let's look

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:06.679
 at the last

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.259
 surprise.

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.679
 The people

00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.179
 surprise.

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.619
 It's in

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.679
 verses 8

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.240
 through 12

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.479
 and I won't

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:13.839
 be long,

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.240
 I just want

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.839
 to point

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.219
 some things

00:25:15.219 --> 00:25:15.699
 out to you.

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.000
 In verse

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.359
 8,

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.279
 the women,

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:20.159
 they hear

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.600
 what these

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.360
 angels say,

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.900
 they've just

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.600
 quoted Jesus,

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.120
 they've made

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.740
 the connection,

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.720
 verse 8,

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.100
 and they

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.580
 remembered

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.300
 Jesus'

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:26.900
 words.

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.480
 Back in

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.300
 the gospel

00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.759
 of Luke,

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.340
 when Jesus

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:32.060
 foretells

00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.540
 His death

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:33.180
 and resurrection,

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.440
 Luke is

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.940
 very clear

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.360
 to say,

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.320
 the disciples

00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:36.900
 didn't get it

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.740
 at all.

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.360
 They didn't

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.960
 understand what

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.460
 He was saying.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.180
 And what we

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.900
 have right now

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.640
 is these

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.080
 women are

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:43.000
 understanding

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:44.240
 what Jesus

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.920
 has said.

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.279
 He truly

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.019
 did die for

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.160
 sin,

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.600
 He truly

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.219
 was raised

00:25:50.219 --> 00:25:50.539
 from the

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.759
 dead.

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.980
 The empty

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.419
 tomb is

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:54.919
 the fulfillment

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.319
 of what

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.759
 He said

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:57.019
 must happen.

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.799
 And so

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.599
 their conclusion

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:59.099
 in verse

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.419
 8,

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.939
 something's

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.459
 dawning in

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:01.059
 their hearts.

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.819
 He's alive.

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.439
 He's alive.

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.939
 And in

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.659
 verse 9,

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:12.919
 they return

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.500
 to the upper

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.899
 room where

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.399
 the disciples

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.959
 were and

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:15.959
 they tell

00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.439
 them everything.

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.099
 They tell

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.419
 them about

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.759
 the empty

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.099
 tomb,

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.659
 they tell

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:18.879
 them about

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.160
 the two

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.560
 angels,

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.080
 they tell

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.460
 them about

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.160
 the connection

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.580
 they made

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:21.820
 or the

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.180
 fulfillment

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.580
 of Jesus'

00:26:22.780 --> 00:26:23.000
 words.

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.680
 They say,

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.940
 He's alive.

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.940
 He's alive.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.260
 They haven't

00:26:30.260 --> 00:26:30.880
 even seen

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.280
 Jesus.

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.540
 They know

00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.200
 He's alive.

00:26:37.760 --> 00:26:38.380
 There's a

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.120
 change going

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.600
 on here.

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.160
 The people's

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:42.440
 surprise is a

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.440
 surprising change.

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.800
 These women,

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.700
 just minutes

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.319
 before,

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.600
 went to the

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.539
 grave thinking

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:48.960
 that they're

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.480
 going to put

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:51.080
 spices on a

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.680
 dead body.

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.759
 And now

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.259
 they've just

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.160
 left the

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.539
 grave.

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.640
 The burial

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.340
 spices are

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.920
 still in the

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.279
 grave.

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.720
 And now

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.279
 they've left

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.480
 announcing

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:05.299
 He's alive.

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.340
 Grieving to

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.660
 joy,

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.799
 hopelessness to

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.160
 hope.

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:14.779
 But it

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.180
 doesn't end

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.519
 with these

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.880
 women.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.540
 There's a

00:27:17.540 --> 00:27:18.400
 chain reaction

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:19.160
 going on

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.259
 because in

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.940
 verse 12,

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.300
 Peter has

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:22.820
 heard what

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.500
 they said,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.240
 and it's not

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.040
 surprising by the

00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.500
 way that the

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.340
 guys kind of

00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:26.840
 first say,

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.160
 kind of like,

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.580
 whatever,

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.320
 I don't think

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:30.160
 what you're

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.840
 saying is true.

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.279
 You see that

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.759
 in verse 11,

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.460
 but these

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.220
 words seem to

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.779
 them the

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.640
 apostles in

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.279
 idle tale.

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.920
 Not

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.460
 surprising.

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:41.059
 But Peter

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.660
 thinks about

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:41.900
 it.

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.539
 And he

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.880
 bolts.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.279
 Can you

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.799
 imagine what's

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.279
 going on in

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.660
 Peter right

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:47.860
 now?

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.519
 I'm guessing

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.079
 he was thinking

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.640
 something like

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.960
 this.

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:53.900
 These women

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.460
 come back,

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:54.960
 they're all

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.420
 excited,

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.019
 they relay

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.600
 the account,

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.039
 and I'm

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.720
 guessing something

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.420
 like this starts

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.100
 bubbling up in

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.240
 him.

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.920
 Is it true?

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.660
 Is it true?

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:07.059
 The last

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.500
 time in the

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.099
 gospel of

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.139
 Luke that

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.579
 we saw

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.000
 Peter,

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.399
 do you know

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.700
 what he was

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:10.980
 doing?

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.359
 He was

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:13.740
 weeping

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.299
 bitterly.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.279
 And he was

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.980
 weeping bitterly

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.559
 because he had

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.240
 just denied

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.139
 Jesus three

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.859
 times,

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.480
 just like

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.000
 Jesus said

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.419
 he would.

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:24.799
 And so

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.259
 when he

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.179
 hears this,

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.000
 that the

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.359
 tomb is

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.639
 empty,

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.059
 that Jesus

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.659
 is alive,

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.220
 just like

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.559
 he said

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.839
 he would

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.079
 be,

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.700
 could you

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.259
 imagine what's

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.759
 going on in

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:33.940
 him?

00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:34.839
 Seriously?

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.940
 Is it true?

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.779
 He

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.920
 hightails it

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.519
 to the

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.820
 tomb,

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.019
 he goes

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.539
 into the

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.759
 tomb,

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.500
 and he

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.480
 doesn't see

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.039
 Jesus,

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:43.880
 the angels

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.680
 aren't there,

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.080
 all that he

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:47.360
 sees are the

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.360
 burial linen

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.680
 cloths lying

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.519
 by themselves,

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.600
 and that's all

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:51.980
 he needed.

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.720
 He went home

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.380
 marveling at

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.700
 what had

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.019
 happened.

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:59.400
 Could you

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.120
 imagine what it

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.380
 would have been

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.100
 like to be

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:02.240
 Peter after

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.080
 denying Jesus?

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:04.839
 the shame,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.279
 the guilt,

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.859
 the isolation,

00:29:08.939 --> 00:29:10.679
 and here

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.480
 he's marveling.

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.399
 Surprise!

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.379
 He's alive,

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.460
 changing people.

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.579
 The empty

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.419
 tomb is like

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:25.240
 this catalyst

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.480
 of change

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.639
 that changes

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.879
 people.

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.960
 It starts

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.319
 with these

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.679
 women,

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.420
 it goes

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.000
 to Peter,

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.640
 and then

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.000
 we see

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.660
 in Acts

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:36.080
 this gospel

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.840
 message of

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.900
 Jesus who's

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.380
 died and

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.960
 been raised

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.340
 from the

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.600
 dead.

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.299
 It starts

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.940
 spreading to

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.480
 Jerusalem,

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.660
 to Judea,

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.660
 to Samaria,

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.720
 to the ends

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.380
 of the earth,

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.779
 and it's

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.200
 landed in

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.640
 Kenosha.

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.660
 Jesus is

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.019
 alive,

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.580
 changing people

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:52.880
 today.

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.100
 If you read

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.080
 the rest of

00:29:56.080 --> 00:29:56.740
 Luke 24,

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.500
 you would read

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.120
 a lot more

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.920
 of the surprises

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.460
 of Jesus.

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.000
 There are some

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.560
 things that he

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.319
 does and says

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.039
 in the rest

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.839
 of Luke 24

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.539
 that you're

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.899
 just like,

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.059
 he's amazing.

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.679
 This is amazing.

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.240
 So let me just

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.539
 recap.

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.599
 We started off

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.759
 with no surprise.

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.919
 These women

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:13.119
 were grieving

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.319
 and hope

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.879
 fallen,

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.740
 hope crushed.

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.839
 And then there

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.339
 was the tomb

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.399
 surprise that

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.319
 resulted in

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.079
 confusion with

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.460
 these women,

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.059
 and then there's

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.679
 the angelic

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.659
 surprise where

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:26.200
 clarity resulted.

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.340
 the connection

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.840
 to Jesus'

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.620
 own words.

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.620
 And then there's

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.039
 the people

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.720
 surprise,

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.240
 changed lives.

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.140
 Can it be

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.380
 true?

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.039
 Here's how you

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.640
 can sum up

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.200
 these 12

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.940
 verses of

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.799
 Luke 24.

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.000
 You've already

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.440
 heard it.

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.299
 Jesus is

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.700
 alive.

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.860
 He's alive

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.360
 today,

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.400
 and he is

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.220
 still changing

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.700
 people.

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.460
 He's changing

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:56.140
 people from

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.680
 people who are

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.440
 hopeless to

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.880
 people who are

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.400
 hopeful,

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.340
 for those who

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:00.480
 are ashamed to

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.960
 being marveling

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.460
 and full of

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.000
 happiness.

00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:06.660
 Hey, does this

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:08.500
 news that

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.279
 Jesus is alive,

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.620
 does that

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.519
 surprise you?

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.080
 And if it

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:15.080
 does, is that

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.559
 a welcome

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.740
 surprise or is

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.059
 that an

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.559
 unwelcome

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.059
 surprise?

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.660
 If you're a

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.220
 skeptic in the

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.580
 room, I'm

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.159
 so glad you're

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:27.460
 here, it's

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.960
 not bad to

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.740
 be a skeptic.

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.199
 You're

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.460
 thinking.

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.359
 But let me

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.919
 just put it to

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.519
 you this way,

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.679
 just by way

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.240
 of suggestion.

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.240
 Let's boil it

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.659
 down.

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.319
 If Jesus

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.939
 wasn't raised

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:45.619
 from the

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:47.519
 dead, then

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.519
 his words

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.619
 prove

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.359
 folly,

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.619
 who

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:52.099
 were terribly

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.740
 mistaken.

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.339
 Those of us

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.079
 who banked

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.939
 our lives on

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.679
 him were

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.199
 terribly

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.839
 mistaken.

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.559
 We acknowledge

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.899
 that.

00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:01.459
 But if

00:32:01.459 --> 00:32:03.119
 Jesus truly

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.979
 was raised

00:32:03.979 --> 00:32:04.399
 from the

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.740
 dead, his

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.379
 word is

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:07.199
 proven true,

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.259
 which means

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.459
 there's no one

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:09.899
 like him.

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.859
 He's one of a

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.199
 kind.

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:15.880
 he was

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.519
 either raised

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.880
 from the

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.960
 dead or

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.740
 he wasn't.

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.380
 And so if

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.660
 you're a

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.160
 skeptic in

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.519
 the room,

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.279
 I've got two

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.000
 questions for

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.180
 you.

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.720
 The first

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.059
 one is

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.460
 this.

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.279
 Could a

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.819
 supernatural

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.620
 explanation of

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.160
 the empty

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.200
 tomb actually

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.220
 be the best

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.200
 explanation for

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.539
 the empty

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.779
 tomb?

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.440
 And then

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.860
 second,

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:38.840
 how do you

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.400
 explain the

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:39.799
 empty tomb?

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.000
 How do you

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.200
 explain the

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.279
 empty tomb?

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:44.660
 If you're a

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:46.660
 pragmatist and

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.019
 you're thinking

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.480
 about your

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.039
 Sunday mornings

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.539
 and how you

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.440
 want to spend

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.839
 them, you're

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.500
 determining what

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.460
 matters most and

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.879
 how you want to

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.500
 spend your time

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.879
 and what you

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.240
 want to get

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:56.720
 done, my

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.440
 question to you

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.119
 would be this.

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.180
 In light of

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.899
 today's passage,

00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:03.139
 could it be that

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.799
 you just haven't

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.420
 realized what

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.879
 your greatest

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.639
 need is?

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.639
 That Jesus

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:09.500
 himself has

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.859
 said that

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.719
 the biggest

00:33:10.719 --> 00:33:11.379
 problem you

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.000
 have is not

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.699
 outside of

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:13.139
 you, it's

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:13.839
 inside of

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.500
 you, that

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.799
 you have

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.359
 sin at the

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.779
 core of

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.099
 who you

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.359
 are.

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.919
 And the

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.319
 good news

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.679
 is that

00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.699
 God has

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.619
 made the

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.500
 most practical

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.559
 solution to

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:23.000
 that for

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.500
 your biggest

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.219
 problem by

00:33:24.219 --> 00:33:25.299
 sending Jesus

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.719
 as a payment

00:33:26.719 --> 00:33:27.339
 for your

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.579
 sin.

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.559
 So pragmatically

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.879
 speaking, it's

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:31.039
 the best solution

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.919
 to your biggest

00:33:31.919 --> 00:33:32.399
 problem.

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.319
 And if he's

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.899
 alive,

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:40.140
 he doesn't

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.720
 fit into

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.720
 your schedule,

00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:43.860
 you fit into

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.500
 his plan.

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.180
 He's that

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.480
 glorious.

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:54.140
 If you're a

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:57.180
 searcher, you've

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.740
 just been moving

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.400
 from one thing

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.840
 to the next.

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.200
 You're just

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.960
 trying to scratch

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.500
 the itch.

00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.400
 Do you remember

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.940
 the angels'

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.920
 question to the

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.140
 women?

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.279
 Are you

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.779
 looking for

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.160
 the living

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.640
 among the

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:07.860
 dead?

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.680
 Are you

00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:10.180
 trying to

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:10.980
 scratch the

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.840
 itch through

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.400
 your career,

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.180
 through a

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:14.000
 cause, through

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.559
 your children,

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.380
 by more and

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.900
 more comfort?

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:17.000
 Is that where

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.800
 you're trying to

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.539
 find life?

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:20.119
 Among the

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.440
 dead?

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.280
 Doesn't give

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.639
 life?

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.079
 Maybe you're

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.579
 here this

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:29.700
 morning because

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:31.519
 God has been

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.780
 wanting you to

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.700
 hear this.

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:37.880
 maybe you

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.800
 have been

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:40.840
 searching not

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.680
 for an it,

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.400
 but for a

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.680
 who.

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:47.760
 Jesus, who

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.320
 is alive

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.579
 today and

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.280
 can scratch

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.019
 your itch.

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.880
 For the guilt

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.200
 ridden.

00:34:56.199 --> 00:35:01.259
 Jesus pays

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:02.500
 his death,

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.279
 paid for all

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.859
 the sin and

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.279
 guilt you

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.460
 have

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.199
 accumulated

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.399
 and will

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.919
 accumulate.

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.919
 In fact,

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.699
 he already

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.399
 sees you for

00:35:12.399 --> 00:35:13.019
 who you are.

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:15.000
 He sees

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:16.099
 through the

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.899
 walls, he

00:35:16.899 --> 00:35:17.980
 sees through

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.679
 the layers of

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.199
 protection,

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.419
 and not only

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:21.199
 does he see

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.839
 through that and

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.699
 see you as you

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.859
 are in all of

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.379
 your shame and

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:25.939
 guilt, he's

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.519
 able to

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.280
 forgive you and

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.940
 set you free

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.639
 from your shame

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.019
 and guilt.

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.960
 And not just

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:31.200
 able, he

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:32.099
 wants to.

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:34.579
 He wants to

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.340
 set you free.

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.720
 Jesus is alive

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.720
 today and he

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:42.340
 is changing

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.679
 lives and he

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.179
 can change

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.500
 yours.

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.800
 He's a

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.200
 friend of

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.480
 sinners.

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.599
 sinners.

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:51.940
 If his

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.719
 death is

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.340
 God's way

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:56.019
 of paying

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:57.139
 for our

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:58.699
 sin, then

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.599
 his resurrection

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.860
 is God's

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.340
 announcement

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.559
 that that

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.500
 sin payment

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.280
 has been

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:05.179
 fully accepted

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.280
 and it's

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.920
 being offered

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.699
 to you right

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.000
 now.

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:11.480
 Today, God

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.500
 is offering

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:14.079
 you full

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.179
 forgiveness in

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:17.059
 Jesus and

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.419
 you don't

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:19.339
 earn it, you

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:20.159
 receive it as

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.579
 a gift.

00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.879
 That's what

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.319
 it is.

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.419
 And for

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:27.899
 those of you

00:36:27.899 --> 00:36:28.379
 in the room

00:36:28.379 --> 00:36:30.399
 who already

00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:30.960
 know Jesus

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:33.259
 personally, you

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.960
 hear the words

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:35.119
 he is risen and

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:36.139
 up from your

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.099
 soul comes he's

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.819
 risen indeed.

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.759
 If you're a

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:41.139
 doubting

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:43.519
 Christian, you

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.139
 find yourself

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.799
 wondering, is

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.180
 this all

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:45.560
 true?

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.500
 Let the

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.340
 good news of

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.080
 Easter Sunday

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:51.120
 strengthen your

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.740
 resolve.

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.760
 He is

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.360
 alive.

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.920
 It is

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.880
 all true.

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:01.140
 He is our

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.800
 living hope.

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.580
 He is our

00:37:02.580 --> 00:37:03.660
 living confidence.

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.519
 And if you

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.260
 are a

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:08.640
 self-condemning

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.200
 Christian,

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:12.180
 you sinned

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:12.700
 this morning

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:14.060
 against your

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.679
 kids, you

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.480
 sinned early

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.920
 in the week

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.579
 against someone

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.659
 else and you

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.380
 just keep on

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.079
 replaying it

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.539
 through your

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:21.519
 mind again and

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.900
 again and

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.199
 again.

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.039
 You, the

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.960
 very one who

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.880
 Jesus shed his

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:26.779
 blood to ransom,

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.320
 are condemning

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:30.079
 yourself over and

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:31.079
 over again.

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.199
 You need to

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.340
 remember that the

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.239
 Jesus who died

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:35.259
 for you is

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:36.920
 alive for you and

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.059
 he is interceding

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:39.119
 right now according

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.219
 to 1 John 2

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:41.859
 one as your

00:37:41.859 --> 00:37:42.379
 advocate.

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:45.239
 And as you

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:46.239
 sin, he says,

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.319
 done, paid,

00:37:48.879 --> 00:37:49.500
 my blood.

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.159
 He is

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.679
 alive

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.959
 interceding for

00:37:52.959 --> 00:37:53.179
 you.

00:37:54.879 --> 00:37:55.539
 He is our

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.099
 living hope.

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.639
 He is our

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.919
 living assurance

00:37:57.919 --> 00:37:59.179
 before the

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.459
 Father.

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:03.720
 God is

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:03.860
 a quiet

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.380
 Christian.

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:07.300
 The thought of

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:07.900
 speaking of

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:09.780
 Jesus is scary

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.340
 to you.

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:14.019
 Do you

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.440
 remember what

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:15.980
 happened to the

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:17.260
 women when they

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:18.500
 remembered the

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.059
 fulfillment of

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.740
 Jesus' words?

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.559
 They left the

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.940
 grave and they

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:24.460
 told those whom

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.260
 they were closest

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:26.940
 to that he is

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.420
 alive.

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:29.760
 the resurrection

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:32.139
 is a catalyst to

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.920
 evangelism.

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:35.900
 To go tell that

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.860
 he is alive, he

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.440
 is risen.

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.200
 You see, this is

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.720
 good news.

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.059
 It's not just good

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:42.360
 news for you, it's

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.059
 good news for your

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.420
 neighbors.

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.480
 It's not just good

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.940
 news for your

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.039
 neighbors, it's good

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.780
 news for everyone

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.599
 living in the city

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.240
 of Kenosha.

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:50.840
 This news is what

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:52.180
 they need to hear.

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.480
 It addresses their

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:55.059
 greatest problem and

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.900
 it's not just for our

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.200
 city.

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:58.079
 this news changes

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.719
 the world.

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:02.179
 You can't keep

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:04.399
 silent about the

00:39:04.399 --> 00:39:04.879
 resurrection.

00:39:06.419 --> 00:39:08.000
 He's alive and he's

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.839
 changing lives.

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:11.419
 The resurrection of

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:13.919
 Jesus, it's the

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.719
 greatest surprise of

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:14.919
 all.

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.759
 And it's the most

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:20.199
 welcome news of all

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:22.599
 for sinners like you

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.939
 and me.

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:25.059
 So just one more

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.420
 time.

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.380
 He is risen.

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.440
 God, thank you so

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.920
 much for this

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:34.000
 historic account of

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.800
 the resurrection of

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.059
 Jesus.

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.599
 It does our heart

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.920
 well to recall it.

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.220
 Jesus, you are

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:40.780
 alive.

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:43.240
 Change our lives.

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.539
 In your name we pray.

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:45.360
 Amen.

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.500
 Amen.

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.559
 Amen.

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.579
 Amen.

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.599
 Amen.

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:45.619
 Amen.

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:45.639
 Amen.

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:45.659
 Amen.

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:45.700
 Amen.

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:45.720
 Amen.

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:47.559
 Amen.

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:49.599
 Amen.

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:49.619
 Amen.

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:49.639
 Amen.