WEBVTT 00:00:00.740 --> 00:00:03.459 Thank you, Alex. Good morning, everyone. Nice to see you. 00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:10.300 And look forward to catching up with you afterwards over tea and coffee. 00:00:10.300 --> 00:00:13.240 ! Please turn in your Bibles to Genesis. 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:23.240 We will be looking at John's Gospel as well, but we're going to read some verses in Genesis 1. 00:00:23.240 --> 00:00:27.240 And then we're going to go to John's Gospel. 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:37.239 So last week we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:48.379 And over the next few weeks we're going to be looking at how that resurrection continues and goes on to shape and affect our lives today. 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:53.399 So let's hear God's Word. Genesis chapter 1, verse 1. 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:04.100 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:08.719 Now the earth was formless and empty. 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.480 Darkness was over the surface of the deep. 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.780 And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:24.060 And God said, let there be light. 00:01:24.900 --> 00:01:26.780 And there was light. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:30.560 God saw that the light was good. 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:35.340 And he separated light from the darkness. 00:01:37.020 --> 00:01:39.560 God called the light day. 00:01:40.340 --> 00:01:43.939 And the darkness he called night. 00:01:43.939 --> 00:01:48.739 And there was evening and there was morning the first day. 00:01:50.420 --> 00:01:52.159 Now go to verse 31. 00:01:53.620 --> 00:01:57.739 As we come to the conclusion of the creation. 00:02:01.259 --> 00:02:02.299 Verse 31. 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:06.359 God saw all that he made and it was very good. 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:10.159 And there was evening and there was morning the sixth day. 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:15.840 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.780 By the seventh day, God had finished all the work he had been doing. 00:02:23.939 --> 00:02:29.680 So on the seventh day, he rested from all his work. 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.800 Now let's go to John's Gospel. 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:37.000 Chapter 20. 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:52.400 John's Gospel, chapter 20. 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.460 And starting in at verse 19. 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:04.360 John 20, verse 19. 00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:13.480 On the evening of that first day of the week, 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:18.760 when the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:22.680 Jesus came and stood among them and said, 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:24.879 Peace be with you. 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:30.479 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. 00:03:31.359 --> 00:03:35.340 And the disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 00:03:36.979 --> 00:03:38.539 Again, Jesus said, 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:40.900 Peace be with you. 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:45.960 As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. 00:03:46.979 --> 00:03:49.439 And with that he breathed on them and said, 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.840 Receive the Holy Spirit. 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:57.560 If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:03.960 If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven. 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:06.599 Well, let's pray. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.020 And then we'll look at God's word together. 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:21.480 Our Father God, just as you spoke into the vast emptiness 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:27.480 and brought about the world in which we now live, 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:35.280 we pray that that powerful word would speak into our life, 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:43.739 speaking truth, encouragement, and challenge. 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:46.399 And most of all, 00:04:47.479 --> 00:04:50.079 that you would speak into our fears 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.799 and fill us with joy. 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:57.259 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:04:58.079 --> 00:04:58.599 Amen. 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:07.120 The most extraordinary event in the history of the world 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:08.680 has taken place. 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:11.120 Not Artemis II, 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:14.180 who managed to find its way around the moon 00:05:14.180 --> 00:05:15.400 and back to earth again. 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:20.060 No, a much greater event than that. 00:05:21.200 --> 00:05:25.120 The event was the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:27.160 his burial, 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:31.560 and his resurrection from the dead. 00:05:32.819 --> 00:05:35.480 But not everyone is celebrating. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:38.180 Jesus' closest followers, 00:05:38.500 --> 00:05:40.199 if you see in verse 19, 00:05:41.620 --> 00:05:44.280 were together with the doors locked 00:05:44.280 --> 00:05:47.800 for fear of the Jewish leaders. 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:51.579 They had heard about the empty tomb. 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:54.740 They had listened to the account of Peter and John 00:05:54.740 --> 00:05:56.139 who had gone into the tomb 00:05:56.139 --> 00:06:00.120 and seen the burial cloths left lying there. 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:03.240 They had heard from Mary Magdalene's claim 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.100 that she had seen the risen Lord Jesus. 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:09.800 But instead of being filled with joy, 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:13.400 they are filled with fear. 00:06:14.579 --> 00:06:17.540 If Jesus had been arrested and crucified, 00:06:18.780 --> 00:06:20.840 then what's to stop the disciples 00:06:20.840 --> 00:06:22.600 being arrested and crucified? 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.580 The doors are locked 00:06:24.580 --> 00:06:27.120 and for good reason. 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:31.800 But everything is about to change. 00:06:32.820 --> 00:06:34.439 The risen Jesus appears 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.600 and he speaks into their fears. 00:06:39.100 --> 00:06:40.220 End of verse 19. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:44.500 Peace be with you. 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:49.439 An encounter with the risen Lord Jesus 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.840 transforms their whole lives. 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.719 They go from being filled with fear 00:06:54.719 --> 00:06:57.519 to the end of verse 20 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:01.079 to being overjoyed 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:03.799 when they saw the Lord. 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:08.319 Now we all have our fears, don't we? 00:07:08.960 --> 00:07:12.020 Maybe it's what's happening in the world right now. 00:07:13.020 --> 00:07:14.259 Escalating wars, 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:16.360 the fuel crisis, 00:07:16.939 --> 00:07:17.920 cost of living. 00:07:18.780 --> 00:07:21.680 Or maybe it's something in your own life. 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:23.740 Ongoing illness 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:26.300 or financial struggles 00:07:26.300 --> 00:07:28.860 or failing relationships. 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:31.120 Well, the good news is 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.680 this same risen Jesus 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:36.639 speaks into our fears 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:38.759 and brings us joy. 00:07:40.080 --> 00:07:41.600 And to help us know 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:43.160 and experience this 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.199 overflowing joy, 00:07:45.860 --> 00:07:47.520 John highlights for us 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:49.080 three things 00:07:49.080 --> 00:07:50.540 about the appearance 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:51.800 of the risen Jesus. 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:54.220 In the short verses 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:55.740 19 to 23, 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:57.100 we're told 00:07:57.100 --> 00:07:59.280 when Jesus appears, 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:01.939 how Jesus appears, 00:08:02.840 --> 00:08:05.560 and why Jesus appears. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.259 So when he appeared, 00:08:07.420 --> 00:08:08.259 how he appeared, 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:09.840 and why he appeared. 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:11.600 And each one of these 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:14.280 has significant implications 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:16.500 on our lives today. 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:19.240 So first, 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:21.639 Jesus' resurrection 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.379 guarantees 00:08:23.379 --> 00:08:26.899 a new creation. 00:08:27.899 --> 00:08:29.800 Jesus' resurrection 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:30.579 guarantees 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:32.179 a new creation. 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:33.220 Notice 00:08:33.220 --> 00:08:34.860 the when. 00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:36.519 Notice 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:37.480 when 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:38.460 Jesus 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:39.460 appeared. 00:08:40.419 --> 00:08:41.519 Verse 19, 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.699 on the evening 00:08:43.699 --> 00:08:45.819 of that first day 00:08:45.819 --> 00:08:46.699 of the week 00:08:46.699 --> 00:08:48.460 when the disciples 00:08:48.460 --> 00:08:49.799 were together. 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:51.220 Now, 00:08:51.319 --> 00:08:52.819 why is the day 00:08:52.819 --> 00:08:54.659 so important 00:08:54.659 --> 00:08:56.860 for John to record? 00:08:57.899 --> 00:08:59.159 Why doesn't he just say 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:00.819 they were meeting together? 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:03.840 Why is he telling us 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:05.360 about the first day 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:06.159 of the week? 00:09:06.819 --> 00:09:07.159 Well, 00:09:07.199 --> 00:09:07.960 the first day 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:08.500 of the week 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:09.220 is a Sunday. 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:10.819 And it's been 00:09:10.820 --> 00:09:12.320 a full week 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:13.440 since 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:14.840 the resurrection 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:16.000 of Jesus. 00:09:17.260 --> 00:09:17.820 You see, 00:09:17.920 --> 00:09:19.060 I think we're to make 00:09:19.060 --> 00:09:20.120 a connection here. 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:21.240 We're to make 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:21.900 a connection 00:09:21.900 --> 00:09:22.520 between 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:23.700 the week 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:24.620 of creation 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:27.040 and the week 00:09:27.040 --> 00:09:28.740 of resurrection. 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:30.780 Now, 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:31.580 let me show you. 00:09:31.660 --> 00:09:32.620 You follow carefully 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:33.120 with me 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:33.720 and we'll see 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:34.700 how this is true. 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:35.760 First, 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:36.320 look back 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:37.360 at chapter 20, 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:38.120 verse 1. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:41.299 chapter 20, 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:42.000 verse 1. 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:44.659 Early on the 00:09:44.659 --> 00:09:46.000 first day 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:47.060 of the week, 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:48.980 so Jesus had died 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:49.759 on the Friday, 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:51.620 he was raised 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.379 on the Sunday, 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:53.580 which is the first 00:09:53.580 --> 00:09:55.320 day of the week, 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.899 and it is still 00:09:57.899 --> 00:09:59.179 dark. 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:00.639 Now, 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:01.960 the fact that it's dark 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:03.220 is not just telling us 00:10:03.220 --> 00:10:03.879 that the sun 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:05.060 hadn't yet risen. 00:10:05.059 --> 00:10:07.339 darkness reflects 00:10:07.339 --> 00:10:08.699 the hopelessness 00:10:08.699 --> 00:10:10.379 and helplessness 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:11.919 of the disciples. 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:14.500 Death is weighing 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:15.479 heavy on them. 00:10:16.059 --> 00:10:16.579 Darkness 00:10:16.579 --> 00:10:18.259 surrounds them. 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:20.059 Now, 00:10:20.179 --> 00:10:20.799 think back 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:21.959 to the first day 00:10:21.959 --> 00:10:23.279 of creation week. 00:10:23.339 --> 00:10:23.859 We read it 00:10:23.859 --> 00:10:24.959 just a moment ago. 00:10:25.939 --> 00:10:27.139 Here's what it says. 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:28.919 Now, 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:29.500 the earth 00:10:29.500 --> 00:10:30.559 was formless 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:31.500 and empty, 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:34.139 and darkness 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:35.799 was over 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:36.379 the surface 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:37.159 of the deep. 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:38.980 And God 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:39.500 said, 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:40.659 let there be 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:41.120 light, 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:41.879 and there 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:43.559 was light. 00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:44.899 You see, 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:46.000 just as God 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:46.980 brought light 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:48.139 into the darkness 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:49.919 at that creation, 00:10:50.819 --> 00:10:52.100 so the resurrection 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:53.659 brings light 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:55.240 into the darkness 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.220 of our lives. 00:10:58.419 --> 00:10:59.500 But what is 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:00.419 this light 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:01.820 that comes 00:11:01.820 --> 00:11:02.799 into our life? 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:04.740 Well, 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:05.279 look again 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:06.600 at chapter 20, 00:11:07.060 --> 00:11:08.379 verse 19. 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:09.940 Chapter 20, 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:10.980 verse 19. 00:11:13.860 --> 00:11:15.180 On the evening 00:11:15.180 --> 00:11:17.060 of that first day 00:11:17.060 --> 00:11:18.120 of the week, 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:19.779 when the disciples 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:20.539 were together, 00:11:20.680 --> 00:11:21.899 so a full week 00:11:21.899 --> 00:11:22.740 has passed 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:24.279 since Jesus 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:25.539 has been raised. 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:26.720 Now, 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:27.860 with that in mind, 00:11:28.579 --> 00:11:29.579 so a whole week 00:11:29.579 --> 00:11:30.179 has gone, 00:11:30.699 --> 00:11:31.519 with that in mind, 00:11:31.699 --> 00:11:32.279 think back 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:33.819 to the last day 00:11:33.819 --> 00:11:34.899 of the creation 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:35.539 account. 00:11:36.439 --> 00:11:37.019 And here's 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.720 what it says. 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.699 It's on the screen 00:11:38.699 --> 00:11:39.319 for you. 00:11:40.319 --> 00:11:42.459 By the seventh day, 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:44.399 God had finished 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:44.980 the work 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:46.019 he had been doing, 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.720 so on the seventh day 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.620 he rested 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:51.240 from all 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:52.100 his work. 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:53.620 You see, 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:54.600 just as God 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:55.159 had finished 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:55.680 the work 00:11:55.680 --> 00:11:56.500 of creation, 00:11:57.060 --> 00:11:58.060 just as God 00:11:58.060 --> 00:11:58.680 had rested 00:11:58.680 --> 00:11:59.259 from all 00:11:59.259 --> 00:11:59.860 his work, 00:12:00.300 --> 00:12:01.420 so the risen 00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:02.639 Jesus appears 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:04.040 and he calls 00:12:04.040 --> 00:12:05.240 us to rest 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:06.940 in his finished 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:07.560 work 00:12:07.560 --> 00:12:08.960 of redemption. 00:12:10.040 --> 00:12:10.440 You see, 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.139 the resurrection 00:12:11.139 --> 00:12:13.019 marks a new 00:12:13.019 --> 00:12:13.440 beginning. 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:15.680 This is the light 00:12:15.680 --> 00:12:16.800 that floods 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:17.899 into our darkness. 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:19.779 Jesus is coming 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:20.720 to us and saying, 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:22.160 come to me 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:23.480 and you will 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:24.440 experience 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.080 a new creation 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:27.899 in your own life. 00:12:28.340 --> 00:12:29.000 I have come 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.660 to give you 00:12:29.660 --> 00:12:30.759 a fresh start 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:31.779 and a new beginning. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:32.940 I've died 00:12:32.940 --> 00:12:33.860 for your sins, 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:35.500 I've risen again 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:37.279 and I give you 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.460 new life. 00:12:40.680 --> 00:12:41.840 Just as God 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:43.540 spoke those words 00:12:43.540 --> 00:12:44.200 at the beginning 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:45.060 of creation 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:46.960 into the darkness, 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.800 bringing light, 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:48.859 light. 00:12:49.859 --> 00:12:50.799 So the risen 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.899 Jesus comes 00:12:51.899 --> 00:12:53.120 and stands 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:54.120 amongst us 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:55.259 and speaks 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:56.579 words of new 00:12:56.579 --> 00:12:57.159 life, 00:12:57.859 --> 00:12:58.859 of light 00:12:58.859 --> 00:13:00.159 and hope 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:01.639 and fullness. 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:05.879 The Apostle Paul 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.579 put it like this, 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:08.700 Jesus. 00:13:09.900 --> 00:13:10.580 Therefore, 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:11.759 if anyone 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:12.920 is in 00:13:12.920 --> 00:13:13.700 Christ, 00:13:13.900 --> 00:13:14.500 if they are 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.600 trusting in 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.120 Christ, 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.340 the new 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:18.139 creation 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:19.060 has come, 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:20.660 the old 00:13:20.660 --> 00:13:21.420 is gone 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:23.320 and the new 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:24.560 is here. 00:13:25.740 --> 00:13:26.220 You see, 00:13:26.300 --> 00:13:26.900 the resurrection 00:13:26.900 --> 00:13:27.879 of Jesus 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:29.500 makes us 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:30.259 new. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:31.860 He takes us 00:13:31.860 --> 00:13:32.700 from darkness, 00:13:32.940 --> 00:13:33.900 from hopelessness 00:13:33.900 --> 00:13:34.800 and helplessness 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:35.859 and he brings 00:13:35.859 --> 00:13:36.439 us into 00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:37.240 the glorious 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:38.039 light 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:39.219 of life 00:13:39.219 --> 00:13:40.459 with Christ. 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.279 But more 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:42.699 than that, 00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.459 the resurrection 00:13:43.459 --> 00:13:44.379 guarantees 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:45.579 not just to 00:13:45.579 --> 00:13:46.120 bring a new 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.919 creation with 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:47.479 our own 00:13:47.479 --> 00:13:47.919 life, 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:49.000 but a new 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.859 creation of 00:13:49.859 --> 00:13:50.579 this world, 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.899 this broken, 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:53.279 decaying 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.719 and destroying 00:13:54.719 --> 00:13:55.479 world, 00:13:56.199 --> 00:13:56.639 Jesus 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.939 will one day 00:13:57.939 --> 00:13:58.579 renew 00:13:58.579 --> 00:13:59.859 and bring it 00:13:59.859 --> 00:14:00.299 to its 00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:00.699 fullness. 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.579 Again, 00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:03.419 a quote from 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:04.059 Revelation, 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.519 helps us 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:05.819 here. 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:07.339 No, 00:14:08.299 --> 00:14:09.139 there we 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:09.419 are. 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:13.459 Revelation 00:14:13.459 --> 00:14:14.219 21, 00:14:14.719 --> 00:14:15.500 John says, 00:14:15.599 --> 00:14:16.099 the same 00:14:16.099 --> 00:14:16.759 author of 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.299 John's 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:17.679 gospel, 00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:18.259 I saw 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:18.759 a new 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.199 heaven 00:14:19.199 --> 00:14:20.240 and a 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:20.519 new 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.000 earth. 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.379 For the 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.919 first 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.459 earth 00:14:23.459 --> 00:14:23.879 and the 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:24.299 first 00:14:24.299 --> 00:14:25.099 heaven 00:14:25.099 --> 00:14:25.419 had 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:25.939 passed 00:14:25.939 --> 00:14:26.399 away. 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.159 And he 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:28.779 who was 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:29.179 seated 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:29.719 on the 00:14:29.719 --> 00:14:30.179 throne, 00:14:31.339 --> 00:14:31.799 which is 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.319 the risen 00:14:32.319 --> 00:14:33.099 Lord Jesus, 00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:33.879 said, 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:35.620 I am 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.059 making 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:37.120 everything 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.259 new. 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:39.899 Then he 00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:40.220 said, 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:41.139 write this 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.620 down, 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.240 for these 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.059 words are 00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.720 trustworthy 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.939 and true. 00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:48.759 You see, 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:50.460 when Jesus 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.139 appeared 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:52.799 is really 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.439 important. 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.100 John is 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.860 telling us, 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.659 I want you 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.360 to make this 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:58.019 connection 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.860 between 00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.700 creation 00:14:59.700 --> 00:15:01.000 and the 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.720 resurrection. 00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.360 Just as 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.300 God spoke 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:05.100 words of 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.640 life, 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.660 so the 00:15:06.660 --> 00:15:06.940 risen 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.440 Jesus 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.000 comes 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.180 and speaks 00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:09.980 words of 00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.420 life. 00:15:11.140 --> 00:15:11.820 It tells 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.980 us that 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.560 Jesus' 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.640 resurrection 00:15:14.640 --> 00:15:16.240 guarantees 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.860 a new 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:19.020 creation. 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:20.019 resurrection. 00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:22.559 So that's 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:23.199 the when 00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:23.980 of how 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:24.419 Jesus 00:15:24.419 --> 00:15:25.079 appeared. 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.919 Second, 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:29.840 Jesus' 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.840 resurrection 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.759 declares 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.879 a new 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.960 resurrection. 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.519 So notice 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.960 here how 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:37.899 Jesus 00:15:37.899 --> 00:15:38.679 appears. 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.779 Again, 00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.879 verse 19. 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:43.519 On the 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.139 evening of 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.639 the first 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.199 day of 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:45.659 the week, 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.100 when the 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:46.860 disciples were 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.539 together with 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.059 the doors 00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.659 locked for 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.239 fear of 00:15:49.239 --> 00:15:49.699 the Jewish 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.219 leaders, 00:15:51.319 --> 00:15:52.419 Jesus came 00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:54.099 and stood 00:15:54.099 --> 00:15:55.459 among them. 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.419 Now isn't 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.239 that incredible? 00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.699 The doors 00:15:59.699 --> 00:16:00.419 are locked 00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:02.359 and Jesus 00:16:02.359 --> 00:16:03.579 appears in 00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:04.219 the room 00:16:04.219 --> 00:16:05.739 with the 00:16:05.739 --> 00:16:06.359 disciples. 00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:08.619 A similar 00:16:08.619 --> 00:16:09.519 event happens 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.039 a little bit 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.699 later on. 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.559 If you just 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.219 scan down 00:16:12.219 --> 00:16:12.679 to verse 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.539 26. 00:16:16.419 --> 00:16:17.339 A week 00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:17.819 later, 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.660 his disciples 00:16:18.660 --> 00:16:19.120 were in 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.540 the house 00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:20.140 again and 00:16:20.140 --> 00:16:20.760 Thomas was 00:16:20.760 --> 00:16:21.200 with them. 00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:22.420 Though the 00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:23.260 doors were 00:16:23.260 --> 00:16:23.940 locked, 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.260 Jesus came 00:16:26.260 --> 00:16:26.920 and stood 00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:28.080 among them. 00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:29.800 Well, 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.320 how on 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.960 earth 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:32.280 did Jesus 00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:33.260 do that? 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:34.360 I mean, 00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:34.980 it's not your 00:16:34.980 --> 00:16:35.960 normal everyday 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:36.980 today occasion, 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.420 is it? 00:16:37.640 --> 00:16:38.740 Every room 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.460 you went in 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:39.960 today, 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:40.920 you either 00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:41.580 opened a 00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.080 door or the 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.480 door was 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.180 already opened. 00:16:43.460 --> 00:16:43.840 You didn't 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.400 go walking 00:16:44.400 --> 00:16:44.920 into the 00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:45.180 wall, 00:16:45.260 --> 00:16:45.660 did you? 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:47.860 That would 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.259 hurt. 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.419 Try it 00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:49.719 out. 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.480 How did 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.219 Jesus do 00:16:52.219 --> 00:16:52.519 it? 00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:53.620 Well, 00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.679 John dispels 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:55.679 any notion 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.360 of it being 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.419 an apparition. 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.399 He wants 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.939 us to know 00:16:58.939 --> 00:16:59.399 that this 00:16:59.399 --> 00:16:59.959 isn't just 00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:00.600 the spirit 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.259 of Jesus, 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.139 a kind 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.039 of ghostly 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:03.879 figure that's 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.279 appeared. 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.079 No, 00:17:05.159 --> 00:17:05.559 it's the 00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:06.159 actual 00:17:06.159 --> 00:17:06.799 physical 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.839 body of 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.339 Jesus. 00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.899 Verse 20. 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:11.620 After he 00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.160 had said 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.660 this, 00:17:13.060 --> 00:17:13.740 he showed 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.200 them his 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.960 hands, 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.580 where the 00:17:16.580 --> 00:17:17.220 nails had 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.540 been, 00:17:18.080 --> 00:17:18.740 and his 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.420 side, 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.740 where the 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.420 sword had 00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.120 been put 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:23.000 into his 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.560 side. 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.040 You see, 00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:25.460 they not 00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.420 only see 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:27.019 Jesus, 00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.519 they're not 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.480 only listening 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.140 to Jesus 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.900 talk, 00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:32.340 they can 00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:33.500 actually touch 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.140 Jesus. 00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:35.540 You see, 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.240 the resurrection 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:37.040 of Jesus 00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:38.580 was a bodily 00:17:38.580 --> 00:17:39.759 resurrection. 00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.960 but more 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.460 than that, 00:17:41.580 --> 00:17:42.080 it was a 00:17:42.080 --> 00:17:43.140 transformed 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:44.140 body. 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.380 He could 00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:46.420 walk through 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.640 walls, 00:17:48.140 --> 00:17:48.600 literally. 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.060 You see, 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:50.560 it's telling 00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:51.019 us that 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.780 Jesus didn't 00:17:51.780 --> 00:17:53.040 just rise 00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:53.500 from the 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:53.920 dead, 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:54.900 but that 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.759 he defeated 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.220 death. 00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:56.960 He is 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:57.519 declaring 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.280 victory 00:17:58.280 --> 00:17:59.360 over death. 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.080 He is 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:00.780 making a 00:18:00.780 --> 00:18:01.259 way for 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.660 us to 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.600 experience 00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:03.780 a new 00:18:03.780 --> 00:18:04.700 kind 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.120 of 00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:05.840 resurrection. 00:18:08.780 --> 00:18:09.620 We'll know 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.379 from John's 00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.059 gospel that 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.779 other people 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.519 were also 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.399 raised to 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:13.759 life. 00:18:14.479 --> 00:18:14.899 Go back 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.539 with me to 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.439 John chapter 00:18:16.439 --> 00:18:17.039 11. 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.679 John chapter 00:18:19.679 --> 00:18:20.239 11. 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.619 This is the 00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:23.339 account of 00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:24.159 Lazarus 00:18:24.159 --> 00:18:25.719 being raised 00:18:25.719 --> 00:18:26.259 from the 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:26.659 dead. 00:18:29.959 --> 00:18:30.679 So, 00:18:30.819 --> 00:18:31.559 John chapter 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:33.279 11 and 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.359 verse 43. 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:37.639 So, 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.339 Lazarus has 00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:38.779 been in 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.279 the tomb 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:39.839 for three 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.439 days, 00:18:41.439 --> 00:18:42.379 and Jesus 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:43.619 arrives at 00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.179 the tomb 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:44.479 where 00:18:44.479 --> 00:18:45.079 Lazarus 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.479 had been 00:18:45.479 --> 00:18:45.899 buried. 00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.359 And we 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:48.699 pick it 00:18:48.699 --> 00:18:49.019 up in 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.919 verse 43. 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.959 Jesus 00:18:51.959 --> 00:18:53.000 called in 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.459 a loud 00:18:53.459 --> 00:18:54.139 voice, 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:56.159 Lazarus, 00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:57.859 come out. 00:18:57.859 --> 00:19:01.179 the dead 00:19:01.179 --> 00:19:02.519 man came 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.219 out, 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.899 his hands 00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.599 and feet 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.959 wrapped with 00:19:06.959 --> 00:19:07.619 strips of 00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:08.740 linen and 00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.379 a cloth 00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.039 round his 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.539 face. 00:19:11.719 --> 00:19:12.279 And Jesus 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.799 said to 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.000 them, 00:19:13.199 --> 00:19:13.679 take off 00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.240 the grave 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:16.019 clothes and 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.419 let them 00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:16.799 go. 00:19:18.439 --> 00:19:19.240 Let's go 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.719 back to 00:19:19.719 --> 00:19:20.579 chapter 20. 00:19:21.959 --> 00:19:22.179 Now, 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.799 wasn't that 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.959 amazing, 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.099 wonderful 00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.219 experience for 00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.779 Lazarus. 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.620 There he 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.039 was, 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:28.980 dead in 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.559 the tomb, 00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.880 and Jesus 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.660 calls out, 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.279 Lazarus, 00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:33.059 come out. 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.079 And Lazarus 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:36.140 walks out of 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.799 that tomb. 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.579 But you 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.039 know what? 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.660 A time 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.160 would come 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:40.180 again when 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.779 Lazarus 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.259 would have 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.019 to die 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.759 again. 00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.819 Yes, 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.440 he walked 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.920 out of 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.500 the tomb, 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.079 but a day 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.640 would come 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.000 when he 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.380 would be 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:50.140 carried back 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.799 into the 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.140 tomb. 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.779 He would 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.380 die again. 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.579 But the 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:56.160 resurrection 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.900 of Jesus 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.720 was different. 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:58.700 Jesus 00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.620 wasn't just 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.540 raised from 00:20:00.540 --> 00:20:01.180 the dead. 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.160 He was 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:02.900 victorious 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:04.240 over death. 00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:05.019 He was 00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.840 raised with 00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.320 a new 00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.060 and transformed 00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:07.700 body. 00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.700 A body 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.240 that could 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.920 walk through 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.500 walls. 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.700 An immortal 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.279 body. 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.100 A body 00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.800 that wouldn't 00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:14.860 die again. 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.680 A body 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.240 that would 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.720 live 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.840 forever. 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.140 Think of 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.660 a train 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.500 tunnel with 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.740 me. 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.480 darkness 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:27.120 and darkness 00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:28.480 comes around 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:30.980 and darkness 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.519 comes around 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:34.039 until it 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.720 gets out 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.539 through to 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:35.920 the other 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.519 side. 00:20:38.120 --> 00:20:38.359 Well, 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breathed 00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.819 on them 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.500 and said 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.740 receive 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.980 the 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.339 Holy 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.099 Spirit. 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.099 You 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.559 see it's 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:11.759 the 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.140 Spirit 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.539 who 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.980 comes 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.559 alongside 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.240 us. 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.019 The 00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.480 helper, 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.380 the 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.059 comforter, 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:17.740 the 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.279 advocate, 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.160 the 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.460 one 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.700 who 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.120 comes 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.420 to 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.700 us 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:20.940 to 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.500 help 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.940 us 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:23.000 speak 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.620 the 00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.100 truth 00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.700 about 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:24.940 the 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.559 resurrection. 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:27.100 You 00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.519 see it's 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.059 not easy 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.579 for us 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.000 to go 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.259 into 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.539 our 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.279 workplace, 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:30.880 our 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.440 college, 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.200 amongst 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.480 our 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.019 friends 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.940 and talk 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.240 about 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.460 the 00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.079 resurrection. 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.039 People 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.319 will 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.620 think 00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:36.900 you're 00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.380 cuckoo 00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.660 for 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.160 believing 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.620 it. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.539 It's 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:39.799 not 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.299 easy. 00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.620 Well 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:41.840 the 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.279 Spirit 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.920 himself 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.200 has 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.420 been 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.819 given 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.500 the 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.880 very 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.700 power 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.980 that 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.559 raised 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.799 the 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.059 Lord 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.519 Jesus 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.880 from 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.100 the 00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.580 dead 00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.500 is 00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.680 the 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.060 same 00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.760 power 00:25:51.760 --> 00:25:52.460 that 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.640 is 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:52.840 at 00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.220 work 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.600 in 00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:53.980 those 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.180 who 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.800 believe. 00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.240 And so 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.580 he, 00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.220 by his 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.700 Spirit, 00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.760 will help 00:25:58.760 --> 00:25:59.720 us to 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.340 faithfully 00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.260 declare the 00:26:01.260 --> 00:26:02.120 good news 00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:03.180 that Jesus 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.600 lives. 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.740 fear. 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:08.319 You see, 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.919 people are 00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:09.559 living in 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.919 fear. 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.240 Talk to 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.459 your 00:26:12.459 --> 00:26:12.980 friends 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.639 this 00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.000 coming 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.439 week. 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:15.959 People 00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.559 fear the 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.019 present. 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.480 They 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.059 fear the 00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.579 future. 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.279 And most 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.740 of all, 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.839 people fear 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.000 death. 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.599 People 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.039 are 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.699 frightened 00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:28.219 to die. 00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.939 And our 00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:30.599 mission is 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.139 to come 00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.679 into the 00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.139 midst of 00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:32.919 that and 00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.599 speak of 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.199 the hope 00:26:34.199 --> 00:26:34.779 of 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.459 resurrection. 00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:36.719 But not 00:26:36.719 --> 00:26:37.299 only do we 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.799 speak of 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.240 the hope 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.439 of 00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:38.980 resurrection, 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.059 we can 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:41.059 speak of 00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.279 sins being 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.879 forgiven. 00:26:43.719 --> 00:26:44.559 Look at 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.519 verse 23. 00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.339 At the 00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.819 heart of 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.659 our message 00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:51.259 is this. 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.719 If you 00:26:52.719 --> 00:26:53.500 forgive 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.459 anyone's 00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:55.059 sins, 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.159 their sins 00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:58.059 are forgiven. 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.139 forgiven. 00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.799 If you 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.359 do not 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.799 forgive 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.159 them, 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.720 they are 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.159 not 00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:03.720 forgiven. 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.059 Now, 00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.359 there's a 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.639 lot of 00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.200 confusion 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.940 around this 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.379 verse. 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.179 It doesn't 00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.720 mean to 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.279 say that 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.799 you or 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.759 I decide 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.779 who's 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.259 going to 00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.539 be 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.980 forgiven. 00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.460 So, 00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:16.799 well, 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.279 I like 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.799 Kirsty. 00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.960 After all, 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.419 she's my 00:27:19.419 --> 00:27:19.759 wife, 00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.700 so I'll 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.399 forgive her. 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.179 But I 00:27:23.179 --> 00:27:23.619 don't say 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.419 to Alex, 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.660 I don't 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.039 particularly 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.759 like Alex 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.140 today, 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.600 so I'm 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:27.940 not going 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.300 to forgive 00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:28.680 him. 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.080 And he's 00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.380 going, 00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.180 oh no, 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.480 he's going 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.800 to turn 00:27:32.800 --> 00:27:33.180 off something 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.480 else. 00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.940 That's 00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.259 alright. 00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.539 That's 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.060 not what 00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.779 it means. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.080 When 00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:40.160 someone hears 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.820 the gospel 00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:42.300 message that 00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:43.360 Jesus died 00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.100 for our 00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:45.400 sins and 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.160 had defeated 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.880 death, 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.180 and if that 00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.820 person who 00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.360 hears it 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.340 responds in 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.220 repentance and 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.620 faith, 00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.920 we can say 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.420 to that 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.960 person, 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.019 with absolute 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.779 certainty, 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.000 your sins 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.620 are forgiven. 00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.319 Eight people 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.980 are going to 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.740 be here next 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.600 week and 00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.200 are going to 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.880 be baptized 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.960 because they've 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.559 heard the 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.200 good news of 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.039 Christ and 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.640 they've trusted 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.620 him and we 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.340 will say 00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.360 without any 00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.360 doubt whatsoever, 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.660 your sins 00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.340 are forgiven. 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.079 But if 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.299 someone rejects 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.759 the risen 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:22.240 Jesus and 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.579 says I 00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:22.940 don't want 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.539 anything to 00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:23.980 do with 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.279 him, 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.599 we can 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.319 also say 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.079 with complete 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.759 authority, 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.000 your sins 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.460 are not 00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.240 forgiven. 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.779 It will 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.720 be separation 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.539 from God, 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.359 not in the 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.240 new creation, 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.240 but something 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.980 far, far 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.539 worse, 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.859 hell 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:47.000 itself. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:50.299 so if you 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.700 are here 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.420 this morning 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:53.240 and you 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.720 have not 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.019 yet 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.019 experienced 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.720 forgiveness, 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.160 repent, 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.259 place your 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.099 faith in 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.019 Jesus today 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:03.160 because when 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.779 we do, 00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.059 what good 00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.599 news, 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:07.099 we experience 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.619 a new 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.279 creation 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.960 and the 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.460 promise 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.920 of a new 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.579 kind of 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.279 resurrection. 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.339 resurrection. 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.500 But if 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.039 you are here 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:18.279 today and 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.759 you are 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.279 forgiven, 00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.779 then go 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.299 with the 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.960 power of 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.420 the Holy 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.019 Spirit, 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.420 speaking the 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.079 hope of 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.740 resurrection 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.379 into people's 00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:30.779 fears so 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.259 that they 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:32.119 too may be 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.920 filled with 00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.359 joy, 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.119 overjoyed 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.599 because they 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.319 have met 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.500 the risen 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.139 Jesus. 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.939 When Jesus 00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.759 appears is 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.279 important. 00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.779 How he 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.700 appears and 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.240 why he 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.879 appears is 00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.439 deeply 00:29:52.439 --> 00:29:53.819 significant for 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.679 us all. 00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.519 He brings 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.319 about a new 00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:59.039 creation, a 00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.980 new resurrection 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.700 and a new 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.119 mission. 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.279 Let us go 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.019 with hope 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.799 and confidence 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:09.259 filled with 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.700 joy. 00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.200 Let's pray 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.779 together. 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.039 Father, help 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.899 us to see 00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:22.279 that life 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.240 isn't about 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.039 looking into 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.000 the past, 00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.980 but looking 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.879 back to 00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:30.460 the historical 00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.440 fact of 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.379 Christ risen 00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.879 from the 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:34.919 dead and 00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:35.599 how that 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.639 continues to 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.020 shape and 00:30:38.020 --> 00:30:38.800 change and 00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.500 affect our 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.400 life today. 00:30:42.020 --> 00:30:42.740 Father, 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.700 speak into 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.600 our fears. 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.720 Fill us 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.360 with joy. 00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.580 May we go 00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.020 with the 00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:51.480 help of 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.280 your Spirit, 00:30:53.540 --> 00:30:55.220 speaking of 00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.840 the wonder 00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.780 of your 00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:57.460 resurrection 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.560 to others. 00:30:59.300 --> 00:31:00.220 In Jesus' 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.759 name, 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.940 Amen. 00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.080 Amen.