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 Well, good morning. My name is Cleopas. I just got out of the time machine. I might look like Pastor Josh, but he lent me his clothes.

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 Most of you probably haven't heard of me. For some reason, all those parents who have been looking for good, strong biblical names just passed right over mine.

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 But it is what it is. You can call me Cleo for short. I want to say thanks to your pastor for giving me the opportunity to share with you this morning.

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 I want to tell you about the best day of my life, a day that I'll never forget.

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 It all started on what you folks call a Sunday afternoon.

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 Now, Sundays for me look very different than for you folks.

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 What you call Sunday, we called the first day of the week.

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 And for us, the first day of the week usually had more of the feel of what you folks call Monday.

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 It was a workday typically for us.

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 But that particular Sunday was not a workday for me.

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 Where do I even start?

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 Yes, Sunday afternoon.

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 I was not at home that day.

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 In fact, the whole week before, I had not been at home.

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 I had gone up to the capital city, to Jerusalem, to celebrate the Passover as we Jewish folk did every year.

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 And what a Passover it was.

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 Unlike anything we'd ever experienced.

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 It had all come to a tragic end.

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 They killed him.

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 And so Sunday afternoon, me and a friend, we packed our back sacks and we started out for home.

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 We lived in a little village called Emmaus.

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 About 60 stadia from Jerusalem.

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 Let me do the conversion for you.

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 That's about 600 feet per stadia.

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 That's about 7 miles from Jerusalem.

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 Or 14 kilometers for you younger ones.

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 And of course, we didn't have cars back then.

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 We walked mostly everywhere.

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 But at that distance, we could make the trip easily in an afternoon.

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 For the first little while of the trip, me and my buddy were talking about everything that had happened that past week.

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 What a week it was.

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 And as we were talking about all of that, a stranger came up behind us.

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 Now, I'm sure you've all had that happen before, where you're walking along and somebody who's walking a little faster kind of catches up to you.

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 What do you do?

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 Well, you usually just make room for them and, you know, let them pass on by when they finally catch up to you.

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 But this stranger, he quickly walked right up to where we were, came right up beside us, slowed his pace to match ours, and walked with us.

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 And then, friendly fellow that he was, he turned and said,

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 What is this that I hear you guys talking about?

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 Well, I think it was pretty obvious what we had been talking about.

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 He'd probably heard a good deal of it already.

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 And at that moment, we all just stopped walking for a moment.

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 And I looked at him with a furrowed brow, and I said to him,

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 Where have you been all week, man?

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 I mean, you must be the only person visiting Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened here these past few days.

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 And with a curious twinkle in his eye, he said,

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 What things?

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 Well, about Jesus, the man from Nazareth, we both blurted out at once, me and my friend.

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 He was a prophet.

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 Powerful in word.

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 Powerful in the things that he did.

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 In the sight of God.

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 In the sight of God.

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 In the sight of all the people.

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 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over.

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 To be sentenced to death.

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 And they nailed him to a Roman cross and hung him up to die.

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 But we had hoped.

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 We had hoped that he was the one.

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 The one who would redeem Israel.

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 But man, get this.

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 I said to the stranger.

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 It's now the third day since all this happened.

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 And get this.

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 Some of the women in our circles baffled us.

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 They went to the burial place of Jesus.

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 A tomb.

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 Early this morning.

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 But they didn't find the body of Jesus.

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 They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels.

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 Who said that Jesus was alive.

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 And then, said my friend.

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 Some of our companions went to the tomb and found it.

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 Just like the women said.

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 But they didn't see Jesus.

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 And then this stranger.

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 He turned to us.

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 And he said.

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 You guys are fools.

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 How slow of heart.

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 Are you.

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 To believe all the things that the prophet said long ago.

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 Did not the Messiah have to suffer?

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 And only after that to enter his glory?

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 And then as we walked along with this stranger.

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 He began to tell us.

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 Starting all the way back with Moses.

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 Working all the way through to the prophets.

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 All the things that they had said about the Messiah.

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 It was amazing.

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 Neither of us could believe just how well this guy knew the Torah.

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 The writings.

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 The prophets.

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 The prophets.

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 The prophets.

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 Well as we finally came to our little village of Emmaus.

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 We were about to go our way.

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 But then as we looked over at this stranger.

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 It looked like he was just going to keep right on going.

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 Right on to the next village.

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 And I kind of looked up at the sky.

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 And saw that the sun was getting low.

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 He surely wouldn't make it there before dark.

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 So we both said.

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 Hey.

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 Come on over to our place.

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 Stay the night with us.

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 It's almost dark.

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 The day's almost done.

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 Please.

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 It's no trouble at all.

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 Stay with us at our place this evening.

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 You can leave and go on your way in the morning.

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 And he agreed.

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 He came over.

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 And after making that journey.

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 We were hungry.

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 We were ready for some supper.

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 So we got the meal ready.

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 We got all the food onto the table.

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 And we all sat down around it.

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 And we did that awkward thing.

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 That all of us sometimes do.

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 Where we looked around at each other.

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 See who's going to give thanks for the meal.

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 This stranger.

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 Certainly seemed like he would be a better prayer.

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 Than either of us.

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 Especially after all he'd said to us on the journey here.

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 So we asked him to give thanks.

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 And then the strangest thing happened.

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 He reached out.

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 And grabbed some bread from the table.

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 He held it up.

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 He gave thanks.

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 Broke it.

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 And he passed the pieces.

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 Out to us.

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 All of a sudden.

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 It hit me.

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 It was like deja vu times a thousand.

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 I couldn't believe it.

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 No way.

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 Me and my buddy just.

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 Stared.

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 Shocked.

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 Speechless.

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 No.

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 It couldn't be.

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 And then all of a sudden.

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 Right before our very eyes.

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 He vanished.

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 Now I know what you're thinking.

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 Well you were probably just having some really crazy dream here.

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 Funky hallucinations or something.

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 I had the piece of bread in my hand.

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 I didn't break it.

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 All of a sudden it hit us.

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 He was alive.

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 All the way from Emmaus.

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 He had been walking with us.

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 Jesus.

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 The one that we had seen.

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 Crucified.

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 Three days earlier.

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 It was him.

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 He was alive.

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 We couldn't believe it.

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 But we knew it was true.

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 We laughed.

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 We cried.

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 We got up and just started joyfully pacing around the room.

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 Talking about everything that had just happened.

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 We started thinking back over the whole thing.

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 Right from the beginning.

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 When he first joined us on the road.

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 Up until this moment.

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 No wonder he knew all those passages from the Torah.

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 The writings.

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 The prophets.

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 The prophets.

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 And oh.

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 Said my friend.

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 Were not our hearts burning within us?

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 When he talked with us on the road.

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 And opened the scriptures to us.

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 It was amazing.

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 We walked all that way.

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 With the one who we had seen.

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 Killed just three days ago.

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 Suddenly it hit us.

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 Everything that the women had said.

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 The angels.

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 The angels.

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 It was all true.

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 Jesus was alive.

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 We thought.

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 Man.

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 We got to go tell everybody about this.

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 So we.

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 Ran out the door.

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 We pretty much ran all the way to Jerusalem.

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 Right back up the road into the city.

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 We found the eleven.

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 The apostles.

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 All our friends.

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 Gathered together in the house.

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 And the first thing that they said to us was.

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 It's true.

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 Listen.

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 The Lord has risen.

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 And he has appeared to Simon.

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 And then I said.

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 Everyone.

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 Listen up.

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 We've got a story to tell you.

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 And we told them what happened on the way.

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 To Emmaus.

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 How we had recognized Jesus.

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 When he.

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 Gave thanks.

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 And broke the bread in front of us.

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 And while we were talking about all of this.

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 Suddenly I heard gasps.

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 In the room.

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 And a shriek.

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 Everybody was just staring.

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 Dumbfounded.

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 And I turned around.

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 And.

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 There.

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 Standing in the middle of the room.

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 Was the stranger.

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 That we had walked with.

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 Jesus.

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 Himself.

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 It's a ghost.

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 Someone cried.

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 And Jesus said.

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 Peace.

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 Be with you.

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 He looked around at all of us.

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 And said.

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 Why are you troubled?

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 Why do doubts.

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 Rise in your minds?

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 It is I myself.

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 Look at my hands.

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 Look at my feet.

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 Come.

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 Touch me.

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 See.

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 A ghost does not have flesh and bones.

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 Like you see I have.

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 And he stretched out his hands.

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 For all of us to see.

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 He showed us his feet.

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 Where the nails had pierced him through.

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 Some of us.

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 Went right in and touched.

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 Others just kind of stood back.

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 Fearful.

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 In shock.

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 In shock.

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 In shock.

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 In my heart.

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 There was so much joy.

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 It almost seemed too good to be true.

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 I kept pinching myself.

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 Even gave myself.

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 One of these.

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 Just to make sure.

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 This was no dream.

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 It was real.

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 Some of them were pretty sure that.

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 Well.

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 It must be a ghost.

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 It must be a spirit.

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 Playing a trick on us.

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 And then Jesus.

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 With that same twinkle in his eye.

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 Said.

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 Do you have anything here to eat?

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 So someone went and.

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 Grabbed him a piece of broiled fish.

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 And he took it.

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 And he gobbled it right down.

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 In front of us.

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 The rest of that night.

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 There.

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 With Jesus.

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 We were all.

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 Giddy.

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 With excitement.

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 I don't know how many times.

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 I heard it said that night.

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 By someone in the room.

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 I can't believe this.

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 I don't believe it.

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 Well finally.

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 Jesus.

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 Said to all of us.

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 This is what I told you.

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 While I was still with you.

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 Everything.

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 Must be fulfilled.

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 That is written about me.

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 In the law of Moses.

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 The prophets.

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 And the Psalms.

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 And this is what is written.

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 The Messiah will suffer.

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 And rise from the dead.

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 On the third day.

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 And repentance.

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 For the forgiveness.

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 Of sins.

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 Will be preached.

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 In his name.

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 To all nations.

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 Beginning.

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 At Jerusalem.

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 You were witnesses.

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 Of these things.

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 And then he told us.

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 Of what would happen.

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 In a little while.

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 He said.

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 I'm going to send you.

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 What my father has promised.

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 But stay in the city.

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 Until you have been clothed.

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 With power.

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 From on high.

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 It was the best day.

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 Of my life.

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 That first day.

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 Of the week.

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 A day.

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 I'll never forget.

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 I'll turn it back over.

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 To Pastor Josh now.

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 Thank you.

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.400
 Cleopas.

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 Most of you know.

00:14:21.020 --> 00:14:21.820
 And love this story.

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 But in case you've never heard it before.

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 Or if it's only a little familiar to you.

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 I want to be clear.

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 I didn't make this story up.

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 What you just heard is a true story.

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 Now there was a few little details.

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 That I kind of added in there.

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 Just so that your senses could kind of feel.

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 And appreciate.

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 And imagine what it must have been like.

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 But Cleopas was a real man.

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 He was one of the followers of Jesus.

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 Before his death.

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 And this is the true story.

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 Of him and his unnamed friend.

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 And how they encountered Jesus.

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 Alive.

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 On the day that he rose from the dead.

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 You can read it for yourself.

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 In your Bibles.

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 Gospel of Luke.

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 Chapter 24.

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 Verse 13.

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 I love this story.

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 It's a story of incredible joy.

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 The kind of joy and excitement.

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 That rivals.

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 Even surpasses.

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 The happiest moments.

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 Of all of our lives.

00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:23.519
 I love the shift that we see.

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 In the two men.

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 The deep sorrow.

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 And disappointment.

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 The crushed hopes.

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 And all of that.

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 Just melts away.

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 As Jesus speaks to them.

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 And then eventually.

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 Reveals who he is.

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 To them.

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 It's a good time to remember.

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 What Jesus said.

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 Not long before he was arrested.

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 And crucified.

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 John chapter 16.

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 Verse 19.

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 Jesus was talking to his disciples.

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 And he said.

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 This to them.

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 Are you asking one another.

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 What I meant.

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 When I said.

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 In a little while.

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 You will see me.

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 No more.

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 And then after a little while.

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 You will see me.

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 Very truly.

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 Said Jesus.

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 I tell you.

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 You will weep.

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 And mourn.

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 While the world rejoices.

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 You will grieve.

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 But your grief.

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 Will turn.

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 To joy.

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 Just like a woman giving birth to a child.

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 Has pain.

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 Because her time has come.

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 But when her baby is born.

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 She forgets.

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 She forgets.

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 The anguish.

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 Because of her joy.

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 That a child.

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 Is now born into the world.

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 So with you.

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 Now is your time of grief.

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 But I.

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 Will.

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 Will.

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 Will.

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 See you.

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 Again.

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 And you will rejoice.

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 And no one.

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 Will take away.

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 Your joy.

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 Just as Jesus had said.

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 So it happened for them.

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 What a beautiful.

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 And joyful.

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 Reunion.

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 They had with Jesus.

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 On that day.

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 That he rose from the dead.

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 A couple other comments.

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 Are in order.

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 As we reflect on this delightful.

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 Account of what happened.

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 I couldn't help but think this week.

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 As I read it again.

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 Some people think of Jesus.

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 As a man who was just.

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 So serious.

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 So stoic.

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 All the time.

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 A man who barely.

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 Eeked out a smile.

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 Because he was so focused.

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 On his mission.

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 And on the greater.

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 Spiritual realities.

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 But as I read this account.

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 Of Cleopas.

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 And his buddy.

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 On the road to Emmaus.

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 I can't help but think.

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 That Jesus.

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 Had a sense of humor.

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 I mean.

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 He walked all the way.

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 To Emmaus.

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 With them.

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 Telling them all about.

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 The Messiah.

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 And he didn't tell them.

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 That it was him.

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 Right there.

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 I mean.

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 These are men that Jesus.

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 Had some level of.

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 Personal relationship with.

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 Before.

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 He died.

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 They were two of his followers.

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 At least to me.

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 I think this is one of the best.

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 Pranks ever played.

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 You had to know.

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 That there was a twinkle.

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 In his eye.

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 When he asked them.

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 What things.

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 What things are you referring to.

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 That just happened.

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 A few days ago.

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 And they went on and on.

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 And told him.

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 How depressed.

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 And sad they were.

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 Jesus still didn't tell them.

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 Who he was.

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 And when he finally did reveal it.

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 He vanished.

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 Leaving them.

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 Beside themselves.

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 With joy.

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 And excitement.

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 To laugh.

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 Over what had happened.

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 All that afternoon.

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 Or how about later that evening.

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 When Jesus appeared.

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 To all of them.

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 I love how he just.

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 Kind of puts them at ease.

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 And works on their minds.

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 No.

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 I'm not a ghost.

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 How can I make them understand?

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 Do you guys have anything here to eat?

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 I mean.

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 We all know that spirits.

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 Don't eat physical food.

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 Right?

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 So here's Jesus.

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 The day of his resurrection.

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 Chomping on a piece of fish.

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.819
 Just waiting patiently.

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 For them to realize.

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.480
 Yeah.

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 It's really me.

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 I'm here.

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 I'm alive.

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 Jesus has a sense of humor.

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 Of course he does.

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 What gave us the idea.

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 That laughter.

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 And humor.

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 Originated with us.

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 In the first place.

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 We have a joyful God.

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 And we were created.

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 In his image.

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 To laugh.

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 And to find funny.

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 To rejoice.

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 And to celebrate.

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 Secondly.

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 The joke.

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 Is really.

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 On the followers.

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 Of Jesus.

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 Why?

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 How many times.

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 Does Jesus say to them.

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 This day.

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 This resurrection day.

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 I told you.

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 That this is how.

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 It was going to go.

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 On the road to Emmaus.

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 How foolish you are.

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 And how slow of heart.

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 To believe.

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 All the prophets have spoken.

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 The scriptures.

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 The Old Testament.

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 It foretold.

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 The suffering.

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 Of the Messiah.

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 And his being glorified after.

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 It was all there.

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 In the scriptures.

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 About Jesus.

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 About how it would all go.

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 And then again.

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 There in the house.

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.079
 Later that evening.

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 This is what I told you.

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 While I was still with you.

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 Everything must be fulfilled.

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 That is written about me.

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 In the law of Moses.

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 The prophets.

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 And the Psalms.

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 That the Messiah will suffer.

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 And rise.

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 On the third day.

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 That's all there.

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 In the Old Testament.

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 And Jesus had been telling them.

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 And pointing them.

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 To these same Old Testament passages.

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 For the past three years.

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 As he taught them.

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 At least three times.

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 If not more.

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 He had flat out told them.

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 That he would die.

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 And rise again.

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 The gospel writers record this for us.

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 Before any of it even happened.

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 And so in a sense.

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 The joke is on his followers.

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.140
 It's they.

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 Who in these moments.

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 Are probably kind of chuckling.

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 At the flimsiness of their own faith.

00:21:01.020 --> 00:21:01.740
 Oh yeah.

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 I remember.

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 That you said that.

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 If only I'd been listening a little better.

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 And Jesus doesn't hammer them for it.

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 He doesn't try to make them.

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 Wallow in guilt.

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 Because of their lack of faith.

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 Or their poor listening.

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 He's so patient with them.

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 He carefully explains it again to them.

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 And he gives them time.

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 To process what is happening.

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 This great miracle right in front of their eyes.

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 Perhaps we can learn from them.

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 Have we been slow in heart.

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 To believe all that Jesus has said to us.

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 Have we been only kind of maybe half listening.

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 Like some of Jesus' disciples were.

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 Maybe noticing the parts that we like.

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.859
 Of what Jesus said.

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:57.059
 And conveniently ignoring the parts that don't really mean that much to us.

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.740
 Or the parts that we don't like.

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 Of what he says.

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 So may we learn from what Jesus said to his disciples.

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 May we not be foolish.

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.740
 Or slow of heart.

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:09.379
 To believe all that God has said.

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.180
 Through the prophets.

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:12.039
 And especially through Jesus.

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.299
 His son.

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.900
 Now we live in a very different.

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.379
 Time.

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.559
 And day.

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.599
 Different era.

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 But there are many things that the prophets.

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 And Jesus said.

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 That are yet to be fulfilled.

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 That pertain to a future day.

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 To the end.

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 We may not be able to correctly.

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 Sequence all of those things.

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 At least I'll admit that.

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 I can't.

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 But we can be confident.

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 That God will bring.

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 Every one of those things to pass.

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 Just as he said.

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 No matter what it looks like.

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 Here on earth today.

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 Just as the first coming of Jesus.

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 Unfolded according to God's plan.

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 So too.

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 Will his return.

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 Finally.

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 There is great joy.

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 Not just for these guys.

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 Back then.

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 That day.

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 But for all of us.

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 Here today.

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 Who believe in the name of Jesus.

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 His resurrection from the dead.

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 Means that the payment.

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 That he made for our sins.

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 At the cross.

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 Was accepted.

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 By God.

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 And we.

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 Who believe.

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 Are forgiven.

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 His resurrection from the dead.

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 Means that he can.

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 And he will.

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 Do everything.

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 That he has promised.

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 In the future.

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 His resurrection from the dead.

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 Means that he really does have the power.

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 To give life.

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 Forever.

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 To those who believe in his name.

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 To raise us up on the last day.

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 As Jesus said.

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 And Jesus' resurrection means.

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 That you and I.

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 And forever.

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 And forever.

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 Can have a personal relationship.

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 With this man.

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 With this son of God.

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 This Jesus.

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 A friendship.

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 Similar to how his disciples did.

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 All of these things.

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 Hinge on Jesus.

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 Rising from the dead.

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 And so there is great joy.

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 For all who believe.

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 Life.

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 Because our Lord.

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 Did indeed.

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 Conquer the grave.

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 Look out at our world today.

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 What's the greatest problem.

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 That we all have.

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 There's all kinds of things going on.

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 That are.

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 Not good.

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 But the worst of them.

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 We all eventually do.

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 Come to die.

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 Jesus.

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 Has beaten.

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 That problem.

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 Of death.

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 And he offers.

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 To us.

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 The ability.

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 To overcome death as well.

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 To those who believe.

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 In his name.

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 Christ.

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 Is risen.

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 He is risen indeed.

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 Let's continue.

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 Singing.

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 I'll invite the worship team.

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 To come back up.

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 Thank you.

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 How do you know.

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 folded.

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 When will.

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 différent.

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 Turn.

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 Jeremy.

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 How do you know.

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 Him.

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 distintos.

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 Anger.

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 TV çe gravy.

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 Jesus.

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 Hein.

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 Him.

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 Two.

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 What else did you know.

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 He Hooded.

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 How do you know.

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 He decide.

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 Jesus.

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 Son.

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 Himself.

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 Me.