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 Well, turn in your Bibles, please, to 1 Corinthians.

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 We're going to be looking at different parts of the Bible today.

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 But we're going to be looking or starting in 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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 So if you have your Bibles there, please open them to 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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 Amen.

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 We've been going through the big story of the Bible.

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 And we come this morning to the resurrection.

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 So we're going to pray and ask for God's help as we look at this together.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for this truth of Jesus written from the dead, alive today.

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 And while you are not present with us physically, we know that you are here present with us

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 and in those who believe by your Holy Spirit.

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 And so we ask that by your Spirit, you would encourage us afresh in your truth.

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 Build us up in faith.

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 Give us courage that we may be people who proclaim the Easter Rising.

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 We ask for your help.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, on Easter Monday, the 24th of April, 1916, about 12 noon,

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 Podrick Pierce read out the Proclamation of Ireland from the steps of the GPO in Dublin.

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 We declare the rights of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland

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 and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies to be sovereign and indefeasible.

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 Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world,

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 we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a sovereign, independent state.

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 The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens

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 and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and all its parts.

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 And we know from history that at the cost of their lives and the lives of many others,

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 Ireland gained her independence from Britain after 800 years of foreign rule.

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 Now, while we might celebrate our national freedom,

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 it's not a true freedom.

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 We might be an independent, sovereign state,

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 but Ireland is still very much a broken nation.

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 And I don't mean politically or economically.

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 It's much, much deeper than that.

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 As we've been seeing over the week,

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 the story of the Bible reminds us

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 that we are still living under the effects of an ancient but ongoing rebellion against God

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 that has left us enslaved to sin,

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 cursed by suffering,

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 and separated from God.

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 So despite the heroic acts of 1916,

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 we are still not free from the sinful, violent acts of gangland war

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 or the silent abuse behind closed doors.

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 While our past leaders promised a better life,

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 we are still suffering tragic accidents like the family who drowned in Buncrana

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 or cancers that rob us of family and friends.

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 Even though our proclamation of all those years ago offers happiness,

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 we are still searching for a temporal happiness

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 while at the same time facing eternal separation from God

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 and all that is good and beautiful.

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 You see, we might celebrate a national freedom,

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 but it is not a true freedom.

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 Ireland is still broken.

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 So what we need is a new proclamation.

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 A proclamation that deals with the greatest problem of the people of Ireland.

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 Sin, suffering, and our separation from God.

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 Listen to the proclamation of God through the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 Let's read from verse 1.

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 Great words, great truths.

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 Chapter 15, verse 1.

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 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel that I preach to you.

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 Here is the good news that I proclaim to you,

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 which you received,

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 on which you have taken your stand.

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 By this gospel you are saved,

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 if you hold firmly to the word I preach to you.

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 Otherwise you have believed in vain.

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 What is that gospel?

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 What's that proclamation?

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 Well, here it is in verse 3.

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 For what I received,

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 I passed on to you as of first importance,

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 that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

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 that he was buried,

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 and that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

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 Verse 20.

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 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,

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 the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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 For since death came through a man,

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 the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

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 For as in Adam all die,

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 so in Christ all will be made alive.

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 This is the proclamation of the true Easter rising.

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 The true story of Jesus Christ,

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 the God-man who is risen from the dead.

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 You see, it is the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 that is the hope for our lives and for our nation.

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 Through the resurrection,

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 God reverses the effects of the ongoing rebellion against him.

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 It's because Jesus has risen

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 that God has dealt with the greatest problems of all,

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 the problem of sin and suffering

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 and our separation from him.

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 So let's together this morning see

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 how this new proclamation gets worked out,

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 how God reverses the effects of sin,

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 suffering and separation.

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 First of all,

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 we need to remember the story of death.

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 1 Corinthians 15 verse 22.

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 Do you see what it says?

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 Verse 22.

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 For as in Adam all die.

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 The story of the Bible is telling us so clearly

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 that each one of us here

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 are all related to Adam,

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 the first man.

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 Forget our nationality,

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 the country of our birth,

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 wherever we come from,

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 each one of us,

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 we all have Adam's nature.

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 So because Adam rebelled against God,

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 we are people who are born

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 who seek to live life without God.

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 We're in rebellion against God.

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 And the consequences are exactly the same.

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 Verse 22.

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 Just as Adam dies,

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 we too die.

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 You remember what God said to Adam in the garden.

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 You mustn't eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 For when you eat of that fruit,

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 you will surely die.

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 And ever since that first rebellious action,

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 death has ruined and wrecked our lives

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 and the world in which we live.

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 It has destroyed us

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 and it has broken us.

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 Now we must understand

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 the far-reaching consequences

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 of this death

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 that comes to all people.

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 three things very simply and quickly.

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 Three deaths.

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 First,

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 we die spiritually.

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 You see,

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 when Adam first sinned,

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 his whole nature changed.

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 And our nature is one of a sinful nature.

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 So rather than love and obey God,

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 we fight and we disobey Him.

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 In fact,

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 we no longer have the capacity

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 or the desire within us

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 to choose what is right

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 and what is good

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 all the time.

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 If we had the ability

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 to choose right and good all the time,

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 then this nation and this world

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 wouldn't be the broken mess that it is.

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 The reality is

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 we are spiritually dead.

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 We are enslaved to a life of sin.

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 That is our first death.

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 Second,

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 we die physically.

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 Adam's sin

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 resulted in the curse

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 of a physical death

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 and physical suffering.

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 So every single person,

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 ourselves included,

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 as we're born into this world,

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 we all suffer through illness

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 and sickness.

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 We get cancers and diseases.

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 We face disability and weakness.

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 But not only that,

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 the world in which we live in

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 is a creation that suffers.

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 That's why we hear of stories

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 and countries

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 where there are destructive hurricanes

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 and devastating earthquakes.

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 We live in physical bodies

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 that suffer.

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 And we live in a world

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 that suffers.

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 And the end result of it all

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 is physical death.

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 We live under a curse

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 of suffering.

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 So we die spiritually.

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 We die physically.

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 And we die eternally.

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 You see, Adam's rebellion

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 ended in physical death.

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 And we, one day,

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 will end in death.

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 But that death

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 is an eternal death.

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 Because we've turned against God,

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 because we've been,

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 we are now separated from God.

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 Just as Adam was shut out

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 from the garden,

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 so we have been banished

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 from the presence of God.

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 We live a life

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 without God,

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 apart from Him.

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 But that separation

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 doesn't end with death,

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 as if it's just a nothingness,

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 an emptiness.

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 No, it tells us

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 that it continues on

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 eternally

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 in hell.

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 Hell is God's

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 final judgment

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 upon a world

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 that continues

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 to reject Him

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 and ignore Him

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 and exclude Him

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 and push Him out.

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 It's an eternity

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 of being separated

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 from God,

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 from all that is good

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 and beautiful

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 forever.

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 This is the tragic

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 and sad story

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 of death.

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 death.

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 These are the effects

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 of living in rebellion

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 against God.

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 This is what death

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 has done to us.

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 We are enslaved

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 to sin.

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 We are cursed

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 by suffering.

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 And we are separated

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 from God.

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 In Adam,

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 all die.

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 that is the story

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 of death.

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 And that is what

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 we as a nation

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 face.

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 But then there's

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 the story

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 of resurrection.

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 The story of life.

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 Verse 21.

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 Verse 21.

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 For since death

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 came through a man,

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 the resurrection

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 of the dead

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 comes also

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 through a man.

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 For as in Adam

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 all die,

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 so in Christ

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 all will be made

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 alive.

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 In Christ

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 all live.

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 You see,

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 it is the resurrection

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 that changes

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 everything.

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 C.S. Lewis,

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 the great writer,

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 put it like this

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 as he was speaking

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 about the resurrection.

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 He says this,

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 Jesus has forced

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 open a door

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 that has been

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 locked

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 since the death

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 of the first man.

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 He has met,

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 fought,

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 and beaten

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 the king of death.

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 Everything is

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 different

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 because he has

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 done so.

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 This is the

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 beginning

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 of the new

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 creation.

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 A new chapter

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 in cosmic

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 history

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 has opened.

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 You see,

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 death

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 closes the

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 door

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 on life.

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 The resurrection

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 opens the

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 door

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 to new

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 life.

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 So what does

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 the resurrection

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 bring?

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 Well,

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 it reverses

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 the effects

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 of death.

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 It is the

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 beginning of

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 a new

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 creation,

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 a new

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 chapter in

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 cosmic

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 history

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 where

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 everything

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 is now

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 changed.

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 So look at the

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 reversal

00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:13.100
 that the

00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:13.620
 resurrection

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.819
 brings about.

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 First,

00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.759
 resurrection

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.480
 freedom,

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 overcoming

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 our sin.

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 have a

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 look at

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 Romans

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.299
 chapter 6

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 verse 5.

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 This is the

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 first section

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 we're going to

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 look at.

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 Romans

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 chapter 6

00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:32.219
 verse 5.

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 Romans 6

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 verse 5.

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 If we have been

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 united with

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 Christ like

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 this in

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 his death,

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 we will

00:16:01.839 --> 00:16:02.459
 certainly

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:03.579
 also be

00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:04.519
 united with

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.879
 Christ in

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 his

00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.860
 resurrection.

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 You see,

00:16:07.979 --> 00:16:08.819
 through faith,

00:16:09.599 --> 00:16:10.439
 we are united

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 to Christ.

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 In our

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.219
 birth,

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 we are

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.240
 united to

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.679
 Adam.

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 Through our

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 faith,

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 united to

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 Christ.

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 That means

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 as Christ

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 dies for

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 our sin,

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 we die

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:22.000
 to our

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 sin.

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 But it

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 also means

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 that just

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 as Christ

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 rises to

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 live,

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 so we

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 also rise

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 to live.

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 No longer

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 to live

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 for sin,

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 but now

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 to live

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 for God.

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 No longer

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 are we

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.879
 enslaved to

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 sin,

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 we have

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 now been

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 given a

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 brand new

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 nature.

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 Look at

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 verse 6.

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 For we

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 know that

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 our old

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 self was

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 crucified

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 with him,

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 so that

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:46.919
 the body

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.399
 of sin

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:47.819
 might be

00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.340
 done away

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 with,

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 that we

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 should no

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 longer be

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 slaves to

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 sin,

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 because anyone

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 who has

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 died has

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 been freed

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 from sin.

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 Now,

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 if we

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.959
 died with

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 Christ,

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 we believe

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 that we

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 will also

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 live with

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 him,

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 for we

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 know that

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 since Christ

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.180
 was raised

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.559
 from the

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:05.859
 dead,

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 he cannot

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.700
 die again.

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 Death

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.399
 no longer

00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:10.279
 has mastery

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:10.920
 over him.

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 The death

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.720
 he died,

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.639
 he died

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 to sin

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 once for

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 all,

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 but the

00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.859
 life he

00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:18.339
 lives,

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 he lives

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 to God.

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 Do you

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.159
 see how

00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:23.940
 the resurrection

00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:25.000
 reverses

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.859
 everything?

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.319
 Where once

00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:27.759
 we were

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.680
 enslaved

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.299
 to sin,

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.140
 we are

00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.900
 now set

00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.539
 free to

00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:32.000
 live for

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.400
 God.

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 Before we

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 didn't have

00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:34.740
 the desire

00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.240
 or the

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.240
 capacity to

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 do what

00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.180
 is right

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 or good,

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.799
 once we

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.619
 were spiritually

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.160
 dead,

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 we had no

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.819
 choice but

00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.339
 to sin.

00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.380
 Now,

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:44.700
 we have

00:17:44.700 --> 00:17:45.220
 been given

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.220
 resurrection

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.140
 freedom

00:17:47.140 --> 00:17:48.720
 to live

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.339
 for God,

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.279
 to obey

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.640
 him,

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.460
 to love

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 him,

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 to forgive

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 others,

00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.559
 and not

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.559
 to retaliate,

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.480
 to love

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 others,

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:57.740
 and not

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.299
 to hate,

00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.220
 to bless

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 others,

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.619
 and not

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 to curse.

00:18:02.919 --> 00:18:03.500
 Of course,

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 it doesn't

00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:04.319
 mean that

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.500
 we're

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:04.980
 perfect,

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.379
 but it

00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:06.879
 means that

00:18:06.879 --> 00:18:07.279
 we now

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.879
 use our

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 new freedom

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.759
 from Christ

00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:11.000
 to fight

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.059
 sin and

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:12.619
 to serve

00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.019
 God.

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.599
 Look at

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 verse 13

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:16.039
 of chapter

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.619
 6.

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 So because

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.419
 of the

00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:20.039
 resurrection,

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:20.960
 do not

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.659
 offer the

00:18:21.659 --> 00:18:22.240
 parts of

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.740
 your body

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.460
 to sin

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:25.140
 as instruments

00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:26.220
 of wickedness,

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.279
 but rather

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:28.539
 offer yourselves

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.640
 to God

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.400
 as those

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.799
 who have

00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.420
 been brought

00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:33.279
 from death

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.460
 into life

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.440
 and offer

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.039
 the parts

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.359
 of your

00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.900
 body to

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:38.180
 him as

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.839
 instruments

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:40.420
 of righteousness.

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.640
 So God

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.079
 has given

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.940
 us a brand

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.400
 new way

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:43.980
 to live,

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.940
 a new way

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.440
 in which we

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.059
 can offer

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.880
 ourselves to

00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.759
 God and

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.460
 to others

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.160
 to do

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.700
 good,

00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:51.539
 to bring

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.720
 peace to

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.279
 the hurting,

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.180
 to bring

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.259
 healing to

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.840
 the broken,

00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.700
 to bring

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.920
 grace to

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.620
 the lost.

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.819
 Through the

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.480
 resurrection,

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.680
 the door

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.200
 has now

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.039
 been opened

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.960
 to a new

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.240
 way of

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.680
 living.

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.519
 It reverses

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.840
 the effects

00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:11.220
 of death.

00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:13.660
 So first

00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.039
 we have

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.660
 resurrection

00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:16.140
 freedom.

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.980
 The second

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.840
 thing we have

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.399
 because of

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:19.899
 the resurrection

00:19:19.899 --> 00:19:21.000
 is power,

00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:21.679
 resurrection

00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:22.279
 power,

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.500
 overcoming

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.659
 suffering.

00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:26.939
 Have a look

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.899
 at 1 Peter.

00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:34.099
 1 Peter

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.939
 chapter 1.

00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.319
 If you've

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:39.839
 got a page

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.199
 number,

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.720
 it's always

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.199
 a difficult

00:19:41.199 --> 00:19:42.019
 one to find.

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.480
 If anyone

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:43.919
 has it,

00:19:43.959 --> 00:19:44.359
 I'll call

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:44.740
 it out.

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:49.220
 it's on

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.620
 page

00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:52.339
 1217.

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.720
 1217.

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:56.079
 Resurrection

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.700
 power.

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.039
 Overcoming

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.579
 suffering.

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.559
 Let's read

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.380
 chapter 1

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.140
 verse 3.

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.240
 1 Peter

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:12.440
 praise be

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.900
 to the

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.460
 God and

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.099
 Father of

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.579
 our Lord

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:15.579
 Jesus Christ.

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.620
 In his

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.640
 great mercy,

00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:18.460
 he has

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.059
 given us

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.180
 new birth

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:21.380
 into a

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.160
 living hope

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.359
 through the

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.220
 resurrection

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.079
 of Jesus

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.700
 Christ

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.539
 from the

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:26.920
 dead.

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.700
 Because of

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.359
 the resurrection

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.980
 of Jesus,

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:30.700
 we now

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.740
 have and

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.380
 we enter

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.500
 into not

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.960
 a dead

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.359
 hope,

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.120
 but a

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.900
 living hope.

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.220
 And you

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.680
 see what

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:38.259
 that hope

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.660
 is?

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.579
 Verse 4.

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:40.799
 An

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.500
 inheritance

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:43.380
 that can

00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.960
 never

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.019
 perish,

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.400
 spoil,

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.779
 or fade,

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.920
 kept in

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:51.039
 heaven for

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.380
 you.

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.759
 It's the

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.539
 promise to

00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.019
 us that

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:55.160
 physical death

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.299
 and suffering

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.319
 do not

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.900
 have the

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.839
 last word

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.539
 on our

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.059
 lives.

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.359
 Cancer,

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.359
 sickness,

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.740
 disability,

00:21:04.219 --> 00:21:04.639
 and the

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.719
 grave is

00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:06.619
 not the

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.139
 end.

00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.819
 We have

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.619
 an inheritance

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.679
 that can

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.659
 never perish

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.519
 because of

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.879
 death,

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.419
 spoil because

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:14.899
 of our

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.399
 illness,

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.859
 fade because

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:17.599
 of suffering.

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 It is

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:19.839
 kept for

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.379
 us.

00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:22.679
 But more

00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:23.359
 than that,

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.939
 God keeps

00:21:25.939 --> 00:21:27.699
 us for

00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.959
 that inheritance.

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:29.819
 Look at

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 verse 5.

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.979
 who

00:21:31.979 --> 00:21:32.579
 through

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.639
 faith,

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.399
 faith in

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:35.539
 the

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.159
 resurrection,

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.039
 who through

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:38.059
 faith are

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.959
 shielded by

00:21:38.959 --> 00:21:39.539
 God's

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.819
 power until

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.419
 the coming

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:41.879
 of the

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:43.099
 salvation that

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:43.839
 is ready to

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.559
 be revealed

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.599
 in the last

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.099
 time.

00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:48.240
 The power

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:50.039
 that raised

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:51.059
 Christ from

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.659
 the dead,

00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.240
 the power

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.299
 that defeated

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.379
 death itself,

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.240
 the power

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.139
 that burst

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.799
 open the

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.579
 tomb and

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.359
 had Jesus

00:21:59.359 --> 00:21:59.939
 walking

00:21:59.939 --> 00:22:00.459
 again,

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.679
 is the

00:22:01.679 --> 00:22:03.079
 same power

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:05.139
 that will

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:06.319
 shield us

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.899
 and keep

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.539
 us

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:10.419
 for heaven.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.419
 God will

00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:13.299
 see to it

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:14.159
 that nothing

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:15.039
 in our lives

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.799
 or in this

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.859
 world will

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.699
 keep us

00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:18.579
 from our

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.159
 inheritance.

00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.459
 There is no

00:22:20.459 --> 00:22:21.019
 death,

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.979
 there is no

00:22:21.979 --> 00:22:23.259
 suffering that

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.240
 can steal

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.439
 away what

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.480
 God has

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.160
 for his

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.580
 people.

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.059
 There is no

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.259
 sickness or

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.559
 disaster that

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.440
 can ruin

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.539
 what God

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.019
 has kept

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.759
 for us.

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:36.539
 Even when

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.120
 our own

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.240
 strength goes,

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:39.200
 even when

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.980
 our suffering

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.820
 shatters our

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.640
 faith and

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.700
 we doubt and

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.380
 we don't know

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.820
 whether we

00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:45.059
 believe anymore,

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.279
 even in the

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.140
 darkest time

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.900
 of our lives,

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.900
 God's

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.620
 resurrection

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:52.160
 power will

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.360
 shield us

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:54.500
 and will

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.539
 keep us

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:57.079
 for eternity.

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.399
 Of course,

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.240
 that does not

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.939
 mean we are

00:23:02.939 --> 00:23:03.799
 immune from

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.779
 suffering now.

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.399
 Look what it

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.079
 says in verse

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.519
 6.

00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:11.399
 In this

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:13.159
 you greatly

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.939
 rejoice,

00:23:14.979 --> 00:23:15.859
 though now

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.539
 for a little

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:18.259
 while you

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.000
 may have had

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.619
 to suffer

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:21.519
 grief in

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.199
 all kinds

00:23:22.199 --> 00:23:22.799
 of trials.

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:25.500
 you see,

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.119
 each one of

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.679
 us here,

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:28.199
 and some

00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:28.500
 of you

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.799
 experience it

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.859
 today in

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.519
 more ways

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.259
 than others,

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.439
 that we

00:23:33.439 --> 00:23:34.199
 live in a

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:35.299
 broken world

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.919
 which involves

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.679
 physical

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:39.319
 suffering and

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.919
 eventual

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:41.019
 death.

00:23:42.479 --> 00:23:44.159
 But God's

00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:44.799
 resurrection

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:46.159
 power will

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:46.959
 keep you.

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.299
 He will

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.379
 not let

00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.199
 you fall.

00:23:50.719 --> 00:23:51.519
 Through the

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.259
 resurrection,

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.759
 the door

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.539
 has been

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.920
 opened to

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.500
 life.

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:57.920
 It

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.799
 overcomes

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.319
 sin,

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.160
 giving us

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.539
 a new

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:00.960
 way to

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.220
 live.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.660
 It

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.460
 overcomes

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.119
 suffering,

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.000
 giving us

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.599
 a power

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.599
 within to

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.079
 face

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.680
 everything

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.539
 that we

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.039
 may come

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.700
 up against.

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.519
 The

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.200
 resurrection

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.279
 reverses

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.920
 the consequences

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.700
 of death.

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.259
 Third,

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.539
 then,

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.379
 the resurrection

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:19.099
 life,

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.759
 overcoming

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.819
 separation.

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.519
 For this,

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:23.940
 we're going

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.559
 to go to

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.440
 1 Thessalonians.

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.779
 So you

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.240
 need to go

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.579
 back a few

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.160
 pages.

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.980
 Again, if

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.700
 somebody has

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.940
 the page

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.519
 number, I'll

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.099
 call it out.

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.480
 1 Thessalonians

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:38.059
 chapter 4.

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:43.619
 1, 1, 8, 7.

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:47.720
 1, 1, 8, 7.

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:58.299
 1 Thessalonians

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.259
 chapter 4.

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:06.119
 And verse 13.

00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:10.279
 1, 1, 9.

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.059
 Resurrection

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.879
 life, overcoming

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:14.059
 our separation

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.679
 from God.

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.179
 Verse 13.

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.919
 Brothers and

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:19.559
 sisters, we do

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.459
 not want you to

00:25:20.459 --> 00:25:21.559
 be ignorant about

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.679
 those who fall

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:24.259
 asleep, that is

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:25.500
 those who die,

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.539
 or to grieve

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.579
 like the rest of

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.399
 men who have

00:25:28.399 --> 00:25:29.819
 no hope.

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.839
 You see, many

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.759
 people today

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:35.379
 have no hope.

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:37.039
 For them,

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:38.279
 death is

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.299
 the end.

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.059
 It's what

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.000
 separates us

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.739
 from family

00:25:41.739 --> 00:25:42.759
 and friends.

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.599
 One writer

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:45.319
 put it like

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.819
 this.

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.399
 Life has

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.419
 no reasons.

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.039
 A struggling

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.719
 through the

00:25:51.719 --> 00:25:52.679
 gloom, and

00:25:52.679 --> 00:25:53.500
 the senseless

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.259
 end of it

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.539
 is the

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.179
 insult

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.519
 of the

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.879
 tomb.

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.179
 You see,

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.819
 for many,

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.059
 death is not

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:02.059
 only final,

00:26:02.399 --> 00:26:03.279
 it makes a

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.859
 mockery

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.879
 of life.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.740
 We live,

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.799
 we die,

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.899
 and that's

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.219
 it.

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.159
 But it's

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.659
 telling us

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.299
 that death

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.279
 is not

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.979
 the end.

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.459
 In fact,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.299
 to die

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.079
 without

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.779
 Christ

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.579
 is not

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.959
 just

00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.519
 hopeless,

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:24.039
 it is

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.899
 serious.

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:27.900
 have a look

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:29.400
 at 1 Thessalonians

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.519
 chapter 5,

00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.600
 or sorry,

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.460
 2 Thessalonians

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.240
 chapter 1.

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.259
 Just turn

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.980
 over a page,

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.400
 2 Thessalonians

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.480
 chapter 1,

00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:40.019
 verse 8.

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:43.220
 You see,

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.819
 for those

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.619
 who continue

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.920
 in their

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.319
 rebellion

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.119
 against God,

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.619
 for those

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.440
 who reject

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:51.339
 Christ's

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.619
 death

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.579
 and resurrection,

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.619
 who seek

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.039
 to live

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.740
 independently

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.579
 from Him,

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.160
 one day

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.680
 the risen

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.059
 Jesus

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.639
 will come

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:00.920
 again,

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.379
 and here's

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.700
 what it

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.039
 says,

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:04.099
 2 Thessalonians

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.740
 chapter 1,

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.359
 verse 8.

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:07.719
 He,

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.199
 that is

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:08.579
 Jesus,

00:27:08.719 --> 00:27:09.459
 will punish

00:27:09.459 --> 00:27:10.139
 those

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.599
 who do

00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.119
 not know

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:11.539
 God

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:13.679
 and do

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.319
 not obey

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.939
 the gospel

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.339
 of our

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.959
 Lord Jesus.

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.159
 They will

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.779
 be punished

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.240
 with an

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.779
 everlasting

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.599
 destruction

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:22.740
 and shut

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.159
 out

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.399
 from the

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.779
 presence

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.259
 of the

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.619
 Lord

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:27.059
 and from

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.740
 the majesty

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.319
 of His

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.819
 power

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:30.359
 on the

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.819
 day He

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.319
 comes

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.379
 to be

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.159
 glorified.

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.759
 You see,

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.599
 this separation

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:39.139
 is eternal.

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.659
 It is

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.159
 hell.

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.759
 It is to

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.139
 have an

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.619
 eternal

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.479
 existence

00:27:45.479 --> 00:27:46.519
 without

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.019
 God,

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.899
 the loving

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.559
 Creator.

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.599
 It is a

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.199
 life for

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:51.859
 an eternity

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.299
 without

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.259
 love,

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:53.979
 without

00:27:53.979 --> 00:27:54.919
 beauty,

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.699
 without

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.799
 justice,

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.599
 without

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.539
 happiness.

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.679
 It's a

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:01.399
 life without

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.000
 God.

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.639
 But

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.240
 through

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.799
 our

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.319
 faith

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.960
 in the

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.599
 resurrection,

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.740
 that

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.599
 separation

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.579
 does not

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.000
 need to

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.740
 be eternal.

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.440
 That

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.120
 separation

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.160
 can be

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.960
 corrected

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.539
 and put

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.039
 right and

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.400
 we can

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.099
 have life

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.859
 with God

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.359
 forever.

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 So go

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.799
 back to

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.059
 1 Thessalonians

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:21.299
 chapter 4

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.819
 and verse

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.700
 14.

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.599
 Look at

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.259
 the difference,

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.380
 the contrast

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.220
 that there

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.799
 is for

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.740
 those whose

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.640
 hope is

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.359
 in Christ.

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.279
 1 Thessalonians

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.420
 4 verse

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.079
 14.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.319
 For we

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.259
 believe that

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.319
 Jesus died

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.140
 and rose

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.019
 again and

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.740
 so we

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.620
 believe that

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.200
 God will

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.859
 bring with

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:43.200
 Jesus those

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.839
 who have

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.960
 fallen asleep

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.599
 in him.

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.819
 According to

00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.420
 the Lord's

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.980
 own word,

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.900
 we tell you

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.559
 that we

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.200
 who are

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.079
 still alive,

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.720
 who are

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.279
 left till

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.700
 the coming

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.039
 of the

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.299
 Lord,

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.279
 will certainly

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.140
 not precede

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.579
 those who

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.000
 have fallen

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.480
 asleep.

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.200
 For the

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.039
 Lord himself

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.599
 will come

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.180
 down from

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.019
 heaven with

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.480
 a loud

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.059
 command,

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.720
 with the

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.279
 voice of

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.099
 the archangel

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:04.019
 and with

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.660
 the trumpet

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.379
 call of

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.319
 God and

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.920
 the dead

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.779
 in Christ

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.519
 will rise

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.000
 first.

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.259
 After that,

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.339
 we who are

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.099
 still alive

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.500
 and are

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.339
 left will

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.899
 be caught

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.579
 up together

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.480
 with them

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.759
 in the

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.519
 clouds to

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.079
 meet the

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.019
 Lord in

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.559
 the air.

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:21.839
 and so

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.579
 we will

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.339
 be with

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.159
 the Lord

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:28.000
 forever.

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.659
 We will

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.139
 be with

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.700
 the Lord

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.639
 forever.

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.700
 Therefore,

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.859
 encourage each

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:36.460
 other with

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.259
 these words.

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.720
 To be

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.259
 with the

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.119
 Lord forever

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.059
 is to

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.759
 experience

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:44.079
 life as

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.119
 God intended.

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.919
 It is

00:29:45.919 --> 00:29:46.359
 almost,

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.299
 we get a

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.940
 glimpse of

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.799
 it back

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.160
 in the

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.759
 garden of

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.480
 Eden before

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.360
 sin entered

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:51.920
 the world

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.940
 where man

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.600
 lived in

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.299
 that perfect

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.059
 harmony with

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.539
 the world

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.920
 and with

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.320
 God,

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.100
 where there

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.740
 was no

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.380
 sin,

00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.200
 where there

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.940
 was no

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.779
 suffering,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.500
 and when

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.880
 there was

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.080
 no separation

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.660
 from the

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.759
 creator and

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.259
 the giver

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.360
 of life.

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.420
 The

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.279
 resurrection

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:11.600
 opens the

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.080
 door

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:14.100
 to life.

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.440
 It is

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.600
 what reverses

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.719
 the effect

00:30:17.719 --> 00:30:19.000
 of death.

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.500
 So on

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.759
 this Easter

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.299
 Sunday,

00:30:23.459 --> 00:30:23.919
 as we

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:25.119
 remember the

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.559
 Easter

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.199
 rising,

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.879
 we are to

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.559
 proclaim

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.980
 the true

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.399
 Easter story.

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.099
 The

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.619
 proclamation

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:35.339
 of 1916

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:36.459
 has great

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.439
 words and

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.039
 we should be

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.980
 very proud,

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.180
 food,

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:42.240
 but it

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.680
 does not

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.480
 have power.

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.480
 It does

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.960
 not have

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.759
 power to

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.519
 change the

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.900
 greatest

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:49.059
 problems of

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.519
 sin,

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.440
 suffering,

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:50.980
 and

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.720
 separation

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.539
 from God.

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.099
 Our faith

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.240
 rests not

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.799
 in men

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.700
 who died,

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.920
 but our

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.759
 faith rests

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.440
 in Jesus

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.099
 Christ,

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.980
 the God

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.720
 man who

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.420
 is risen

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.940
 from the

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.319
 dead.

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.519
 we may

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.319
 remember and

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.339
 celebrate events

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.839
 of a hundred

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.579
 years ago,

00:31:09.879 --> 00:31:10.579
 but as a

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.379
 risen people

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.899
 today,

00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:12.939
 we are to

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.779
 proclaim the

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:15.259
 true historical

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.480
 fact of the

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.119
 resurrection.

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.439
 This is

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:20.399
 the hope

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.539
 for our

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.119
 lives,

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.460
 for this

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.019
 nation,

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.639
 and for the

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.879
 nations of

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.379
 the world.

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.559
 Let me

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.980
 reread the

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.439
 words we

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.299
 started with

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.600
 this morning.

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.720
 1 Corinthians

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.519
 15.

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.200
 Brothers and

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.640
 sisters,

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.380
 I want to

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.400
 remind you of

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.759
 the gospel I

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.460
 preach to

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.740
 you.

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.720
 Here is the

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.279
 good news.

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.360
 This is the

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.160
 proclamation

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.400
 which you

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.200
 received,

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.100
 and which you

00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:53.779
 have taken

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.600
 your stand.

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.960
 By this

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.240
 gospel are

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.059
 we saved.

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.220
 If we hold

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.059
 firmly to the

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.600
 word we

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:01.200
 preach to

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.420
 you,

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.160
 otherwise,

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:04.320
 your faith

00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:05.420
 is in

00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.740
 vain.

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:08.200
 For what

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.240
 we received,

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.340
 we now

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:12.800
 pass on to

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.680
 others of

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.900
 first importance,

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.220
 that Christ

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.140
 died for our

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:17.600
 sins,

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.620
 according to

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.160
 the scriptures,

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.340
 that Christ

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.140
 was buried,

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.200
 and that

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.080
 Christ was

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.940
 raised from

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.500
 the dead

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.259
 on the

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.480
 third day.

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:29.819
 proclaim the

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.880
 Easter story.

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.279
 The risen

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.799
 Jesus,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.680
 who reverses

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.460
 the effects

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.120
 of sin,

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.720
 being enslaved

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.319
 to sin,

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.920
 cursed by

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.519
 suffering,

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.460
 separated from

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.900
 God.

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.660
 Know the

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.200
 freedom,

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:47.980
 and the

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.440
 power,

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.180
 and the

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.799
 life of the

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.400
 resurrection,

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.960
 that bursts

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.599
 open the

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.140
 door from

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.539
 death,

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.519
 and takes

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.019
 us into

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.460
 a new

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.900
 life,

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.279
 now,

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.639
 and for

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.559
 all eternity.

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.539
 Let's pray

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.680
 together.

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:02.799
 Amen.