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 Father, we all come here in all sorts of different states of mind and heart.

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 Maybe some of us pretty excited and pumped, some of us depressed,

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 some of us here maybe against our will, wishing we were somewhere else.

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 But Father, we're all together, and we know that only you can bring your word

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 home to our heart with grace and power.

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 And so, Father, we ask for that.

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 We ask that the Holy Spirit would bring your word to our heart,

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 to the depth of who we are, that secret place at the center of whom we are,

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 that you would bring your word to our heart and just bring the gospel to us.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I'm not a particularly brave guy when it comes to physical things.

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 But about, I don't know, maybe I was trying to figure out exactly how many years ago,

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 but it doesn't matter. Let's say it was eight years or ten years ago,

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 and we lived in our previous house.

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 It was on my day off on a Wednesday afternoon.

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 And Louise and I were in the house, and all of a sudden, our neighbor,

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 whom we'll just call Sue, because I almost said her name, but we'll just call her Sue.

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 As you know, if you come here, I call all women Sue and all guys Bob,

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 just to keep things simple.

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 And anyway, Sue comes knocking on the door and ringing the doorbell,

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 very, very concerned and very distraught,

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 because as she pulled up with her car into the driveway,

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 she could see that her front door was open a bit.

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 And the reason she was so distraught is that the kids were still at school

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 and her husband was out of town, like out of the country.

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 And we all know this, if you come home and your door is open,

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 no good thing can be involved with that.

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 No good thing can be involved when you come to your house and the door is open.

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 So she came and rang our doorbell, and she wanted me to go in the house with her.

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 Now, as I said, I'm not a particularly brave guy.

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 I haven't thrown a punch since I was in grade 8, and that did not go well with me.

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 I did not come out the better of that encounter.

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 But, you know, it's one of those things, I felt like saying,

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 why don't we just sit outside, we're better still in our house with the door closed

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 while the police come.

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 But she wanted to go in the house and clear the house.

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 And I had to man up.

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 So I got an aluminum baseball bat.

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 What would you do?

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 I got an aluminum baseball bat, and I went to the door, and I yelled,

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 we're coming in, because I don't want to actually see them.

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 I want them out of the house if they're still there.

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 But you had that sense when you opened the door that there's probably nobody in the house.

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 So you push the door open.

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 I yelled that we're coming in.

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 And, you know, don't mean any harm, which is an odd thing to say when you're carrying an aluminum baseball bat.

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 But that was for my protection, not to actually do anything with it.

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 And then I went and cleared the house.

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 And, of course, there's nobody in the house.

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 And she'd had some jewelry stolen.

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 And she closed the door.

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 She waited for the police.

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 And she was very grateful.

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 I share that story because it helps us to understand something which many people have puzzled over in this first account,

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 this early account of the resurrection of Jesus.

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 So if you get your Bibles and turn with me to John chapter 20,

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 you'll see how this story helps us to understand something that goes on in the gospel text.

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 And it's John chapter 20.

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 And for those of you who don't have Bibles, as you can see, the words will be on the screen.

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 But there's something about having your own Bible, by the way, and maybe being able to make notes as you follow along.

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 And just before I start reading the Bible text, just to sort of clarify something which is really important for us to understand.

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 And that's this.

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 I mean, it looks sort of funny now because it's in a, you know, I have a fancy Bible.

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 It used to have a bit of goldish stuff at the edge and all that, which is now gone.

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 But really, what we're looking at right now is literally, literally,

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 it's one of the four ancient biographies of Jesus.

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 A biography written by an eyewitness and also bearing eyewitness testimony.

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 He used other eyewitnesses and written at a time when many, many, many eyewitnesses were still alive

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 who could have put their hands up and said, John, you got that all wrong.

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 That didn't happen or that didn't happen.

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 Lots of people could have disagreed or contradicted, wrote their own books.

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 And these are one of four ancient biographies.

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 And they're written, John's Gospel in particular, I don't, I forgot to ask somebody who takes Greek,

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 but it used to be when I was trying to learn Greek, the Greek in John is so simple you begin with John.

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 That's where you begin reading John because it's so simple.

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 It's written a very simple, direct, not flashy style.

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 And it's an ancient biography that goes back to eyewitnesses.

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 In fact, you might be interested to know that it, in fact, has unparalleled continuous manuscript evidence

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 from the ancient world until today.

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 So you can be very, very convinced that what you're reading is what this ancient eyewitness wrote

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 in the form of a biography.

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 And what's just happened before we read this, if you went back and back or listened online,

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 is that in very simple language just before this, John records Jesus' death.

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 And one of the things we looked at last week is the way the text emphasizes time and time and time again

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 that Jesus died, Jesus died, Jesus died, his body, and the handling of the body.

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 And the very significant thing that the guarantor of the death of Jesus was Roman soldiers.

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 It wasn't Jesus' disciples who said, took him down from the cross very, very quickly and hurried him away

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 and said, by the way, he's dead, he's dead, he's dead, just leave him alone.

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 No, no, no, the soldiers guaranteed that he was dead.

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 And ancient historians record that there's only one known case.

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 There were, I don't know, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of crucifixions.

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 Only one recorded time that somebody did not die as a result of crucifixion,

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 apart from what's going on right here.

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 And by the way, in this story, he does die, right?

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 That's what the story is telling.

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 So there's only one person in all of history recorded who did not die as a result of crucifixion.

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 And now the story continues.

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 Now on the first day of the week, that's what we would now call Sunday,

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 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early while it was still dark

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

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 That's the point of my story that I began with, right?

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 In those days, the custom was that they'd hollow out, make something like a cave where there was limestone,

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 a small hole and a bigger inner chamber with different things.

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 And to cover it up so that animals wouldn't go in and people wouldn't steal the bodies,

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 they'd roll a very heavy stone in front of it.

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 And Mary knew that there had been a very large stone in front of it and there'd been Roman soldiers.

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 And she comes early in the morning.

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 She'd been held up because of the Sabbath of being able to do more for the body.

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 And she probably was thinking something like,

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 I can't imagine the state two men would leave a body in.

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 It's probably terribly wrapped and they didn't apply the spices the right way and all of that stuff.

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 And so she's there.

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 And as soon as she comes up,

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 she doesn't have to go inside the tomb to know that something bad has happened.

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 Why?

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 Because when you come home and your door is open,

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 something bad has happened.

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 Okay?

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 And you don't know,

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 she didn't have an aluminum baseball bat.

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 That's why she didn't go in.

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 I don't know.

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 But you don't go in.

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 So what she does,

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 well, we find out what she does.

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 Verse 2.

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

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 the one whom Jesus loved,

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 and said to them,

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 they have taken the Lord out of the tomb

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 and we do not know where they have laid him.

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 By the way,

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 that little word we is part of how you can see

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 that all of the different accounts of the resurrection morning,

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 how they balance.

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 Mary had been there not just alone,

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 but with other women.

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 But she's the one who goes to Peter and John,

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 probably two reasons.

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 One, because Peter's a little bit of a leader.

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 And second,

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 Mary,

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 the mother of Jesus,

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 is with John.

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 And so she wants to go and tell the people

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 that have Mary with her

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 that this has happened,

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 that something terrible has happened to the body of Jesus.

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 And so she goes and she finds Peter and John,

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 and then we see what happens.

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 Verse 3.

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 So Peter went out with the other disciple.

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 And by the way,

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 it's almost everybody agrees that John,

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 the apostle,

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 is the writer of this.

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 And he's very,

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 he writes this in a way that's for two reasons.

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 He never refers to himself.

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 He refers to himself as the other disciple,

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 and probably for two reasons.

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 One is a self-effacing way,

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 and also to try to make himself just another guy.

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 He's no different than Dave or Ann or Dick or Don or me.

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 We're just a disciple whom Jesus loved.

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 He's just a disciple whom Jesus loved.

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 And that's how he describes himself.

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 I'm just a disciple that Jesus loved.

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 And so back to the text.

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 So Peter,

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 verse 3,

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 went out with the other disciple,

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 and they were going toward the tomb.

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 Both of them were running together,

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 but the other disciple outran Peter.

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 That's John,

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 outran Peter,

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 and reached the tomb first.

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 And stooping to look in,

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 he saw the linen cloths lying there,

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 but he did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter came following him,

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 and went into the tomb.

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 He saw the linen cloths lying there,

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 and the face cloth,

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 which had been on Jesus' head,

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 not lying with the linen cloths,

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 but folded up in a place by itself.

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 And just sort of pause here.

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 This is all very, very, very significant,

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 what's happened.

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 It's very, very significant.

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 You see,

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 what we saw last week,

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 or if you go back and read John 19,

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 you'll see that a very, very wealthy man

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 who's been a secret disciple of Jesus

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 comes and asks for the body of Jesus,

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 and he takes another man

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 who up until then had been a secret disciple of Jesus

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 by the name of Nicodemus,

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 and these two very wealthy men,

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 they do something.

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 They buy 75 pounds of spices.

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 That's enough to bury 100 people.

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 What they're doing is

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 they want to profoundly honor Jesus,

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 and they take the linen cloths,

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 they take this mixture,

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 but the thing about the mixture is

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 the mixture is very, very sticky.

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 It would be like taking a whole pile of spices,

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 mixing it with honey,

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 putting honey on the cloth,

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 and then wrapping Jesus up

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 in several layers of the cloths

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 with this honey and spice.

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 Very, very sticky.

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 You can just well imagine.

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 And so nobody who's going to steal the body,

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 there's two types of people

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 who would have stolen the body.

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 I guess there could have been

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 some people who wanted to do some mischief,

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 maybe play a trick on the disciples

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 to make them think that Jesus had risen from the dead,

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 or maybe the religious authorities

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 or the secular authorities

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 wanted to make sure

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 that nobody could do anything

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 to try to steal the body

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 and claim that Jesus had risen,

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 although there already was a Roman guard

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 out in front.

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 Or it could have been,

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 which is the more common thing,

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 which it could have been grave robbers,

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 because all of that aromatic spice

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 would have been worth a lot of money.

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 And I know it sounds unbelievably gross

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 that somebody would steal a dead body,

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 scrape everything off,

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 all the expensive spices,

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 put it in a jar and resell it.

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 Yuck.

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 But they did things like that.

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 Okay?

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 And so they did things like that.

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 And so the thing that you could see, though,

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 is that it's going to be an unbelievable mess.

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 Nobody would have done it right there.

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 They would have just grabbed the body,

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 all nicely wrapped up,

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 easy to carry,

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 I mean, relatively easy to carry,

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 taken it somewhere else,

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 and then at their leisure,

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 either, you know,

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 just scraped off the spices and the linen

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 and dealt with it

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 and then just disposed of the body

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 somewhere else.

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 But what they saw was that it was tidy.

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 The cloths were there,

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 and it was tidy.

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 There would have been a separate,

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 like a handkerchief

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 that went over Jesus' face

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 to sort of,

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 as sort of a way of,

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 you know,

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 it's just like we do,

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 and you want to honour,

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 you know,

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 when somebody has died,

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 you pull the blanket over their head,

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 and you could well see that

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 while you might do all sorts of stuff

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 to deal with the body,

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 you want to handle the head,

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 the face,

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 in a different type of way.

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 And so there's a napkin.

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 Still would have had some of the honey and all on it,

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 but,

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 or not honey,

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 the myrrh and aloes,

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 but it's sticky like honey.

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 And that, though,

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 is not just sort of crumpled up

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 the way a thief would do it

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 and thrown in the corner.

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 It's folded.

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 It's neat.

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 And the grave is empty.

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 And it doesn't make any sense

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 unless there's been a resurrection.

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 And that's what we see very,

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 right next.

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 And remember,

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 remember when I say that

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 this is an eyewitness biography.

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 This is an eyewitness biography.

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 You can go and do a little bit of research

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 around all of the battle around this,

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 and let me tell you,

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 there have been some of the smartest people

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 in the world

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 over the last 150 to 200 years

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 to try to discount

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 that this is

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 an ancient biography of Jesus.

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 And I can tell you

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 they don't succeed very well.

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 You can go do the research yourself.

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 They don't succeed very well.

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 It ultimately comes down to a basic,

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 I'm going to say it,

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 well, I'll talk about it a little bit more

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 in a moment,

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 what it comes down to.

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 But what happens next,

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 so it's verse 8.

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 Then the other disciple

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 who had reached the tomb first

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 also went in

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 and he saw

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 and he believed.

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 This next sentence

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 is a bit hard to translate

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 into English.

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 For as yet,

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 they did not understand

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 the scripture

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 that he must rise from the dead.

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 And basically,

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 what they're saying is this,

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 is that John,

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 and it's not entirely clear

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 because of the grammar

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 about what's going on with Peter,

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 but basically,

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 John realizes

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 that a resurrection happened.

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 He doesn't really have

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 the proper categories

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 to think about it

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 because the Bible

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 hasn't come home to him

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 and Jesus hasn't

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 appeared to him

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 and the way Jesus

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 is going to open

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 the scriptures

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 to help him understand

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 what's just happened.

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 But John goes,

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 he sees the stone

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 is rolled away,

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 the soldiers are gone,

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 and nobody would leave

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 the grave clothes

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 like that.

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 And even if they were

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 still left there,

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 they'd be sticky,

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 like they'd be filled

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 with debris.

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 You can just imagine

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 trying to remove

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 something like honey

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 in a dusty cave

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 and then trying to even

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 put it back in the rocks

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 would be filthy.

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 It just doesn't fit.

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 He believes.

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 He just believes.

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 And then verse 10,

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 then the disciples

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 went back to their homes.

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 And I, for a long time,

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 I've been thinking about this

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 a lot over the years,

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 of course.

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 The reason they went back

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 to their homes

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 is they don't want

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 to still be there

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 because they're thinking

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 to themselves,

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 the Romans are going

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 to come back

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 at some point in time,

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 the temple police

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 are going to come back

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 at some point in time,

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 and if they see me here

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 with no body,

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 I'm in trouble.

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 And as well as that,

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 what can they do?

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 The body's not there.

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 Jesus is gone.

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 So they go home.

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 Makes a special sense

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 if you remember

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 that Mary was probably

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 back to where they went.

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 They wanted to go

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 and tell the mother of Jesus

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 about what had happened.

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 So just sort of,

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 you know,

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 pause here for a second.

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 If the story

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 just ended here,

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 it would just be a mystery.

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 like a locked room mystery.

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 I love reading lock,

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 I love reading mysteries,

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 I love reading thrillers,

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 and I like locked room mysteries.

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 You know,

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 they're very,

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 they're fun to read.

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 I find them fun to read.

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 It would just be

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 a locked room mystery.

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 What on earth

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 happened to the body?

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 It would be just lots of,

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 yeah,

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 it would just be odd.

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 But here's,

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 um,

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 remember I said that,

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 um,

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 for almost 200 years,

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 a lot of people

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 with very,

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 very high IQs

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 and lots of degrees

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 after their names

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 and who speak

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 lots of languages

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 have done a concerted effort

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 to try to undermine

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 that this is,

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 in fact,

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 an ancient eyewitness biography.

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 And, um,

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 and at the end of the day,

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 what it comes down to,

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 and I hope I'm not offending

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 anybody here

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 who believes all those things,

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 but it comes down

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 to a basic prejudice.

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 They don't want to look

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 at evidence,

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 they just hold

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 at a deep level of faith,

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 at a profound level of faith,

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 that there is no God

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 and because there is no God

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 and because I believe in science

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 and because there is no God,

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 then therefore,

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 this cannot possibly

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 be an ancient biography

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 because it involves

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 something like a resurrection.

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 It's not that they look

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 at the evidence,

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 but that their prejudice

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 overwhelms

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 their ability

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 to actually look

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 at the evidence.

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 And one of the things here,

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 sorry,

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 a bit of a time out,

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 time out,

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 a bit of mercy,

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 geek moment,

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 okay,

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 geek moment for certain geeks.

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 Nothing in a,

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 no miracle

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:28.140
 and nothing in this story

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 contradicts science.

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 Science,

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 here's the geek moment,

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 science to operate

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 has to work

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 with something called

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 methodological naturalism.

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 And what that means

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 is that science says

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 we're not going to look

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 at prayer and angels

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 and spirits,

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 all we're going to look

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 at what the natural processes are

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 that allow us

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 to explain things.

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 It's called

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 methodological naturalism

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 and it's central

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 to science being developed.

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 But many scientists

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 go from methodological naturalism

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 and a Christian

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 can be engaged

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 with that as well.

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 In fact,

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 that's what you want.

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 If you go to one of the scientists

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 here in the room,

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 it was an engineer

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 or something

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 and you want to know

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 why your DVD

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 isn't working

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 or why something's

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 not working,

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 you don't want them

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 to say,

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 well,

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 a demon

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 is invaded

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 your mechanism.

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 You want them

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 to say,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 it can't be a demon,

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 it has to be

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 something else,

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 okay?

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 Find what it is,

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 it must be a loose wire

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 or something's broken.

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 So we want our scientists

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 to use methodological naturalism

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 but what happens

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 is people,

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 scientists think

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 that somehow

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 or another

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 methodological naturalism

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 implies philosophical naturalism

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 which it does not.

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 Philosophical naturalism

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 which believes

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 that there's only,

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 there's no God,

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 there's only matter

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 and energy

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 and movement.

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 That's a faith.

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 That's a faith.

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 There's reasons for it,

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 there's reasons

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 why it's not true.

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 It's a faith.

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 And this story

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 doesn't violate anything

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 in science

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 but it does

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 if this is true,

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 sorry for the graphic detail

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 for young children,

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 it is a dagger

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 in the heart

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 of philosophical naturalism.

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 It is a dagger

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 in the heart

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 of philosophical naturalism

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 if this evidence

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 is true.

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 And so many people,

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 what happens

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 when they look at this,

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 they don't even examine

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 the fact that they're

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 committed to atheism.

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 they're so deeply

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 committed to atheism

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 they disregard the evidence.

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 That's end of my geek moment.

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 Back to the text.

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 So what happens?

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 If it's just an empty tomb,

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 it would be a puzzling mystery.

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 So what happens?

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 Well, let's look.

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 Verse 11.

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 But Mary stood

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 weeping outside the tomb

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 and as she wept,

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 she stooped

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 to look into the tomb.

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 Now pause here.

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 This is actually

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 a really important thing.

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 If you look at all

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 of the resurrection accounts,

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 this is something

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 which cannot be

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 overemphasized.

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 Right now,

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 as Mary is looking

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 into the tomb

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 and she's crying,

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 she has the exact

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:58.500
 same view

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.360
 of Jesus

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 and his death

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 as Herod

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 who mocked him,

00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:04.480
 as Caiaphas

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.279
 and Annas

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.600
 and the religious leaders

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.799
 who hounded

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 the authorities to death

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 until he was put to death.

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 She has the exact

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:12.259
 same view of Jesus

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.480
 as Pilate

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 and all of the Roman soldiers.

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.980
 She has the exact

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.519
 same view of Jesus' death

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.079
 as Judas.

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:19.460
 She is no different

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.059
 than any of them.

00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:20.859
 She has the exact

00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:22.500
 same view of Jesus' death

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.899
 as Richard Dawkins

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.839
 and Sam Harris.

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.399
 Jesus is dead.

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:29.659
 Now,

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.559
 everybody else

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 might be happy

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 about that.

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 Judas isn't.

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:37.639
 He's committed suicide.

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:39.620
 It's driven him

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 to suicide.

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 But she has

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.280
 the exact same view

00:20:43.280 --> 00:20:44.080
 as all of them

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 and that's why

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.780
 she's weeping

00:20:45.780 --> 00:20:46.380
 and that's why

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.020
 she just wants

00:20:47.020 --> 00:20:49.480
 to find the dang body

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 so it can be treated

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.180
 with some reverence

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.720
 and respect

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.700
 because she loved

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.240
 this man.

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.220
 She didn't love him

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 in an erotic way.

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 She loved him.

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:01.940
 In fact,

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 part of the reason

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 she loved him,

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 I'll explain that

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.880
 in the very next

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 little bit

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 which is right here

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 verses 12 and 13.

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 And she saw

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.880
 two angels in white

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 sitting where the body

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.680
 of Jesus had lay

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 and one at the head

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 and one at the feet.

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 They said to her,

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:16.780
 Woman,

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.920
 Why are you weeping?

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 She said to them,

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.600
 They have taken away

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 my Lord

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 and I do not know

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 where they have laid him.

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.380
 Now,

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:24.660
 you see,

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.940
 some people right now,

00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:26.380
 I can just,

00:21:26.540 --> 00:21:26.640
 I,

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 one of my friends

00:21:28.800 --> 00:21:29.420
 at Starbucks

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 at this point in time

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 if I was reading it to him,

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 he would just reach over

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 right now,

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:33.400
 he would close that Bible

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 and say,

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.040
 George,

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.660
 angels,

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:35.820
 mythological,

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.780
 legend,

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.980
 okay,

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:38.200
 whoa,

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.399
 whoa,

00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:38.579
 whoa,

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:38.680
 whoa,

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:38.799
 whoa,

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:38.980
 whoa,

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.000
 whoa,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.079
 whoa,

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.799
 whoa,

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.440
 whoa,

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.519
 I would just say to him,

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.359
 that's your faith

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.879
 in philosophical naturalism

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:45.059
 not looking at the evidence.

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:48.899
 The reason Mary Magdalene

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.919
 loved Jesus so much

00:21:49.919 --> 00:21:50.879
 is that she had been possessed

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.819
 by seven demons

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 and he had cast them out.

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 That's what the Gospels tell us.

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 She had been delivered

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 from seven demonic beings

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.879
 who had possessed her

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.759
 and she loved Jesus.

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:05.000
 She trusted him with her life

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.200
 after what he had done for her.

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.839
 And now she comes

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.940
 and she sees angels.

00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.559
 The Bible teaches

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 not that everything

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.700
 that people say

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.700
 about angels is true

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.799
 but the Bible reveals

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.840
 that angels exist.

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.140
 And you need to go

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.779
 to the Bible

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:21.360
 to understand

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.920
 what angels

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.420
 and demons

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.120
 are really like

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.000
 but we'll get to that

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.200
 again in a moment.

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 So she has this conversation

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.640
 with the angels.

00:22:30.580 --> 00:22:31.860
 They're inside the tomb.

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.759
 They just are there.

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.319
 In verse 14,

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.440
 having said this,

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.380
 she turned around

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:41.580
 and saw Jesus standing

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:42.519
 but she did not know

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.299
 that it was Jesus.

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:46.720
 The text doesn't say why

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.759
 but maybe she heard

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.039
 the sound of a foot

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 on the gravel.

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 Maybe there was a bit

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.139
 of a shadow

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:53.439
 that passed in the room.

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 But she would have been

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.480
 in darkness.

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.000
 It would have been

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.879
 bright outside.

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 And this is actually

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.259
 once again

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.500
 very important evidence

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.500
 because you see

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:04.000
 she just sort of glances

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.460
 at him.

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.379
 Verse 15,

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.899
 let's read that.

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.879
 Jesus said to her,

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:08.079
 Woman,

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.960
 why are you weeping?

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.839
 Whom are you seeking?

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.539
 Supposing him to be

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.199
 the gardener,

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.000
 she said to him,

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:14.059
 Sir, if you have

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.819
 carried him away,

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.779
 tell me where you

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.359
 have laid him

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.439
 and I will take him away.

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 Just sort of pause.

00:23:19.439 --> 00:23:20.079
 She's in the room.

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 It's echoey.

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 We don't entirely know

00:23:21.459 --> 00:23:22.459
 why she didn't recognize

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:24.099
 Jesus' voice very well

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:25.919
 but she's in a small cave

00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:27.220
 and he's speaking

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.879
 through that.

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 But one of the reasons

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.659
 she wouldn't have thought

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.139
 it was Jesus

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.039
 is because she knows

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.079
 that Jesus is dead.

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 And the thing about man,

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.099
 and this is something

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.899
 which we all have

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.980
 a basic sense of,

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.899
 he's a healthy,

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.780
 strong man.

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.640
 He doesn't look like

00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.380
 he's had nails

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.540
 driven through his hands

00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:43.600
 and nails driven

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.240
 through his feet.

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.980
 He doesn't look like

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.680
 he's been lashed

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:47.820
 39 times so terribly

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:49.620
 that the bones

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.960
 of his back

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.019
 were probably exposed

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.759
 to the air.

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.580
 He doesn't look like

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.720
 he's had crown of thorns.

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:56.100
 He doesn't look sick

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.660
 or broken.

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.420
 He looks like

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.920
 a strong,

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.640
 normal male.

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.660
 But six or seven weeks ago

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.040
 when there was

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:03.680
 this terrible,

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:05.060
 terrible ice storm,

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.500
 between the services

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.839
 I drove somebody home

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:10.500
 and as I was just

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:12.240
 over there

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.000
 I fell on the ice

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.619
 and I fell really hard.

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.359
 I can't remember

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:17.119
 a time in my life

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.319
 I've fallen so hard.

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.539
 Like it stunned me.

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.720
 And as soon as I'd fallen

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.279
 I knew that it was not good.

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.559
 In fact,

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.200
 I was worried

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.339
 I would be able to get up.

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.460
 And I must have

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.700
 bruised or broken

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.920
 at least three ribs.

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.019
 My shoulder was

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.599
 very sore

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.680
 and my knee was sore.

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.700
 And I got up

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:38.320
 and I came in

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:41.220
 and Owen and Anne

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.960
 who were at the door

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.539
 they didn't know

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.160
 anything about me

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.060
 but as soon as I came in

00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.340
 they said,

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.920
 are you alright?

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.039
 Are you alright?

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.420
 Because they have

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.360
 a basic sense.

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.160
 I don't know

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.259
 if it was my skin color

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.560
 or whatever

00:24:51.560 --> 00:24:52.480
 but I don't look right.

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.460
 I don't look right.

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.799
 And Mary,

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.560
 you know,

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.080
 so we all have

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.779
 that basic sense.

00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.740
 Somebody doesn't look right.

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.600
 They've been hurt

00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:00.980
 in some fundamental way.

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.400
 They just,

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.120
 there's maybe something

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.580
 about the way

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.880
 they move or stand.

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.800
 But Mary looks

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:07.200
 and she sees a gardener.

00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.540
 Somebody who's a laborer

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.340
 not somebody

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.900
 who's deeply hurt.

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.380
 And you might say,

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.220
 well why didn't she talk

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.940
 to the guy longer?

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.160
 Well, come on.

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.920
 Just be realistic.

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.960
 Two angels this way?

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.500
 A gardener that way?

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.920
 Which way are you going to look?

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.520
 Be honest.

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.220
 I'm looking at the angels too.

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:29.720
 I mean,

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.900
 gardeners come and go.

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.080
 How often have you seen

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:32.760
 two angels?

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.019
 You look at the angels,

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.299
 right?

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.559
 So there's a bit of a sense.

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.900
 She says something

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.960
 and she goes back.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.140
 And then,

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:41.240
 in verse 16,

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.220
 yeah,

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.940
 verse 16,

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.460
 Jesus said to her,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.460
 Mary.

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.059
 She turned

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.759
 and said to him

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.579
 in Aramaic,

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.660
 Rabboni,

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.259
 which means teacher.

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.279
 For Christians

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.700
 who've been reading

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.200
 the gospel,

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.839
 one of the things

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:59.200
 you know in John chapter 10

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.440
 is there's a famous story

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:02.480
 that Jesus is the good shepherd

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.600
 and he calls his sheep

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.200
 by name.

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.440
 And you can't read this

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.740
 without,

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.039
 if you've read the whole story,

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.900
 that will go instantly

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.680
 into your mind.

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.480
 And whatever it is,

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.140
 amongst other things,

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.160
 how on earth would a random

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:15.140
 gardener know her name?

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.820
 But as soon as this guy

00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.480
 says her name,

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.299
 now she turns

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.340
 and she realizes

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:20.940
 and recognizes the voice.

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:26.059
 the grave is not just empty

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:28.000
 because the body

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.720
 had been stolen.

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.320
 Jesus is fully alive

00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:32.940
 and standing there.

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.259
 If you look in my blog

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.779
 this week,

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:38.160
 I give a concise list

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.720
 of reasons,

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:40.299
 historical and other reasons

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.940
 why it is

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.180
 that the resurrection

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.960
 of Jesus

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.019
 is true.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.360
 And he's alive.

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:55.439
 So verse 17 and 18,

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.159
 she comes out

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.899
 of the tomb,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.519
 obviously,

00:26:57.919 --> 00:26:58.939
 and Jesus said to her

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.459
 and she starts

00:26:59.459 --> 00:27:00.000
 to obviously

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.240
 cling to him,

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.059
 just grab him.

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.779
 And Jesus said to her,

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.979
 do not cling to me

00:27:05.979 --> 00:27:07.759
 for I have not yet

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.859
 ascended to the Father

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:10.459
 but go to my brothers,

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.459
 my brothers,

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.740
 the people who

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.599
 had abandoned him,

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.219
 his disciples,

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.099
 go to my brothers

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:17.859
 and say to them,

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:19.259
 I am ascending

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.079
 to my Father

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.719
 and your Father

00:27:20.719 --> 00:27:21.419
 to my God

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:22.059
 and your God.

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:24.319
 And Mary Magdalene

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.059
 went and announced

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.740
 to the disciples,

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.980
 I have seen the Lord

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.699
 and that he had said

00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:29.619
 these things to her.

00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.579
 Now,

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:33.639
 sort of what does

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.659
 this all mean to us?

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.279
 We sort of have to

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.019
 bring this home

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.279
 a little bit.

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:40.079
 I know I'm an old guy

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.359
 and I know

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.899
 that it can be

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.639
 very dangerous

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.599
 when old guys

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.920
 talk about pop music.

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.720
 So,

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.240
 like,

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.779
 just give me

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.759
 a little bit of grace,

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.339
 okay?

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.559
 But,

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.879
 a couple of weeks ago

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.879
 I was at the supper table

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.619
 with my wife

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.319
 and two kids

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.960
 and we're listening

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.980
 to Magic 100.

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:58.319
 And on Magic 100

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.660
 a Lauren Daigle song

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.279
 comes on.

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.279
 And,

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.660
 I don't listen

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.619
 to the radio that much

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.259
 but it seemed like

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.660
 any time I was in the car,

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.700
 whether it was listening

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:08.680
 to Hot 89.9

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.779
 or Magic 100

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.460
 or whatever the other ones were,

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:12.180
 I'd hear this

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.500
 Lauren Daigle song on.

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.600
 And that's not

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.420
 what's so surprising

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.240
 but Lauren Daigle

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.620
 is a Christian performer

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:20.920
 and the Magic 100 guy

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.259
 says,

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.900
 we're going to listen

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.420
 to this Lauren Daigle song,

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.080
 You Say.

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.200
 Some of you know

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.680
 what that is

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.600
 as soon as I say that.

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.560
 And then it said

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:28.779
 the number one song

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.160
 in Ottawa

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.120
 this week again.

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.740
 And I just looked it up

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:34.000
 as part of the sermon preparation.

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.160
 It's been on the number,

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.519
 it's been the top 20

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.200
 in Canada

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.560
 for 39 weeks.

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.740
 39 weeks.

00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:44.060
 The fifth most

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:45.519
 uploaded

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.259
 or downloaded

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.100
 whatever the right word

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.580
 song is

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.340
 on Apple Music

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.220
 if I read

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.840
 the statistics correctly.

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.500
 That's just this week.

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.620
 39 as of this past Monday.

00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:56.320
 There was number 10

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.800
 in Canada.

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.480
 39 weeks

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.240
 on the top 20.

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.900
 But the thing about it is

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.140
 I thought,

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.460
 well this is a Christian song.

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.000
 Like,

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:03.140
 how is it

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.980
 that it's so popular

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.900
 on secular radio?

00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.340
 And then I thought,

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.460
 oh you know what it probably is?

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:08.259
 It's probably one of those

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:10.120
 Jesus is my boyfriend

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.780
 Christian songs.

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.180
 You know what those

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.320
 Jesus is my boyfriend

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:15.380
 Christian songs are?

00:29:15.540 --> 00:29:16.060
 It means,

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.740
 oh I love you,

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:17.280
 I love you,

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.860
 I love you,

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.460
 I love you.

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.280
 You're so beautiful,

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.200
 you're so wonderful.

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.519
 And it never actually

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.960
 says Jesus, right?

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:23.780
 So it could easily

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.500
 just be somebody

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.400
 talking about their

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.500
 boyfriend or their

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.240
 girlfriend or their

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.940
 husband and their wife.

00:29:28.040 --> 00:29:28.240
 And I thought,

00:29:28.300 --> 00:29:29.160
 well it's probably just,

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.900
 but I seem to remember

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.540
 some of the lyrics,

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.420
 I didn't think it fit.

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.140
 So,

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.720
 so here,

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.080
 you know,

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.620
 give me some,

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.539
 give me some grace.

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.980
 Here's the lyrics.

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.340
 I'm not going to do it all

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.740
 and I'm,

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:42.259
 you guys when I come to it

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.100
 can do the ooh,

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.220
 ah stuff,

00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:44.580
 okay?

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.360
 I was joking beforehand,

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.480
 I could have had Amy up here

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.120
 and I could have just gone

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.000
 like this to Amy

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.740
 and then she could have

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.340
 done it for us

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:51.100
 because she can sing

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.860
 and I can't.

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.080
 But here's how the,

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.060
 here's how the lyrics go.

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.820
 39 weeks,

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.740
 Christian song,

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.640
 non-Christians,

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.279
 obviously,

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.759
 if it's in the 39 weeks

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.120
 in the top 20 in Canada,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.400
 Canada is a profoundly

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.539
 secular nation.

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.180
 But listen to these lyrics,

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.160
 it's very puzzling.

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.680
 I've been really puzzled

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:09.519
 as to what is happening

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.480
 when non-Christians

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:14.240
 listen to this song

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.240
 and sing along with it

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.960
 and keep wanting it

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.500
 to be played.

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.279
 It goes like this,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:19.220
 I keep fighting voices

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.140
 in my mind

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.380
 that say I'm not enough.

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:23.800
 every single lie

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:24.540
 that tells me

00:30:24.540 --> 00:30:25.740
 I will never measure up.

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.340
 So right away,

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.640
 you can,

00:30:26.760 --> 00:30:26.920
 it's,

00:30:27.260 --> 00:30:28.340
 I think it's well sung

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:29.600
 but I'm an old guy

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:31.960
 but I,

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.040
 you can see why

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:34.040
 people like this song.

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:34.460
 I mean,

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.920
 that's a very,

00:30:35.020 --> 00:30:36.060
 very common experience,

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.500
 isn't it?

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.900
 That we struggle

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.220
 with voices in our head

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.400
 that say that we're not enough,

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.460
 that we'll never measure up.

00:30:41.820 --> 00:30:42.760
 But it continues on.

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:44.480
 Am I just more than the sum

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.660
 of every high

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.460
 and every low?

00:30:47.520 --> 00:30:48.720
 Remind me once again

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.560
 just who I am

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:50.660
 because I need to know.

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.740
 Ooh,

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.160
 ah,

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:53.420
 or something like that.

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.660
 And then it goes on

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.840
 and you can see

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:58.020
 why this is very popular,

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.340
 right?

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.680
 I mean,

00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:00.620
 this is a very common experience

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:02.760
 of feeling that within us.

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.200
 Christian and non-Christian,

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.160
 Buddhist,

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.100
 Muslim,

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.840
 Atheist,

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:09.180
 and then it continues.

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:10.440
 You say I am loved

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.000
 when I can't feel a thing.

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:13.420
 You say I am strong

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.940
 when I think I am weak.

00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:16.240
 You say that I am,

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.560
 you say I am held

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:18.740
 when I am falling short.

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.200
 When I don't belong,

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.559
 oh,

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.940
 you say that I am yours.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.460
 Now just pause here

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.000
 for a second.

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.620
 And it goes on,

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.279
 I believe,

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.319
 I believe,

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.500
 oh,

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.019
 I believe,

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.900
 what you say of me,

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.100
 oh,

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.620
 I believe.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.600
 Now you see,

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.500
 if you're reading the lyrics,

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.779
 the official lyrics,

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:35.380
 you can see that she does something

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.920
 which is grammatically

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.259
 unpopular right now,

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.360
 which I always do,

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.799
 which is to capitalize

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.940
 the you and the your,

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.140
 that she's obviously

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.059
 referring to God.

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:45.259
 If you look at the written lyrics,

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.400
 she's referring to God.

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:48.320
 But when you're just hearing it,

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:51.060
 that's not clear.

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:52.019
 It could just be,

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.380
 is it her mom?

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.180
 Is it her dad?

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.040
 Is it her boyfriend?

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.680
 Her husband?

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.880
 Is it her best friend?

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.640
 Is it her kid?

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:00.880
 But then the song takes

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.280
 a very,

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.500
 very puzzling turn.

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.240
 And this is what,

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.680
 this is what I think

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.720
 makes me really wonder

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.860
 what's going on in the song.

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.960
 The very next two lines

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.940
 are the only thing

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.020
 that matters now

00:32:11.020 --> 00:32:11.880
 is everything

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:13.560
 you think of me.

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:15.060
 In you,

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.660
 I find my worth.

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.540
 In you,

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.100
 I find my identity.

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.240
 And can you just

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.560
 skip down the next bit?

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.960
 Skip that,

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.440
 next one.

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.960
 And then look after that.

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.460
 She says,

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.720
 taking all I have now,

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:31.700
 I'm laying it at your feet.

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.740
 You have every failure, God,

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:35.460
 and you'll have every victory.

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.460
 And the God there

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.059
 doesn't mean anything

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:39.720
 because a couple of years ago

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:41.400
 when I was taping my radio show,

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.220
 I had the guy

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.360
 who sometimes produced

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.840
 the three guys on the radio.

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.380
 And I joked

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.579
 that I like to listen to the show

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.700
 because it was so religious.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.940
 And he looked at me

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.160
 and said,

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.680
 you're kidding.

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.720
 I said, yeah,

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.519
 because everything is,

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.200
 oh God this,

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.920
 oh God that,

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.559
 oh God that.

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:56.120
 It's like a deeply religious show.

00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:57.579
 He's talking about God all the time.

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:59.279
 And he thought it was pretty funny.

00:32:59.679 --> 00:33:00.039
 So, you know,

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:00.979
 for the average person,

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.419
 just to hear,

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.959
 oh God,

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:03.039
 doesn't mean anything, right?

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.919
 It's just, oh God,

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:05.959
 I can't believe that that happened.

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.839
 So what is,

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.239
 like what's on earth going on?

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.959
 Like on one hand,

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:12.059
 you can see from this song

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.439
 that it's,

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:15.579
 it's talking about something

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.219
 which is a very,

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.799
 very persistent problem

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.839
 of the fact that we have

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:20.399
 these voices of doubts.

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.139
 I'm a failure.

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.340
 I'm a nothing.

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.980
 I'm a complete and utter,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.600
 like, you know,

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.080
 reject.

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.800
 I'm hopeless.

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.000
 And we have these thoughts.

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.880
 Many of us here,

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:30.360
 we don't even want to share it

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.140
 with very many people.

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.440
 Maybe our closest friend

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:33.560
 that we have these things

00:33:33.560 --> 00:33:34.440
 that go on in our head,

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:37.020
 these deep accusatory conversations.

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.480
 And so this woman

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:40.540
 is giving voice to all of that.

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.780
 And she's giving voice to it

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.360
 in terms of,

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.320
 for many people,

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.380
 it's just as if,

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.600
 but you believe in me.

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.880
 You don't say these things.

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.060
 You say different things.

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.520
 But then when all of a sudden

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.779
 she says the only thing

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.559
 that matters now

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.859
 is everything you think of me

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.019
 and you I find my worth

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.240
 and you I find my identity

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.079
 and every one of us

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:56.460
 would say,

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.700
 time out, honey.

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:01.019
 Don't say that.

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.539
 Your boyfriend will let you down.

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.859
 Your dad will let you down.

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.119
 Your mom will let you down.

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.500
 Your teacher will let you down.

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.880
 Terrible thing to say to you people

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.800
 who have very young,

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.719
 adorable kids.

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.759
 Your kids will get over

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:17.559
 and they will let you down.

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:23.340
 Like I just so puzzled

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.960
 that this song

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:26.179
 is so profoundly popular in Canada.

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.759
 Like what's going on with people?

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.980
 So here's how this all sort of connects

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:34.320
 with this great story.

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.579
 If you could put up the first point,

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.480
 that would be wonderful.

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.699
 Almost 2,000 years ago,

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.900
 just outside of Jerusalem

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:42.119
 on a spring morning,

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.480
 and historians,

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.119
 because there's two ways

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:47.119
 of dealing with how

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:48.500
 the many instances

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.319
 of the Bible intersecting,

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.679
 the four ancient biographies

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.119
 intersecting with secular,

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:55.299
 pagan, Jewish history,

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.480
 they know that it was

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.440
 either the year 30

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.519
 or the year 33

00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:00.139
 in April.

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.279
 Of 30 or 33.

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.119
 One of those two.

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.839
 Some prefer 30,

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.839
 some prefer 33.

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.739
 Both work.

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:08.839
 But almost 2,000 years ago,

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.880
 just outside of Jerusalem,

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.900
 on a spring morning,

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:12.639
 because he had risen from the dead,

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:14.139
 his grave was found empty.

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:17.960
 The grave clothes were laid there.

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.759
 The stone was rolled away.

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:23.539
 He was then seen fully alive by Mary

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:25.879
 and later by many others.

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:29.299
 This truth validates and vindicates

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:31.079
 who Jesus is

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:33.039
 and all that he said.

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:37.279
 This historical truth

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:39.779
 validates and vindicates

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:42.080
 who Jesus is

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:44.140
 and all that he said.

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.720
 Validates and vindicates.

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.180
 That's why, you know,

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:53.140
 when I try to talk to my friends

00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:55.000
 who believe in paranormal forces

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.820
 and they say to me,

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:57.240
 why do I privilege

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:58.460
 the Christian account?

00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.840
 And I try to say to them,

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.120
 listen,

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:03.519
 amongst other things,

00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:04.200
 is, you know,

00:36:04.580 --> 00:36:06.320
 if Jesus really did rise from the dead

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.900
 in the way he did,

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.980
 he predicted he was going to rise

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.480
 from the dead

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.480
 and all that other stuff,

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.820
 then that validates and vindicates.

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.360
 Jesus says the Bible is true.

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.820
 You believe the biblical account

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.519
 of these things.

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.940
 You believe their account

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.760
 of what angels are

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.720
 and what demons are

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:20.540
 and what's right and wrong.

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:22.260
 It all comes out of that.

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.420
 If Jesus predicted

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.880
 and prophesied his death,

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.980
 his burial,

00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:27.100
 his crucifixion,

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.440
 death, burial,

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.519
 and resurrection,

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.180
 he himself says

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:32.540
 in Matthew and in John

00:36:32.540 --> 00:36:33.440
 that his resurrection

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.519
 will be a sign,

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.200
 an indicator,

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.900
 a pointer

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:37.700
 that what he has said is true.

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:40.079
 And I think that's a completely

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.939
 and utterly

00:36:40.939 --> 00:36:41.899
 and massively

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:44.239
 reasonable response.

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.519
 If it happened,

00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:47.919
 it's true.

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.219
 It validates it.

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.839
 But some of you might say,

00:36:52.899 --> 00:36:53.699
 okay, so yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:53.879
 you know,

00:36:53.939 --> 00:36:54.719
 Jesus is alive,

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:55.559
 Elvis is alive,

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.059
 big deal.

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:57.639
 It's just like a curious fact.

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.239
 But no,

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.639
 that's why what he says

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.239
 is so important,

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.859
 if you could put up

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.519
 the next point.

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:04.300
 Jesus ascended to the Father

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:05.259
 to be with you

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.719
 with love and affection,

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.380
 with grace and power.

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:10.059
 Jesus ascended to the Father

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.099
 to be with you

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.059
 with love and affection,

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:12.920
 with grace,

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.900
 and with power.

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.519
 You see,

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.860
 that's the whole significance of it.

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:17.179
 Jesus wasn't saying like,

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.659
 oh, yuck,

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:18.139
 you're a woman,

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.840
 you're touching me.

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.179
 No.

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.019
 The greatest honor

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.719
 is bestowed upon Mary Magdalene

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:25.500
 as the apostle to the apostles,

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.800
 the first one to proclaim

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.880
 the resurrection of Jesus

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.639
 from the dead.

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:30.400
 What he's saying to her is,

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.000
 listen,

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:32.360
 I am going to the Father

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.880
 and because I am going to the Father,

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.639
 I can be with everyone.

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.380
 This morning,

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:39.200
 I can be with the Christians

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:40.760
 crying and mourning

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.680
 in Sri Lanka

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:43.340
 because their loved ones

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:44.079
 were murdered.

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.420
 And I can be with Christians

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.180
 in Ottawa

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:48.539
 and I can be with Christians

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.380
 in Nairobi

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:51.680
 and in Beijing

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:53.820
 because I have ascended

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.639
 to the Father,

00:37:54.800 --> 00:37:56.320
 because I am no longer

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:58.119
 limited to this physical body

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.300
 which is now going to be

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:00.160
 with my Father,

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.079
 in heaven

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.000
 for all eternity.

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:03.619
 I can be with you.

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.860
 Don't cling to me

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.780
 and hold on to me

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.619
 in terms of just,

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.539
 it's just going to be

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.440
 me and you, Jesus,

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.599
 and my apostles,

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.400
 this small,

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.880
 privileged few.

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:14.320
 I ascend to the Father

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:15.099
 to be with you.

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.940
 To be with you

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:19.460
 with love

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:21.599
 and affection,

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.960
 with grace

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.700
 and with power,

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.340
 which is why

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.700
 Lauren Daigle can say,

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.579
 I just want to listen

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.460
 to what you have to say

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.059
 to me, Jesus.

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.360
 That's why she can say that.

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.759
 Listen,

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.759
 my identity

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.679
 gets beaten up

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.860
 and wrecked all the time.

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.860
 I get harsh words

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:37.679
 from my boss.

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.599
 I get harsh words

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.360
 from my husband

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:40.119
 or my wife.

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:41.500
 I don't have a husband

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.139
 and a wife.

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:43.460
 I wish I did.

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:44.860
 I get harsh things

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.679
 from my kids

00:38:45.679 --> 00:38:48.119
 and friends

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.699
 and it can be

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.759
 really hard for me

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.480
 just to remember

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.079
 who I am

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.960
 and I have these voices

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.779
 in my head,

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:54.100
 but you are with me

00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:55.860
 and you love me

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.840
 with love and affection.

00:38:57.560 --> 00:38:58.160
 If you could put up

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:58.840
 the last point,

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.620
 that would be great.

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:02.220
 And only the truth

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:03.000
 of the gospel

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:04.640
 makes your unconditional

00:39:04.640 --> 00:39:05.780
 self-giving

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.519
 and surrender

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.320
 to Jesus

00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.740
 a reasonable

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:10.740
 and desirable goal.

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.320
 Begins as an act

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:13.260
 but it's always a goal.

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:16.180
 To say to the Lord,

00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:17.780
 I lay down my mask,

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:19.100
 I lay down my defenses,

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:21.260
 I lay down my high tower,

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:22.340
 I lay down everything,

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.420
 I give myself to you

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.140
 and I surrender

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:26.100
 and I surrender unconditionally.

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:26.900
 It's really hard

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.600
 for me to surrender

00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:28.320
 unconditionally

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:29.300
 but help me

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.800
 to surrender

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:31.120
 unconditionally to you

00:39:31.120 --> 00:39:32.320
 and then I thank you

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.140
 that you take me

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:33.940
 even though I can't

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.940
 really do that entirely

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.840
 but you take me

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:37.320
 as your own

00:39:37.320 --> 00:39:38.880
 and I give myself to you

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.540
 and I ask that

00:39:39.540 --> 00:39:40.260
 throughout the rest

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.780
 of my life

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.440
 I will grow

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.180
 in my ability

00:39:42.180 --> 00:39:43.480
 to give myself to you

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.140
 and surrender

00:39:44.140 --> 00:39:45.360
 unconditionally.

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.420
 And that's what

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.160
 Lauren Daigle

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:48.140
 is doing in the song.

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.960
 And why is that

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.860
 a reasonable thing?

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:52.220
 Because this is

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:53.160
 chapter 20

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:54.559
 of the Gospel of John.

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.500
 And if you read

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.240
 all the way through

00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:57.120
 the Gospel of John

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:58.620
 you discover who Jesus is.

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.500
 At the beginning

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.620
 of the Gospel of John

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:02.780
 Jesus through John

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:04.300
 reveals that life

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.980
 and light

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.680
 and love

00:40:05.680 --> 00:40:06.620
 is responsible

00:40:06.620 --> 00:40:08.240
 for creating all things.

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:10.260
 And then human beings

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:12.240
 turned away from God.

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.180
 And what does that mean?

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.820
 When they turn away

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.360
 from life

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.460
 you turn to death.

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:16.340
 When you turn away

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.900
 from love

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:18.019
 you turn towards

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.740
 indifference

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.480
 and hatred.

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.579
 And when you turn

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.340
 away from light

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:22.400
 you turn towards

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.039
 the darkness.

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.019
 And Jesus

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.619
 when he dies

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.260
 on the cross

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:26.300
 he takes your

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:27.340
 darkness on himself.

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.079
 He takes your

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.440
 hatred.

00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:29.380
 He takes your

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.960
 indifference.

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:31.300
 He takes your

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.780
 death upon himself

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.760
 and he dies

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.340
 for you.

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:35.400
 And so when you

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.119
 are surrendering

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.659
 to Jesus

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.460
 you are surrendering

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.079
 to love.

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.300
 Why wouldn't you

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.800
 want to surrender

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.400
 to love?

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:40.980
 To pure

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:42.079
 uncreated

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:44.820
 unfailing

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:46.280
 eternal love.

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.300
 You are surrendering

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:48.000
 to life.

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:49.080
 You are surrendering

00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:49.800
 to light.

00:40:50.580 --> 00:40:51.220
 And then the

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:52.120
 gospel continues

00:40:52.120 --> 00:40:52.740
 to introduce

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.200
 Jesus

00:40:53.200 --> 00:40:54.019
 and Jesus

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.780
 is revealed

00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:55.740
 as the one

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:57.220
 who can heal

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:58.160
 turn water

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:58.920
 into wine.

00:40:59.380 --> 00:40:59.880
 That Jesus

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:01.039
 is the presence

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.600
 of God

00:41:01.600 --> 00:41:02.400
 that is the fullness

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.880
 of joy.

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.680
 Why wouldn't you

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:04.519
 surrender to a

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.360
 fullness of joy?

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:06.280
 He heals

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:07.280
 the official son.

00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:08.200
 He is health.

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.120
 Why wouldn't you

00:41:09.120 --> 00:41:10.120
 surrender to health?

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:12.039
 He heals

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.760
 the paralytic

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.620
 who's grumpy

00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.500
 and doesn't like him.

00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.500
 Means that he is

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.100
 grace

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:18.079
 unmerited grace

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.799
 in the flesh.

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.819
 Why wouldn't

00:41:19.819 --> 00:41:20.639
 you and I

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:21.319
 surrender

00:41:21.319 --> 00:41:23.179
 to unmerited grace?

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.480
 He feeds

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.319
 the five thousand

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:25.880
 which shows

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.219
 that he is

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:26.779
 the creator

00:41:26.779 --> 00:41:27.460
 and the provider.

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.360
 Why would we

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.000
 not surrender

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.799
 to our creator

00:41:29.799 --> 00:41:30.380
 and provider?

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.259
 He walks

00:41:31.259 --> 00:41:31.900
 on water

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.579
 which shows

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.360
 that he is

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.739
 in fact

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.299
 the new heaven

00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:34.880
 and the new earth.

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.739
 Why would we

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.440
 not surrender

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.299
 to the new heaven

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:38.380
 and the new earth?

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.380
 He is the man

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:39.900
 who heals

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.739
 the man born blind.

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.599
 It means that

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.779
 he is light himself.

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.519
 He is sight.

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.519
 Why would you

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.619
 and I not surrender

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.860
 to light itself

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:49.460
 and sight itself?

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.659
 He is the one

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:51.900
 who raises Lazarus

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.460
 which shows

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.360
 that he is life.

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.320
 Why once again

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.980
 would we not

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.519
 surrender

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.619
 to life?

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.579
 He is introduced

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.639
 as the bread of life,

00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:01.659
 the light of the world,

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:03.079
 the entrance into God

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.539
 or the gate.

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.519
 He is the good shepherd.

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.579
 He is the resurrection

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.099
 and the life.

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:06.860
 He is the way,

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.300
 the truth,

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.759
 and the life.

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.739
 He is the vine,

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.579
 the one by whom

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.739
 we can be connected to

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:11.440
 and be connected

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:12.679
 to the living God.

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:13.619
 Why would we not

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.159
 surrender

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.919
 and give ourselves

00:42:15.919 --> 00:42:16.579
 to that?

00:42:16.899 --> 00:42:17.859
 Why would we choose

00:42:17.859 --> 00:42:18.359
 darkness

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:19.379
 and hatred

00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:20.519
 and indifference

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:26.399
 and darkness

00:42:26.399 --> 00:42:27.460
 rather than surrender

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.839
 to that?

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:31.019
 Jesus is introduced

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.500
 in the beginning

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:32.619
 of John's gospel

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.199
 as the Lamb

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.819
 of God

00:42:33.819 --> 00:42:34.659
 who takes away

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.500
 the sin of the world

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.339
 and we have just seen

00:42:36.339 --> 00:42:37.259
 that he has done this.

00:42:38.359 --> 00:42:39.599
 This is who he is.

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:41.900
 Why would you not

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.420
 surrender

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.440
 and give yourself

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:44.319
 to him?

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.980
 And why would it

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.960
 not be your goal

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:49.400
 for the rest of your life

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.179
 when you begin

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:51.059
 the Christian walk

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:52.199
 by surrendering to him

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:53.920
 to have it your goal

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:55.259
 to surrender more?

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:58.599
 To surrender more

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:59.119
 to love,

00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.619
 to joy,

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.179
 to life,

00:43:00.279 --> 00:43:00.679
 to light,

00:43:01.279 --> 00:43:03.380
 to walk from darkness

00:43:03.380 --> 00:43:03.880
 and hatred

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:04.579
 and indifference?

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:07.199
 And why would we not

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:08.719
 want to regularly hear

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.239
 what he says

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:11.679
 about our new identity

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:12.319
 in him

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:13.619
 and who we really are?

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:16.159
 Please stand.

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.919
 Just bow our heads

00:43:24.919 --> 00:43:25.359
 in prayer.

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.619
 Father,

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.399
 if there are any here

00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:32.500
 who have never surrendered

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.839
 to love itself,

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.839
 love made flesh,

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.899
 light made flesh,

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:38.459
 light made flesh,

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.860
 father,

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:40.559
 they can feel

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.420
 the knocking

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:43.000
 of your son

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.400
 on the door

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.920
 of their heart

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.420
 and we ask

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.000
 that you help them

00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:45.960
 to open that door

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:47.320
 and come in

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.639
 to say,

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:48.320
 I surrender,

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.380
 I surrender all,

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.539
 I give myself to you,

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.659
 be my Lord,

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.780
 be my Savior.

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.240
 And father,

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.860
 for all of us,

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.079
 father,

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.920
 you know how

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:56.220
 we get beaten up

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:56.740
 by the world,

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:57.920
 you know the doubt,

00:43:58.139 --> 00:43:59.880
 the confused identity,

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:01.440
 you know all those

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.280
 things about us,

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.820
 you know the chaos

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:05.440
 that goes on inside us,

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:07.460
 the bright shining moments

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.000
 of goodness

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:08.679
 and greatness

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:10.280
 and those horrific times

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:12.900
 of just being really bad

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:14.500
 and dark

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:16.119
 and you know all there is

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.579
 about us

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.079
 and father,

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:18.159
 you gripped us

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:18.820
 with Jesus

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:20.619
 and he is our Savior

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:21.159
 and our Lord

00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:21.760
 and so father,

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.360
 we ask that you

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:23.440
 fan into flame within us

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.860
 a longing and yearning

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:27.039
 to make it a daily goal,

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:28.380
 a lifelong goal

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.200
 to surrender

00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:30.579
 and give ourselves

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:32.880
 to the one

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.799
 who makes us right

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:34.259
 with you.

00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:37.340
 And all God's people

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.119
 said together,

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.259
 Amen.