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 Today's reading is from the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 28, verses 1 through 20.

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 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary

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 went to look at the tomb.

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 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and going

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 to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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 His appearance was like lightning and his clothes were white as snow.

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 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

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 The angel said to the women, do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who

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 was crucified.

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 He is not here.

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 He has risen, just as he said.

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 Come and see the place where he lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, he has risen from the dead and is going ahead of

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 you into Galilee.

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 There you will see him.

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 Now I have told you.

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 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid, yet filled with joy, and ran to tell the disciples.

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 Suddenly Jesus met them.

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 Greetings, he said.

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 They came to him, clasped his feet, and worshipped him.

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 Then Jesus said to them, do not be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers and go to Galilee where they will see me.

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 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests

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 everything that had happened.

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 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,

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 telling them, you are to say, his disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.

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 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep out of trouble.

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 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed.

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 And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

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 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

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 When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted.

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 Then Jesus came to them and said,

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 All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

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 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

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 And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Thank you, Lord Christ.

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 Good morning, Christ Church, and happy Easter.

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 I'm going to do the hardest thing that I have to do all day today,

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 which is to take a picture of you right now,

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 so that I can remember you.

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 Now, some of you have your Presbyterian face,

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 but I want you to act like you're happy that it's Easter Sunday.

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 So, all right, that's great.

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 That'll be something I can draw on through the rest of this year.

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 So, we've already heard this ancient Easter greeting in Greek.

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 It's Christos Sonesti, Alithos Sonesti, which means Christ has risen.

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 He's risen indeed.

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 But what we haven't done yet is what many churches call the great noise.

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 And that is when churches get together,

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 people would bring pots and pans and horns and tambourines.

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 And we don't have those today, but you can maybe pull out your keys.

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 You can use your hands to clap, or you can bang on your pews.

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 And in a moment, I'm going to say Christ has risen.

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 You'll say he's risen indeed.

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 And we're going to practice this ancient Christian practice called the great noise.

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 You ready?

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 Christ has risen.

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 He has risen indeed.

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 He is risen indeed.

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 All right, now don't get too excited.

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 Some of you are here, and you're like, okay, Christians are weird.

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 And you're right.

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 But why are we so excited?

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 We have people here every Sunday who are exploring Christianity.

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 For some of us, Easter's a day where we come to church with our family

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 because it's the thing to do, trying to make our mom happy or whatnot.

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 Some of us, we used to be a part of church,

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 or maybe we identified as a Christian at some point in the past.

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 And for some of us today, this may be your first time in a church.

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 Wherever you're coming from, we're so glad that you're here.

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 And maybe you're asking the question,

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 what actually happened on that first Easter Sunday morning?

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 And I want to acknowledge up front that this is just an odd and outlandish thing,

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 unimagined and unheard of, really.

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 And it's so unlikely, so improbable that it's astonishing

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 this story was ever even told in the first place,

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 that one person in the middle of history, in the middle of the night,

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 walked out of his grave alive with an indestructible body that would never die again.

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 And that's crazy. That's crazy.

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 But what I want to help you to do today is to examine the historical record,

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 to take a deeper look at this event that energizes the irrepressible enthusiasm of the church

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 and the unshakable joy of Christians.

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 And we're looking at that today in the Gospel of Matthew.

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 We've been here since Christmas Eve,

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 and we've now reached the climax.

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 And Matthew recounts for us what happened after Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday.

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 And what he tells us is this.

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 He says,

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 Jesus' resurrection leads to joy, worship, mission, and grace.

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 That Jesus' resurrection leads to joy, worship, mission, and grace.

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 I want to talk first about Jesus' resurrection,

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 and then try to apply the meaning of that resurrection,

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 the significance for our lives.

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 But Jesus' resurrection, first of all, verse 1,

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 says that after the Sabbath at dawn on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

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 And these women were not outside the tomb,

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 counting down 10, 9, 8, 7, cue the sunrise, 6, 5, 4, cue the hallelujah chorus, 3.

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 No, they weren't doing that at all.

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 They were not saying,

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 I'm so excited to see a resurrection today.

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 And isn't Easter brunch going to be so delicious later on?

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 No.

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 What were they expecting?

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 They were expecting Jesus to do what deceased people do,

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 and that is to be dead.

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 The gospel of Mark, the gospel of Luke,

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 tells us that these women brought spices to embalm the corpse of Jesus

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 because they knew what we know, that dead people stay dead.

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 Well, what happens while they're on the way to this tomb?

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 We're told in verse 2 that there was a violent earthquake,

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 for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven,

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 and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone, and sat on it.

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 What in the world?

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 Well, in the Old Testament, when God was on the move to save people,

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 the earth would tremble.

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 You see this in the Exodus and at Mount Sinai,

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 where God's giving the moral law.

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 He's giving the first parts of his Bible, the mountain shakes,

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 and something like that's going on here.

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 Reality is shifting, and so people feel some shaking.

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 And what's up with this angel?

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 Well, I understand that people are skeptical of these spiritual, non-human beings,

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 and we don't really have time today to talk about the metaphysics

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 of these heavenly warrior messengers.

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 But I will just say this.

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 If angels do exist,

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 and if God in this moment is putting the universe back on its axis

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 and saving the human race from certain ruin,

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 wouldn't we expect God to get at least a few of these angels involved in the process,

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 involved in these great nerve centers and turning points of history,

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 like God becoming a human being,

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 and this human being being raised from the dead by God.

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 I think that's what's happening here.

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 And Matthew 27 tells us that there's this great stone over the tomb,

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 and the seal of the Roman Empire has been put on that stone,

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 and a Roman guard, a large Roman guard,

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 has been put there to ensure that no one comes to steal the body.

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 And these women come to the tomb.

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 They don't have any idea, really,

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 how they're going to get into the tomb to embalm this corpse.

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 They just come out of love and loyalty to Jesus to try.

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 And the text tells us that the Lord God rolled the stone away.

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 Why?

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 Why did he do that?

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 Well, it wasn't to let Jesus out.

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 Right?

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 It's not like Jesus was inside the tomb banging and saying,

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 hey, somebody come let me out,

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 because the Gospels tell us in other places that Jesus' glorified body was so amazing,

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 it could walk through locked doors,

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 that he has this new spiritualized physicality.

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 Jesus can just appear wherever he wants to appear.

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 So the stone is not removed to let Jesus out.

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 The stone is removed to let the eyewitnesses in

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 so that they can see that God has emptied this tomb.

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 And this angel, in a dramatic fashion,

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 sits on the stone to let us know that the grave has been conquered by Jesus

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 and that our enemy, Death, has been defeated by Jesus.

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 And look at what it says in verse 3.

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 His appearance, the appearance of this angel was like lightning,

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 and his clothes were white as snow.

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 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

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 And this is incredible because these are Roman soldiers who've seen it all.

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 They're hardened men.

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 They are fearless people,

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 and yet they encounter the power of the Lord God Almighty,

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 and it completely wrecks them and undoes them.

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 And, you know, you sort of have to ask,

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 like, why doesn't that happen to the women?

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 Well, these are fierce women.

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 They've been with Jesus for three years.

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 They've been exposed.

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 They've developed some capacity.

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 They're incredibly courageous and brave women.

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 And what does God say to them?

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 What's his word of divine revelation to these disciples and then to us?

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 It says in verse 5 that the angel said to the women,

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 Do not be afraid,

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 for I know that you're looking for Jesus who was crucified.

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 He is not here.

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 He has risen, just as he said.

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 Come and see the place where he lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell his disciples he has risen from the dead

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 and is going ahead of you into Galilee.

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 There you will see him.

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 Now, I have to kind of pause here

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 because our culture says that miracles and things like resurrection

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 are not scientifically possible.

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 But we also say that these biblical documents are not historically reliable.

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 And the common line of thinking is this,

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 that, you know, many people believe that Jesus was a good man,

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 he was a teacher of love,

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 and that he died.

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 And later on, people began to develop higher and higher views of Jesus,

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 that Jesus was maybe divine,

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 that he was perhaps the son of God.

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 And they invented this story of the resurrection.

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 And centuries went by.

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 They wrote these stories down.

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 And the results are these gospels,

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 these pious legends that we should not trust.

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 But I want to point you to a few clues

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 that this gospel, these gospels are reliable history

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 and not merely legend.

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 One of the major clues is that all four gospels,

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 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

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 the first eyewitnesses of Jesus' resurrection were women.

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 And you may know that in the first century,

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 women had low status.

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 They were not full citizens.

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 Their testimony was not admissible in a court of law.

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 So if you're making up this kind of story,

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 you're doing a really bad job.

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 Like, why would you put them in the story?

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 You'd have a very high incentive not to even mention women

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 and just jump straight to the men,

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 Peter, Andrew, James, John.

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 Make them your witnesses.

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 But Matthew names these women,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary

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 who we learned in the previous chapters,

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 Mary, the mother of James and Joseph.

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 And why does he name these women?

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 Well, Matthew is writing 30 years after the resurrection

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 within the lifetime of these eyewitnesses.

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 And he's basically saying,

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 look, these are well-known, respected members of the church,

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 and you can go talk to them,

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 and you can go cross-examine them,

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 and ask them what they saw at that tomb.

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 The Apostle Paul is doing something very similar.

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 He's writing 20 years after the resurrection.

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 And he gives us a whole list of witnesses,

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 people who saw the risen Jesus in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 And he says,

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 at one point there were 500 people all at the same time

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 who saw Jesus.

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 Most of them are still alive.

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 And again, you have access to them.

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 You can go, and you can talk to them

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 and figure it out for yourself.

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 So what if this is not a legend?

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 What if this is established fact and reliable history?

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 Well, then that means that God's word

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 to these female disciples and to us is simply this.

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 In verse 7,

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 he has been raised from the dead.

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 That Jesus' corpse is not here

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 because he's no longer a corpse.

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 He's gone into death,

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 and he's come out the other side somehow alive.

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 You know, that God, in some mysterious way,

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 has raised Jesus from death into a new life

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 that's incorruptible and indestructible.

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 And I want to mention here

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 that this does not erase what happened on Good Friday.

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 Far from it.

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 This does not render the death of Jesus meaningless,

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 but rather it shows us how meaningful his death actually was.

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 In verse 5, they hear these words,

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 I know you're looking for Jesus who was crucified.

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 And Jesus will be eternally known as Christ crucified.

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 The other gospels tell us that Jesus' glorified body still bears the marks of his crucifixion.

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 And this means for us that the resurrection means that Jesus...

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 This is not a reversal of Jesus' defeat.

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 The resurrection is the proclamation of his victory on Good Friday.

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 The resurrection tells us that Jesus' death on the cross was not a defeat,

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 but that it was, in fact, God's victory over sin and the wages of sin, which is death.

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 This news that's being announced here at this empty tomb,

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 that quote-unquote,

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 Jesus who was crucified has been raised from the dead,

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 means that his Good Friday sacrifice for us was sufficient.

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 And that his substitution of himself in our place to atone for our sins was effective.

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 And the resurrection confirms to them, these women,

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 and it confirms to us that the finished work of salvation,

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 wrought by Jesus Christ on his cross,

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 has been accepted and approved by God.

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 Now, if you're here exploring Christianity,

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 I want to ask you,

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 have you considered that this same Jesus who was crucified,

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 this same Jesus who prayed from his cross,

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 Father, forgive them?

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 The same Jesus who cried out at the very end,

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 it is finished, the work of salvation is finished.

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 This Jesus who went through such bitter agony,

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 did it all out of love for you.

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 And have you considered that God raised him from the dead for your sake,

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 so that your sins might be wiped away,

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 and that you too might share in his victory in his life?

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 Friends, this crucified yet resurrected Jesus is alive.

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 He's here with us even now,

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 through his scriptures, through his sacraments,

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 through his spirit,

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 and he's inviting you today.

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 He wants to welcome you today into his kingdom,

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 if you would just simply not lean on your own understanding,

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 but acknowledge him as the one who has been raised from the dead.

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 And perhaps you're here,

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 and you're just beginning this process of exploring Christianity today,

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 and I want to extend to you the same invitation that these women received in verse 6,

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 where it says,

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 come and see,

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 come and observe,

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 come and open-mindedly research,

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 and investigate,

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 and examine all the evidence.

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 And I invite you to take two practical steps today.

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 The first is that we have a lovely new website,

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 and if you go on our website,

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 you'll scroll down,

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 and you'll see questions welcomed.

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 And if you click on questions,

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 you'll see a whole list of some resources

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 that address some very common doubts,

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 and very common concerns for people who are exploring Christianity.

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 I invite you to look at those,

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 and maybe explore one of those.

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 The second thing I want to invite you to do

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 is come to our Ask Me Anything lunch next Sunday with myself and Pastor Andrew.

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 It's a free lunch for people who just have questions about Jesus,

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 and about the Gospels.

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 But I hope that today,

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 I've at least demonstrated to you

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 that it's not possible for these eyewitness accounts to be legends.

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 And as Sherlock Holmes once said,

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 when you have eliminated the impossible,

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 whatever remains, however improbable,

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 must be the truth.

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 C.S. Lewis, who was an Oxford professor

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 and described himself as one of the most reluctant converts in all of England,

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 he said,

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 however strange or terrifying or unlikely it may seem,

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 I have to accept the view that he, Jesus, was and is God.

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 And that's what the resurrection's all about.

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 Jesus' resurrection from the dead leads to joy,

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 leads to worship, leads to mission, and it leads to grace.

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 I want to press out some of the implications of the resurrection for a minute

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 and apply it to our lives.

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 Jesus' resurrection leads to joy, worship, mission, and grace.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 It says,

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 The word in that text in Greek is they had a mega joy, mega gladness.

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 Being reunited with those we love is one of the happiest experiences on the earth.

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 When we see that familiar face and we hear that reassuring voice

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 and we feel that comforting embrace,

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 imagine what it would be like to be reunited with someone you never thought you'd see again.

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 Somebody you thought you'd lost forever.

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 They didn't just change jobs.

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 They didn't just move away.

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 But somebody you thought you would never, ever see again.

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 Some of us today, we think about family we've lost.

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 We think about friends that we've lost.

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 And it's devastating to think that they're gone.

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 However hard we try,

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 no medical, no industrial advance can stop death from winning.

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 It's going to happen to you.

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 It's going to happen to me.

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 Our bodies are going to fall apart.

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 It's the destiny of every person we love.

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 And yet this tells us that there's one man in history

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 who demonstrated absolute power and authority over death.

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 And that, if it's true, leads to mega joy.

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 These women had not yet met the resurrected Jesus.

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 That's going to happen in a minute.

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 But the very news of a possible reunion with Jesus

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 fills them with a mixture of fear and joy.

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 Fear because they're real people like us

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 and it'd be strange

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 if they weren't trembling with some awe in this moment.

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 But joy because if their lives are somehow reunited

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 to the life of this conquering Christ,

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 then how can they not gratefully and joyfully participate

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 in his victory over death?

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 And so their hearts are filled with gladness

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 and the delight of the living God himself.

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 And friends, do you know what this means for us?

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 If Jesus is alive,

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 if death has been defeated,

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 if the uncreated energies of God

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 have been unleashed in the resurrected Jesus,

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 then our circumstances,

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 no matter how difficult,

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 can be transcended by this unshakable

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 and unflappable joy of the Lord.

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 And that does not deny our tragedies.

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 That does not erase our pain or our sadness.

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 It just says that we can have joy

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 even within these experiences.

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 Some of us in this church have been studying Philippians,

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 which is an epistle in the New Testament

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 written from a prison cell.

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 The Apostle Paul is chained to a Roman guard.

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 He's being treated as a criminal.

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 And you can imagine the conditions of an ancient prison cell.

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 But this is called his letter of joy.

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 It's the happiest epistle he wrote.

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 And he says there, he says,

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 rejoice in the Lord.

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 And I'll say it again,

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 rejoice always.

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 What's happening with this man?

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 The joy of the resurrected Jesus

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 is filling his prison cell.

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 The joy of the resurrected Lord

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 is filling all of his pain.

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 And friends, the joy of the Lord

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 can fill your sorrow too.

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 The joy of the Lord can be your strength.

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 The joy of the Lord

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 can point you to that future joy.

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 When all of us are going to be raised up

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 and we're going to be reunited with this one

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 we thought we'd never see again,

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 it's just a matter of time, my friends.

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 Jesus' resurrection leads to joy.

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 But Jesus' resurrection also leads to worship.

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 It leads to worship.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 It says that suddenly Jesus met them.

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 And you've got to watch out now

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 because Jesus is out there.

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 He's loose.

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 Suddenly he'll come and meet you.

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 Suddenly he came and met them

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 and greetings he said.

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 They came to him, clasped his feet

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 and worshipped him.

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 Can you imagine Jesus coming up to you

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 and saying,

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 Shalom.

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 Morning.

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 And what do they do?

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 They fall down before him.

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 They grab his nail-scarred feet

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 and they worship him.

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 And you say,

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 well of course they did.

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 They're gullible.

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 They're primitive,

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 pre-scientific,

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 supernaturalistic people

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 who are prone to be duped

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 by a quote-unquote miracle.

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 But I have to remind you today

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 that these are Jews.

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 These are Jews

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 and Jews in the first century

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 believed in a general resurrection

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 to come at the end of time.

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 But absolutely no Jew

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 but Jesus in the first century

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 believed that one individual

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 in the middle of history

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 would rise up from the dead.

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 Jews also were the last people

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 on the planet to believe

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 that a human being could be divine.

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 And a human being is somebody

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 who should be worshipped.

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 This was just impossible.

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 It was blasphemy

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 in their worldview.

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 But look at verse 16.

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 Then the eleven disciples came

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 to Galilee

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 to the mountain

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 where Jesus had told them to go.

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 And when they saw him

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 they worshipped him

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 but some doubted.

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 Again, if you're making up this story

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 why would you write that in?

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 This is just bad storytelling.

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 To say that the founders

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 of the church

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 were full of skepticism.

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 Well how strong

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 would the evidence

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 have had to have been

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 to blow away

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 all their doubts

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 and their skepticism.

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 It must have been

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 incredibly strong

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 for them to develop

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 a whole new worldview

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 overnight.

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 And this tells us

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 that these women

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 and these men

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 when they encountered Jesus

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 it says they proskuneoed.

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 And I had to look up

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 that word this week

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 and here's what it means.

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 It says proskuneo means

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 to fall on your knees

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 put your forehead

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 on the ground

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 and express reverence

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 before a person

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 of superior rank.

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 Now how does that

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 definition of worship

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 compare with our

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 definition of worship?

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 If you're a Christian

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 have you bowed yourself

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 down in reverence

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 and adoration

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 at the feet

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 of the resurrected Jesus

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 today?

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 It's what these women

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 and these men do

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 instinctively

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 in the presence

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 of this living Lord.

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 He doesn't command

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 them to do it

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 they just know

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 it's the natural

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 and right

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 and good thing

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 to do.

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 When you're in the

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 presence of this

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 death-defeating

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 life-giving

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 Jesus

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 you just fall down.

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 And if you're

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 a disciple of Jesus

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 I want to encourage

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 you to make this

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 a daily habit

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 in your life.

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 When you wake up

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 in the morning

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 when you go

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 to bed at night

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 when you gather

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 to pray

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 with your family

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 or friends

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 fall on your knees

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 put your forehead

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 on the ground

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 and express reverence

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 before this person

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 of superior rank

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 because

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 he's alive

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 and he's worthy

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 of our worship.

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 Amen?

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 The resurrection

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 leads to joy

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 it leads to worship

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 it also leads

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 to mission.

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 Two times

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 in verses 7 and 10

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 these women hear

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 this message

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 go and tell

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 go and tell

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 and next week

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 Andrew's going to

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 unpack the great

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 commission

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 at the end

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 of this text

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 in verses 18 to 20

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 but they're given

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 a mission

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.660
 aren't they?

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.279
 Your eyes

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.779
 have seen

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.519
 the empty tomb

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.620
 your ears

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.279
 have heard

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.900
 the word

00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:12.000
 of God

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.400
 the word

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.059
 of this gospel

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.720
 your hands

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.279
 have touched

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.980
 the resurrected

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.539
 body

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.480
 of Jesus

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.660
 you've done

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.519
 your investigation

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.160
 you've done

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.380
 careful observation

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.500
 you've applied

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.819
 rigorous criticism

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.519
 you've gathered

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.400
 up this empirical

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:27.819
 data

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.620
 and now

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.279
 what do you do

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.660
 when you have

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.019
 the data

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.680
 scientists

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:32.039
 you publish

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.639
 the data

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:34.119
 you go and

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.079
 report the data

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.579
 that you've

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.099
 discovered

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.720
 and who are they

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.440
 sent to reach

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.940
 well they're not

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.559
 sent to reach

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.119
 the ends of the

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.319
 earth

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.960
 not yet

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.440
 Jesus says

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.339
 I'm sending you

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.039
 out to my

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.599
 disciples

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:46.180
 because if the

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.899
 church doesn't

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.500
 believe in the

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.899
 resurrection

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.619
 how will the

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:48.980
 rest of the

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.539
 world believe

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.759
 in the

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.200
 resurrection

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.599
 and so

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.059
 they're to go

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.579
 and tell

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.720
 that he

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.119
 Jesus

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.559
 has been

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.119
 raised from

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.539
 the dead

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.980
 and these

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.659
 wonderful

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.500
 beautiful women

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.019
 they go

00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.059
 and evangelize

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.700
 the apostles

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:02.659
 and why

00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.180
 does Jesus

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.779
 tell these

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.399
 apostles to

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.839
 come meet

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.180
 him in

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.500
 Galilee

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.339
 because Galilee

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.579
 is Gentile

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.200
 territory

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:09.940
 Galilee is

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.539
 the place

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.879
 that it all

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.480
 began but

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.000
 it's the place

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.299
 where they're

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.879
 going to take

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.920
 this news

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.200
 of the

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.639
 resurrected

00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.579
 Jesus west

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.159
 to Italy

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:18.259
 and east

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.819
 to India

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.420
 and south

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.159
 to Ethiopia

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:20.720
 and north

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.039
 to the

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.420
 peoples

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.700
 of Eurasia

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.279
 you can read

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.640
 the acts

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:24.860
 of the

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.240
 apostles

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.920
 the letters

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.180
 in the

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.700
 new testament

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.160
 early

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.940
 Christian

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.400
 history

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:28.800
 and you

00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.140
 can read

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:29.660
 about these

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.100
 men and

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.519
 women who

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.960
 endured

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.840
 great

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.800
 persecution

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:34.200
 they endured

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.940
 beatings

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.480
 they endured

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.580
 executions

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.180
 to go out

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.860
 and share

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.940
 this incredible

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.519
 news

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:41.019
 would they

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.420
 have done

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.779
 that

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.920
 if this

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.160
 tomb

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.680
 were empty

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:45.100
 would they

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.900
 have risked

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.539
 their lives

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.039
 if Jesus

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.740
 were not

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.560
 alive

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.860
 why

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.440
 in the

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.840
 world

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.759
 would you

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.180
 go out

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.680
 and live

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.299
 these kind

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.779
 of lives

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.580
 of courage

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.299
 and compassion

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.160
 and sacrifice

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.480
 and to die

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.660
 for a fantasy

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:59.340
 for a fraud

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:01.960
 no threat

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:04.100
 no torture

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:05.640
 could cause

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.200
 these women

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.840
 and these men

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.440
 to deny

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.019
 what they had

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.480
 seen

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.160
 with their

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.560
 eyes

00:29:09.560 --> 00:29:10.120
 and for them

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.799
 because they

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.220
 had seen

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.440
 it

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.140
 death no

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.620
 longer had

00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.120
 any

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.000
 power

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.000
 over them

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.720
 whatsoever

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:18.080
 I love

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.560
 this text

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.100
 from Michael

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.440
 Green

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.259
 he wrote

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.799
 a book

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.180
 called

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.919
 evangelism

00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.220
 through the

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.480
 local

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.940
 church

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.740
 he says

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.240
 the church

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.759
 armed

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.440
 with such

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.159
 an improbable

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:27.659
 claim

00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.119
 and beginning

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:28.539
 from a

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.960
 handful

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.619
 of uneducated

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.059
 fishermen

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.559
 and tax

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.079
 gatherers

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.759
 swept across

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.379
 the whole

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.700
 known world

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.299
 in the first

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.980
 the next

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.960
 300 years

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.519
 it's a perfectly

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.480
 amazing story

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.059
 of peaceful

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.639
 revolution

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.220
 that no

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.859
 parallel

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:43.039
 that has no

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.419
 parallel

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.000
 in the history

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.599
 of the world

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:46.519
 it came about

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.240
 because Christians

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.180
 were able to say

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.940
 to inquire

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.500
 Jesus

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.700
 did not only

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.420
 die for you

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.320
 he is alive

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:53.519
 you can meet

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.299
 him and discover

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.900
 for yourself

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.580
 the reality

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.320
 that we're

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.060
 talking about

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:58.640
 they did

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.820
 and joined

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.460
 the church

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.640
 and the church

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.380
 born from that

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.080
 Easter grave

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.660
 spread

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.779
 everywhere

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.380
 and I pray

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:06.820
 it will keep

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.259
 spreading

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.240
 in Berkeley

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.860
 and Oakland

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:10.060
 and throughout

00:30:10.060 --> 00:30:10.799
 the San Francisco

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.960
 Bay Area

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.720
 through us

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:15.620
 the resurrection

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.100
 of Jesus

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.880
 leads to

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:17.620
 joy

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.600
 it leads

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:19.120
 to worship

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.500
 it leads

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.019
 to mission

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.059
 and the last

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.400
 thing I want

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.700
 to say

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.059
 is that it

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.880
 leads to grace

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.460
 it leads

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.940
 to grace

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.559
 Jesus says

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.259
 in verse 10

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:28.660
 do not be afraid

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.339
 go and tell

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.839
 my brothers

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.360
 to go to

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.880
 Galilee

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.240
 there they

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.720
 will see

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.019
 me

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:35.019
 the one

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.299
 that they

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.700
 thought

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.799
 was lost

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.200
 to them

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.940
 the one

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.259
 they thought

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.779
 they'd never

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.779
 see again

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.079
 is waiting

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.579
 for them

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.259
 in Galilee

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.799
 the place

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.059
 where they

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.819
 first met

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:44.960
 him

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.319
 the place

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.899
 where everything

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.799
 started

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.179
 he says

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.599
 go to

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.019
 Galilee

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:49.000
 and there

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.699
 you will

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:50.099
 see me

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.539
 but friends

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.919
 it's not

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.319
 only the

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.779
 disciples

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.220
 who will

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.559
 see

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.599
 the risen

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.980
 Jesus

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.519
 you will

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.919
 see him

00:30:54.919 --> 00:30:55.240
 too

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:57.559
 you're going

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.939
 to see

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.539
 him too

00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:00.199
 the apostle

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:01.000
 Paul says

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.579
 in Acts

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.339
 chapter 17

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.839
 he's preaching

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:05.559
 to Athens

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.439
 the intellectual

00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.119
 center of the

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.779
 Roman Empire

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.399
 and he says

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.679
 in Acts

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:10.099
 17

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.559
 31

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.199
 for God

00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.699
 has set

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:12.059
 a day

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.019
 when he

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.619
 will judge

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.379
 the world

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.980
 with justice

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.700
 by the man

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.079
 he has

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.480
 appointed

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:18.000
 he has

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.519
 given proof

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.839
 of this

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.379
 to everyone

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:20.079
 by raising

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.500
 him

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.399
 from the

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.700
 dead

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:23.399
 in other

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:23.779
 words

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.839
 there will

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.279
 be a day

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.779
 of judgment

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.839
 for all

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.379
 of us

00:31:27.379 --> 00:31:29.500
 the resurrected

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.200
 Jesus

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.119
 guarantees

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.579
 that one

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.079
 day we

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.500
 too

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.879
 will be

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.359
 raised

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.319
 physically

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.059
 and

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.500
 when we're

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.919
 raised up

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.179
 from the

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.399
 dead

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.740
 Jesus

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.179
 is going

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.679
 to be

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.519
 our judge

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.039
 on that

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.440
 day

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.920
 and the

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.440
 only question

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.920
 is are we

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.360
 ready to

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.799
 meet him

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:45.980
 are you

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.680
 ready

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.320
 to meet

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.600
 him

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:50.340
 and you know

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.940
 who was not

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.580
 ready to meet

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.160
 the resurrected

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.600
 Jesus

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:54.860
 these disciples

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:57.059
 these disciples

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.879
 who disowned

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.219
 him

00:31:58.219 --> 00:31:59.779
 these disciples

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.539
 who abandoned

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.319
 Jesus in his

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.179
 hour of greatest

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.459
 need

00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:02.839
 these were

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.639
 big time

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.539
 screw ups

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:04.919
 you think

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.319
 you're a

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.679
 screw up

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.359
 these guys

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.500
 were big time

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.319
 screw ups

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.099
 spectacular

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:10.479
 failures

00:32:10.479 --> 00:32:12.439
 but what does

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:12.979
 Jesus say

00:32:12.979 --> 00:32:13.379
 he says

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:14.399
 go tell

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:16.259
 my brothers

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.059
 and isn't that

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.439
 a beautiful

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.979
 detail

00:32:18.979 --> 00:32:20.459
 that having

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:21.279
 died to pay

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.879
 for sin

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:23.160
 and having

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.840
 risen from

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.180
 death

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.760
 to prove

00:32:24.760 --> 00:32:25.340
 that sin

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.980
 was truly

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.640
 paid for

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.100
 Jesus

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:28.220
 wants these

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.980
 disciples to

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.580
 know that by

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.120
 the grace

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.700
 of God

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.880
 they can be

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.920
 his brothers

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.240
 if only they

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.800
 would trust

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:36.520
 in Jesus

00:32:36.520 --> 00:32:38.260
 then all of

00:32:38.260 --> 00:32:38.860
 their sin

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.480
 all their

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.100
 denials

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.840
 all their

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:42.020
 abandonment

00:32:42.020 --> 00:32:42.660
 all of their

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.360
 betrayals

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.140
 every failure

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.880
 to love

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.960
 God as they

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.420
 should would

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.000
 be fully

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:48.100
 and finally

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:49.160
 forgiven

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.980
 and friends

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.400
 that could be

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.000
 the case

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.800
 for you

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.060
 and me

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.420
 that by

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.040
 grace

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.460
 we can be

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.240
 reunited with

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.800
 Jesus as

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.320
 his brothers

00:32:57.320 --> 00:32:58.600
 and as

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:59.180
 his sisters

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:01.000
 don't you

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.580
 want to know

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.200
 this Jesus

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.740
 that's gone

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.440
 ahead and is

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.960
 waiting for

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.220
 you

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.820
 don't you

00:33:05.820 --> 00:33:06.340
 want to know

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:07.140
 that familiar

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.820
 face

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:09.680
 that reassuring

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.200
 voice

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.980
 that comforting

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.400
 embrace

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.240
 Christ

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.560
 church

00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:14.900
 Jesus

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:16.380
 is risen

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.759
 from the

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.019
 dead

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.920
 he's

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.400
 launched

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.440
 a new

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.940
 creation

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.620
 where all

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.220
 is forgiven

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.860
 all is

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.380
 remade

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:24.539
 all is

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.000
 reborn

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.519
 and so I

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.960
 invite you

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.620
 let's join

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.340
 in his

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.940
 project

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.460
 let's be

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.200
 a resurrection

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.880
 people

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:32.279
 let's be a

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.200
 joyful people

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:34.039
 of life

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.620
 in a world

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.100
 that's still

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.700
 in death

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:37.160
 let's be a

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.720
 worshiping

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.259
 people that

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.840
 celebrate

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.359
 God's

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.019
 victory over

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.419
 death

00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:41.939
 let's be a

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.759
 missionary people

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.439
 to this world

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:43.919
 that Jesus

00:33:43.919 --> 00:33:44.819
 loves so much

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.459
 he gave his

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:45.980
 life

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:47.379
 and let's

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.079
 commit ourselves

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.659
 today to

00:33:48.659 --> 00:33:49.799
 follow this

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.459
 Jesus who

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:51.259
 gives grace

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.959
 to the

00:33:51.959 --> 00:33:52.599
 undeserving

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.139
 undeserving

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:54.339
 people like

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.779
 you

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:56.439
 and undeserving

00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:57.079
 people like

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.559
 me

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:59.000
 who he wants

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.939
 to know

00:33:59.939 --> 00:34:00.959
 as brothers

00:34:00.959 --> 00:34:02.419
 and as

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:02.799
 sisters

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:05.639
 in the name

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.119
 of the Father

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.720
 Son and Holy

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.159
 Spirit

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:08.219
 Amen

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.399
 Amen