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 I would encourage you to open up your Bibles, if you would please, to John chapter 20.

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! John chapter 20. If you're using the Pew Bible, it's on page 906 in the Pew Bible, 920.

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 John chapter 20.

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 Any of you who've been a part of the church for any length of time, probably have those memories,

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 those memories as a child, perhaps especially of Easter, those traditions that maybe your family had.

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 One of those traditions our family had was Easter baskets on Sunday morning,

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 and the kids were allowed to try to go and find those baskets,

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 and it was just one of the ways that we anticipated the wonder of what Christ did in terms of rising from the dead.

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 And those early morning experiences of the women who went to the tomb to look for the Messiah in the tomb,

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 but he wasn't there.

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 Those early childhood memories run deep, don't they?

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 And I think a lot of the experiences that we have as Christians are formed and deepened in our childhood.

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 I think of the time, the things that I was taught in Sunday school, for example.

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 The things I was taught at VBS, the things I learned in Awana, those verses that became familiar to me.

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 Those experiences of faithful men and women who taught me as a child, but also into my teenage years.

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 All the benefits of those formative years of learning the scripture for men and women who love Jesus.

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 And I would just say, we are so blessed here at Maranatha.

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 All of the men and women at Maranatha who invest in our children, I'm grateful for you.

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 Thank you for this ministry.

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 But those of you who kind of remember back to your time as a child,

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 and you remember those stories that you were taught,

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 the themes that seem to stand out about those stories are those significant events.

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 Those heroes of faith, those epic moments as it were,

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 of people who are living for God and seeing great things take place.

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 Maybe you remember Noah and the flood.

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 Or you remember Abraham, he's offering his son Isaac on the altar.

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 Maybe Joseph in his coat of many colors,

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 or rising to a place of second in command in Egypt.

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 Perhaps you might remember Moses leading the children of Israel out of bondage and slavery in Egypt.

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 Or you remember David, of course, David in Goliath.

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 Or Daniel in the fiery furnace.

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 And there Daniel is in the lion's den.

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 His friends were in the fiery furnace.

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 And all of these epic stories of notable faith seem to stand out.

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 Those characters, those themes, those men and women of the scripture

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 who seem to have it all together.

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 There seem to be a steadiness about their faith.

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 There seem to be a resilience about them.

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 They never seem to have a moment of failure.

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 At least in these epic stories that we remember.

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 And somewhere along the way, we come to be formed and fashioned by those stories.

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 And we think that if we ever experience times of brokenness,

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 times of doubt, times of failure, times of sorrow,

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 times of bewilderment, times of hurt, times of pain,

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 that somehow we're failing in some way.

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 And those stories that have become so familiar to us now seem so distant.

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 These men and women of the faith never seem to have baggage.

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 They never seem to fail.

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 They always seem to have it together in some way.

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 And so when we evaluate our lives,

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 we wonder if there's something wrong with our own understanding of the scripture,

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 our own faith that we bring to the table.

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 As children, what grabs our attention are those mountain peaks.

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 We seem to forget that these are real people who are experiencing real pain.

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 And that's what John, the gospel writer, wants to remind us of this morning.

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 John does such an amazing job throughout his gospel,

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 drawing attention to people.

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 He draws attention to individuals.

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 He wants you to see that there are people, real people,

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 who have real struggles, who really need to be encouraged,

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 who really need and have gone through hard things

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 and really need to meet with Christ,

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 who really need a Savior.

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 And so we come this morning to John chapter 20.

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 If you're there with me,

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 I would encourage you to turn there if you're not there already.

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 But what we find throughout the gospel of John,

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 the purpose for his writing is to draw people to a Savior,

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 to draw people to faith.

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 He says in John chapter 20, verse 30, he says,

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 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples

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 which are not written in this book,

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 but these are written so that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

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 and that by believing, you may have life in his name.

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 We saw last week as we were evaluating the triumphal entry

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 that Jesus had come.

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 He had come to Bethany.

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 He had raised Lazarus from the dead.

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 This amazing sign that demonstrated to a nation

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 that Jesus was in fact the person he claimed to be.

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 They've been looking for signs.

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 They've been looking for the testimony,

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 the convincing testimony that Jesus was in fact the Messiah.

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 And so when Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead in this public way,

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 so close to Jerusalem,

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 at least in that moment, the nation received him.

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 They agreed that he was this Messiah figure.

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 The entire nation recognized him as this one.

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 Whereas John chapter 12, verse 18 says,

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 The reason why the crowd went to meet him

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 was that they heard that he had done this sign,

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 this sign of raising Lazarus from the dead.

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 And not only did the nation believe,

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 but the religious leaders,

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 they couldn't deny that something had happened.

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 John 11, 47 says,

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 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council

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 and said,

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 What are we to do?

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 For this man performs many signs.

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 This nation celebrates the Messiah.

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 The religious leaders are grumbling

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 because Jesus had done this sign.

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 And here is Lazarus right in their midst.

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 This undeniable, unmistakable sign

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 that Jesus was in fact the resurrection and the life.

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 Jesus had power over life and death.

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 But there was one more sign.

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 One more sign that Jesus had promised.

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 This ultimate sign as it were.

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 This ultimate evidence that Jesus was

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 not just a miracle worker.

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 Not just a resurrection and a life for someone else.

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 But that Jesus was in fact

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 the one sent from God.

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 The son of God himself.

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 John chapter 2, verses 18 to 22.

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 This is the very beginning of Jesus' ministry.

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 And he is foreshadowing this future work.

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 This future sign.

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 When he says,

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 So the Jews said to him,

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 What sign do you show us for doing these things?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Destroy this temple,

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 and in three days I will raise it up.

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 The Jews then said,

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 It has taken 46 years to build the temple,

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 and you will raise it up in three days.

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 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

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 When therefore he was raised from the dead,

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 his disciples remembered that he had said this,

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 and they believed the scriptures

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 and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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 Again,

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 Jesus' resurrection from the dead

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 proved once and for all

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 that Jesus is the resurrection and the life.

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 He is the Messiah.

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 This final, epic, ultimate sign

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 is what everyone was waiting for,

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 everyone was looking for.

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 And so John doesn't want to just take us

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 to the empty tomb

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 and expose us to the facts,

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 to the details of the resurrection.

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 He wants us to encounter a person.

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 He wants us to encounter a Savior.

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 He wants to welcome us,

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 to evaluate for ourselves

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 the evidence of the empty tomb,

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 and not just be amazed

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 at the details of a resurrection account,

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 but to encounter the Savior himself,

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 the one who has come to seek

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 and to save the lost.

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 So we find in John's account

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 a focus on people.

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 It's a different perspective

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 that John wants to draw us to,

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 looking at people,

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 not just the events,

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 because the resurrection

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 changes everything.

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 As we look this morning

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 at the empty tomb,

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 there are some lessons here

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 for all of us,

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 not just in looking

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 and evaluating the account itself,

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 but to be reminded

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 of what the account

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 is meant to do for us.

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 It's inviting us to respond.

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 How will we respond

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 to the empty tomb?

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 This morning,

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 we're going to look at five ways

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 that we need to respond.

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 First,

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 we need to come and see

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 the empty tomb.

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 Come and see the empty tomb.

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 John begins with a very simple statement

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 in verse 1 of chapter 20.

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 He says this,

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 Now,

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 on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene

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 came to the tomb early

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 while it was still dark

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 and saw that the stone

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 had been taken away

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 from the tomb.

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 One verse.

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 One,

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 a couple of phrases here

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 that we find,

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 and this is the resurrection account

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 that's given to us by John.

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 This resurrection account,

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 simple to understand,

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 so sparse in detail

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 as you compare it

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 to the other gospels,

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 Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 and Luke.

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 Mary came.

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 It was dark.

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 The stone was rolled away.

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 That's it.

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 And if we know

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 the other gospel accounts,

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 Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 and Luke,

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 we understand

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 how different this is.

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 And John is doing this

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 for a reason.

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 Like,

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 where are the other women,

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 John?

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 Where are the spices

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 that are prepared?

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 Where are the guards

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 that were standing

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 at the tomb?

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 Where are the earthquake

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 and the angels

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 and the shining garments?

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 Where is all of that,

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 John?

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 Where's the announcement

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 he's not here?

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 He's risen,

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 just as he said.

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 So Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 and Luke

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 give us those details.

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 Was John

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 just confused?

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 Was John

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 just didn't understand

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 the details

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 of this account

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 and forgot

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 to capture it

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 for us?

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 No.

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 John understood

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 the details,

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 but he wants

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 to drive us

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 to something.

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 He wants us

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 to see the personal

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 element here.

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 He is spotlighting

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 individuals.

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 He wants us

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 to recognize

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 that this

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 resurrection account

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 is for you.

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 This resurrection story

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 is for me.

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 It's for us

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 in this room.

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 It's written

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 for individuals

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 so that we can come

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 and believe

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 who Jesus is.

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 John is driving

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 at this purpose

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 and if we come

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 to understand

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 the rest of

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 John's gospel

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 account,

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 we'll see all

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 of these stories

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 that are so specific

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 to individuals.

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 John is the only

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 account that tells

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 us about Andrew

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 who brought

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 his brother

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 Peter to Christ.

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 John is the only

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 gospel record

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 that talks about

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 Philip who brings

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 his brother Nathaniel

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 to Christ.

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 It's only in the

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 gospel of John

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 we see Nicodemus,

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 the ruler of the Jews

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 who meets Jesus

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 by night.

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 Where we see

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 the Samaritan woman,

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 the nobleman's son,

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 the lame man

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 who's at the pool

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 of Bethesda,

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 the woman who's

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 caught in adultery,

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 the man who's

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 born blind,

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 this raising of

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 Lazarus from the dead,

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 Thomas who will

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 ask this question

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 the night

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 before Christ's

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 crucifixion,

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 and then this

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 here in John

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 chapter 20.

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 Mary Magdalene,

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 a single

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 lone individual

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 who's here

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 at the tomb.

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 Jesus cares

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 for individuals.

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 And of course

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 we understand

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 that Jesus

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 came for the world.

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 We know

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 for God so loved

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 the world

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 that he gave

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 his only begotten

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 son.

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 And yet he came

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 for individuals.

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 Jesus came

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 for Mary.

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 And each of us

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 are personally

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 responsible

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 for what we do

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 with the news

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 about Jesus.

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 It's important

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 here because

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 in this opening

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 scene,

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 Mary's devotion

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 is obvious,

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 but it's still,

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 her faith is

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 still incomplete.

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 She shows up

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 early.

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 She comes

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 prepared.

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 She demonstrates

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 her loyalty.

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 We see this

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 overflow of love

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 in this narrative,

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 but for all

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 of her devotion,

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 we find

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 her conclusion

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 in verse 2.

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 So she ran

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 and went

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 to Simon Peter

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 and the other

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 disciple,

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 the one whom

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 Jesus loved,

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 and she said

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 to them,

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 they have taken

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 the Lord

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 out of the tomb

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 and we do not

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 know where they

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 have laid him.

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 For all of her

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 devotion,

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 she is still

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 operating under

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 the assumption

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 that Jesus

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 is dead.

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 She's not

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 expecting a

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 resurrection.

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 She's not

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 looking for

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 triumph.

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 She's not

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 standing in

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 faith.

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 And John

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 is already

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 reminding us

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 of something

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 that's really

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 important,

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 that for all

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 the devotion

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 that we bring

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 to the table,

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 it is

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 insufficient

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 in what

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 Christ is

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 offering,

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 the faith

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 and personal

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 relationship

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 that can only

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 be true

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 when we come

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 to Christ

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 in the right

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 way.

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 Mary acknowledged

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 the empty

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 tomb.

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 Now she's

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 invited Peter

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 and John

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 to do the

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 same.

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 She's

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 come,

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 she's

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 seen for

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 herself,

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 she's spoken

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 with Peter

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 and John

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 and we're

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 going to

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 find that

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 they also

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 come and

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 they're going

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 to see for

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 themselves.

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 And for all

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 of us,

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 we need to do

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 the very same

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 thing.

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 We need to

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 come and

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 see.

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 Come and

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:55.700
 see the

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 empty tomb.

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 Take a look

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 for yourself.

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 See the

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 evidence that's

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 in front of

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 you,

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 the tomb

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 that still

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 remains empty.

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 Tomb that

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 is a symbol

00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:11.080
 and a

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 stature of

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 Christ who

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 has been

00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.799
 raised from

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 the dead.

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 This is the

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 first step

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 to the faith

00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.200
 that God is

00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:18.819
 inviting us

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 to enjoy.

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 Come and

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 see.

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 In verses

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 3 to 10

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 we see

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 this next

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 step.

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 The next

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.819
 step is to

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 believe the

00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.600
 testimony of

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 the empty

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 tomb.

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 It says in

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 verse 3,

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 So Peter

00:15:30.939 --> 00:15:31.360
 went out

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.719
 with the

00:15:31.719 --> 00:15:31.899
 other

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 disciple

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 and they

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 were going

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 towards the

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 tomb.

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 Both of

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 them were

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.019
 running

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.439
 together

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 but the

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 other

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.500
 disciple

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 outran

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 Peter

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 and reached

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:39.599
 the tomb

00:15:39.599 --> 00:15:40.099
 first.

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.459
 In stooping

00:15:41.459 --> 00:15:41.879
 to look,

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 he saw the

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 linen cloths

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.079
 lying there

00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:44.779
 but he

00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.459
 did not

00:15:45.459 --> 00:15:45.919
 go in.

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.319
 Then Simon

00:15:47.319 --> 00:15:47.899
 Peter came

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.599
 following him

00:15:48.599 --> 00:15:49.120
 and went

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:49.439
 into the

00:15:49.439 --> 00:15:49.779
 tomb.

00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:50.399
 He saw

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:50.779
 the linen

00:15:50.779 --> 00:15:51.279
 cloths

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.860
 lying there

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.519
 and the

00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.199
 face cloth

00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:54.099
 which had

00:15:54.099 --> 00:15:54.419
 been on

00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:54.620
 Jesus'

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.139
 head.

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.099
 Not

00:15:56.099 --> 00:15:57.079
 lying with

00:15:57.079 --> 00:15:57.360
 the linen

00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.899
 cloths but

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.639
 folded up

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:58.839
 in its

00:15:58.839 --> 00:15:59.240
 place.

00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:00.799
 Then the

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:00.939
 other

00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.360
 disciple

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.699
 who had

00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:01.939
 reached

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.279
 the tomb

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.059
 first also

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.539
 went in

00:16:03.539 --> 00:16:04.639
 and he

00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.179
 saw

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:06.240
 and believed

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.779
 for as yet

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.199
 he did not

00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:09.059
 understand the

00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:09.360
 scripture

00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.279
 that he

00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:10.860
 must rise

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.179
 from the

00:16:11.179 --> 00:16:11.459
 dead.

00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:12.500
 Then the

00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:13.000
 disciples

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.459
 went back

00:16:14.459 --> 00:16:14.980
 to their

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:15.319
 homes.

00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:16.559
 Where Mary

00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:17.019
 runs to

00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.500
 tell Peter

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.000
 and John

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.339
 Peter and

00:16:19.339 --> 00:16:19.620
 John

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.240
 then in

00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.500
 turn

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.259
 make their

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.799
 way in

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.179
 hurry

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.799
 to the

00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:23.059
 tomb.

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.399
 Now this

00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:25.159
 was something

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.599
 that was

00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:26.879
 very uncharacteristic

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.659
 in first

00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:27.980
 century.

00:16:28.099 --> 00:16:28.339
 Men

00:16:28.339 --> 00:16:29.039
 in that

00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.899
 day did

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.500
 not run.

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.379
 It was

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.120
 undignified.

00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.319
 But this

00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:33.779
 was not

00:16:33.779 --> 00:16:34.419
 like any

00:16:34.419 --> 00:16:34.879
 other day

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.219
 and this

00:16:35.219 --> 00:16:35.639
 was not

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.519
 like any

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.039
 other news

00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.319
 that they've

00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:37.519
 heard.

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.000
 John

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.439
 we find

00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:40.039
 outruns

00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:40.319
 Peter.

00:16:40.599 --> 00:16:41.299
 He gets

00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.740
 to the

00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.099
 tomb

00:16:42.099 --> 00:16:42.599
 first but

00:16:42.599 --> 00:16:43.539
 he stays

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.339
 there outside

00:16:44.339 --> 00:16:44.919
 and he

00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:45.439
 takes a

00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:46.740
 look inside.

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.639
 But Peter

00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.939
 as one

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.639
 might expect

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:52.099
 he bursts

00:16:52.099 --> 00:16:52.959
 straight through

00:16:52.959 --> 00:16:53.679
 he runs

00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:54.299
 right in

00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:55.699
 this boldness

00:16:55.699 --> 00:16:56.500
 and he is

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.659
 unhindered.

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.199
 Here he is

00:16:58.199 --> 00:16:59.179
 running into

00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.559
 the tomb

00:16:59.559 --> 00:16:59.959
 he wants

00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:00.419
 to see

00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.199
 things for

00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:01.639
 himself.

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:03.759
 They observe

00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.279
 the scene

00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.859
 that Mary

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.419
 described.

00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.700
 This stone

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.079
 that's rolled

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.319
 away,

00:17:07.419 --> 00:17:07.700
 the linen

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.200
 cloths

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.500
 that are

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.759
 lying there,

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.940
 the face

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.480
 cloth that's

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.399
 been moved

00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:13.039
 and folded

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.720
 and put

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.279
 away in a

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.919
 different place.

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.299
 Jesus is

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.740
 gone.

00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:18.279
 But this

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:18.819
 is not the

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.460
 scene of a

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:19.819
 robbery.

00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.919
 The cloths

00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:22.240
 are not

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.639
 torn.

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.639
 They're not

00:17:23.639 --> 00:17:24.079
 scattered.

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.179
 There's no

00:17:25.179 --> 00:17:26.019
 sign of chaos.

00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.519
 There's no

00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.420
 sign of

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:27.759
 panic.

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.500
 There seems

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.920
 to be no

00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.539
 sign that

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.579
 this body

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.259
 of Christ

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.579
 had been

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:32.160
 manhandled

00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:32.720
 in any

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.039
 way and

00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.519
 wrestled

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.220
 out of

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 these grave

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 clothes.

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 No.

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 There is

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:37.900
 order in

00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:38.339
 calm.

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 There's

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 evidence

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.599
 that's

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 here.

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 But notice

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.420
 in verse

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 8 it

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 says,

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 the other

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:45.000
 disciple who

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 reached the

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.079
 tomb first

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 also went

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 in and

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:47.799
 when he

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.740
 saw he

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.480
 believed.

00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.740
 He

00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.319
 believed.

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 What did

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.400
 he believe?

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 Well the

00:17:54.840 --> 00:17:55.300
 next verse

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 tells us a

00:17:56.320 --> 00:17:57.440
 little broader

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.380
 picture of

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 what he

00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:59.220
 believed and

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 helps us

00:17:59.540 --> 00:18:00.060
 understand,

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 for as yet

00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:01.740
 they did not

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.519
 understand the

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.560
 scripture that

00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:04.600
 he must rise

00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.140
 from the

00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:05.380
 dead.

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 From these

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 two verses

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 we see that

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 believing a

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.880
 truth or

00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:11.620
 believing in

00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.040
 a truth,

00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:12.820
 believing in

00:18:12.820 --> 00:18:14.360
 facts is not

00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.620
 the same as

00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.340
 believing in

00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:16.759
 a savior.

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 This is

00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:19.740
 foundational to

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.040
 John.

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.800
 Some 98 to

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.980
 102 times

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.799
 throughout the

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.500
 gospel of

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.879
 John,

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:26.659
 John will

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.099
 use the

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 word believing.

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 And yet in

00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:30.159
 almost every

00:18:30.159 --> 00:18:30.960
 case we

00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.919
 find this

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 believing is

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.460
 defective,

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:34.500
 it's deficient,

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 it's devoid of

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 something,

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 of substance.

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 And here is

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.339
 the same for

00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:39.839
 John.

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 He believed

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.779
 in facts.

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.980
 Jesus was

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.859
 not there but

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.379
 he needed to

00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.980
 believe more.

00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.059
 And his

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:47.180
 believing needed

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:48.079
 to be informed

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.879
 by the

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 scripture.

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 Notice,

00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:51.500
 as yet they

00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:52.039
 did not

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.779
 understand,

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.740
 the scripture

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.839
 that he must

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.419
 rise from the

00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:55.619
 dead.

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.039
 Now that's

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.399
 important.

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.720
 Faith will

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.579
 need to include

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.220
 the most

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.480
 important piece.

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 Not just that

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:04.200
 Jesus' body

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.000
 is missing,

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.159
 but that Jesus

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:07.460
 himself is

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.859
 risen.

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.059
 The empty

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.579
 tomb had

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.539
 confronted Mary

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.539
 and Peter

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:14.099
 and John

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.059
 and that's

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.859
 important because

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.819
 biblical faith is

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.539
 not irrational,

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.720
 it's rooted in

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.159
 evidence.

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 But their faith

00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.119
 needed to be

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.799
 informed by the

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.019
 word.

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:25.359
 God's word

00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:27.799
 is true

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.879
 and because

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.559
 God's word

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.200
 is true,

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.379
 it rests

00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:32.039
 in the

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.039
 evidence

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.899
 of the

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:35.379
 facts that

00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:35.740
 God has

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.180
 assembled.

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 The truth

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.839
 statements,

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:39.119
 the prophecies

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.659
 that Christ

00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.259
 has given

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:41.180
 needed to be

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:42.379
 confirmed in

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:43.059
 order to know

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:44.680
 for a fact

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.659
 that Jesus

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.460
 had risen

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.799
 from the

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.000
 dead.

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 On at least

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.200
 three occasions

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.819
 Jesus had

00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.659
 prophesied,

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.180
 they're going

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.339
 to crucify me.

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.559
 They're going

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.039
 to scourge

00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.279
 me.

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.099
 They're going

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.419
 to take

00:19:55.419 --> 00:19:55.680
 me.

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 They're going

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.480
 to kill

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:56.799
 me.

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 But on the

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:58.799
 third day

00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.039
 I'm going

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.519
 to rise.

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 And those

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.559
 statements

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.759
 proved out

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.399
 true to the

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:04.960
 very end.

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 And so the

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.220
 stone is

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.839
 moved,

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.419
 the body

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.200
 is gone,

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.720
 the grave

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.159
 clothes

00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:11.200
 remain.

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 And this

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.419
 ultimate piece

00:20:13.419 --> 00:20:13.960
 of evidence,

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.799
 this ultimate

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:16.319
 sign of

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.639
 Jesus'

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.839
 resurrection

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.519
 is bearing

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.399
 out in front

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:19.800
 of them.

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 But they

00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:22.600
 need to

00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:23.340
 understand that

00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.019
 evidence is

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:24.660
 not enough.

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.960
 The evidence

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.900
 is not enough.

00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.100
 They needed to

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.780
 understand the

00:20:28.780 --> 00:20:29.080
 scriptures,

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.500
 they need to

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.000
 be exposed

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.480
 to the

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.960
 word of

00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:31.280
 God,

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:31.759
 they need

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.000
 to be

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.680
 informed

00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.560
 by the

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:33.860
 scriptures

00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.300
 in order

00:20:34.300 --> 00:20:34.580
 to be

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.600
 led to

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.240
 true faith.

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.820
 Faith only

00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.300
 becomes

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.640
 complete when

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:42.320
 Christ allows

00:20:42.320 --> 00:20:43.160
 us to

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:44.460
 understand the

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.440
 scriptures for

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.820
 itself.

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.460
 So we

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.060
 come and see

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.579
 the empty

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.879
 tomb.

00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.419
 We believe

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.079
 the testimony

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.960
 of the

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.159
 empty

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.500
 tomb.

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.099
 Next,

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:53.919
 we bring

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.960
 our sorrow

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.480
 to the

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.679
 empty

00:20:55.679 --> 00:20:55.960
 tomb.

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.259
 Bring your

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.899
 sorrow to

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.200
 the empty

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.500
 tomb.

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.359
 And so the

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:01.220
 events of

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.859
 Peter and

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.940
 John now

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.980
 shift again

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.859
 and the

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.799
 story turns

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.440
 and focuses

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.259
 again on

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.039
 Mary who

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.720
 becomes the

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.659
 main character

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.399
 of the

00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:10.700
 narrative.

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:11.940
 And we

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.559
 see in

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:12.859
 her,

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.079
 in verse

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.460
 11,

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.220
 Mary stood

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.700
 weeping

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.419
 outside the

00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:16.740
 tomb.

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.519
 And as

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.180
 she wept,

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.420
 she stooped

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.139
 to look

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.639
 into the

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:20.879
 tomb.

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.240
 This word

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.059
 for weeping

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.660
 is used

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.379
 eight times

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:26.960
 throughout the

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.519
 gospel of

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:27.839
 John.

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.639
 Three times

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.240
 it's used

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.119
 during the

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:32.680
 narrative of

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.519
 Lazarus who

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.079
 was raised

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.400
 from the

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.639
 dead.

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.779
 Once it's

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.139
 used to

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.740
 describe the

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:38.019
 disciples in

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.900
 the upper

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.700
 room as

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.339
 Jesus is

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:41.139
 describing to

00:21:41.139 --> 00:21:41.900
 them the

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.799
 weeping and

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.339
 the grief that

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.599
 they will

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.440
 experience at

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.700
 the loss of

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.259
 Jesus in

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.720
 his death.

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.180
 And now

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.220
 four times

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:51.220
 John focuses

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:51.839
 his attention

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.539
 on the

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:54.039
 weeping of

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.900
 Mary here

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.099
 at the

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.339
 tomb.

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.599
 It's a

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.960
 word that

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.420
 describes

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.019
 anguished

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.920
 crying or

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.339
 wailing.

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.759
 It was

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:01.180
 something that

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:02.339
 gripped an

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.879
 individual.

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.400
 It was this

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.579
 external expression

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.740
 of grief.

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.039
 We find it in

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.619
 verse 11,

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.379
 Mary stood

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:11.619
 weeping and

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.879
 then as she

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.680
 wept she

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.400
 stooped looking

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:14.960
 into the tomb.

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.039
 Then in

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.639
 verse 13

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.259
 the angels

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.940
 will ask

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.819
 woman why

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.480
 are you

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.940
 weeping?

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.180
 Then in

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.859
 verse 15

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.779
 Jesus himself

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.240
 will ask

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.359
 woman why

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.099
 are you

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.420
 weeping?

00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:27.299
 See Mary's

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.079
 love for

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.200
 Christ was

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.599
 real.

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.159
 She had

00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:32.000
 experienced

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.720
 the liberating

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.619
 power of

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.379
 Christ for

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:35.960
 herself.

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.639
 She had

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.619
 had seven

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.539
 demons cast

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.139
 out of her

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:41.299
 during Christ's

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.700
 ministry.

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.960
 She experienced

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.259
 real bondage and

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.279
 real deliverance

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.019
 from him.

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.359
 Her name

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.039
 Magdalene

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.759
 was not a

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.700
 family surname

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.740
 but it

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.480
 identified her

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.119
 with a small

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.079
 village fishing

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.740
 community named

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.339
 Magdala.

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.160
 It was on the

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.960
 northwest shore

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.519
 of the Sea of

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 Galilee.

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 This region had

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.799
 been particularly

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.079
 gripped by

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.240
 demonic activity

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.720
 in Jesus as

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.639
 he crisscrossed

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.740
 the region of

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.240
 Galilee.

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 What would often

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.220
 be seen throughout

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.399
 the narrative as

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.480
 casting out demons

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.420
 and liberating

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.000
 those who had

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.460
 been in bondage

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.180
 to demons and

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.799
 Mary was one

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.299
 of those.

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.440
 He had taught

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.759
 there.

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.099
 He had healed

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.420
 there.

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.660
 She had heard

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.599
 Jesus teach

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.259
 there.

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.680
 She had heard

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.200
 the preaching

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.000
 of the kingdom

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.259
 of God there.

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.539
 And Mary was

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.799
 not some random

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.920
 face in the

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.240
 crowd.

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.519
 Mary had an

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.339
 encounter with

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.920
 Christ, a

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.779
 friendship with

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.400
 the Lord Jesus.

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.240
 In Luke chapter

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.759
 8 we find that

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.599
 she was also a

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.779
 faithful supporter

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.399
 of Christ's

00:23:42.399 --> 00:23:42.799
 ministry.

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.639
 Luke's account

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.139
 lets us know

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.539
 that she is

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.720
 financially vested.

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.680
 She along

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.399
 with many other

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.059
 women are

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.379
 sponsoring Christ

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.599
 as he is

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.480
 carrying out

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.039
 this public

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.559
 ministry.

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.759
 She's part of

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.220
 the group who

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.859
 also traveled

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.200
 with the

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.579
 disciples.

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 She's part of

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.519
 the group that

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.359
 was on this

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.220
 pilgrimage as

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.059
 this final

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.799
 trek into

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.019
 Jerusalem during

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.599
 the time of

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.039
 Passover.

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 It was Mary

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.420
 Magdalene and

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.480
 many other women

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.200
 and the disciples

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.759
 who would make

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.539
 their way together

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.700
 up to Jerusalem.

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.579
 It's Mary

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.440
 Magdalene who's

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:13.980
 at the cross.

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.460
 It's Mary

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.079
 Magdalene, one

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.019
 of the very few,

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:18.519
 two ladies who

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.859
 lingered long

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.940
 enough at the

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.859
 cross to see

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:23.259
 where Christ

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.039
 would be taken

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.940
 and buried.

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.000
 Mary Magdalene

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.539
 would see that.

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.299
 And here she is

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.639
 again.

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.180
 In her devotion

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.539
 she's lingering

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.180
 at the tomb.

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:34.339
 Hanging on to the

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.039
 moments and the

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.819
 memories that she

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:37.740
 had with this

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.359
 one that she

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.859
 cherished.

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.460
 There's no wonder

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:42.180
 why Mary is

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.660
 crying.

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.720
 Jesus was not a

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.740
 distant figure to

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:45.960
 her.

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.380
 Jesus was one who

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.140
 delivered her from

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:49.340
 darkness, who had

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.259
 given her dignity,

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.460
 who had received her

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.380
 devotion, who had

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.100
 changed the entire

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:54.660
 course of her life.

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.240
 And now in her

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:58.000
 mind he's gone.

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.620
 Overcome by grief

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:01.539
 she looks into the

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.400
 tomb one more time.

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.200
 Notice in verse

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.720
 11, Mary stood

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.700
 weeping outside the

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.480
 tomb and as she

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.980
 wept she stooped to

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.799
 look into the tomb

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.639
 and she saw two

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.559
 angels in white

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.500
 sitting where the

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.379
 body of Jesus had

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.680
 lain.

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.519
 One at the head

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.480
 and one at the

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.779
 feet.

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.899
 They said to her

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.919
 woman why are you

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.339
 weeping?

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.539
 She said to them

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.460
 they have taken

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.379
 away my Lord and I

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.759
 do not know where

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.980
 they have laid him.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.279
 I don't know if

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.779
 you've ever been

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:29.079
 struck by these

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.000
 verses but here

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:31.319
 here's Mary Magdalene

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.700
 she's looking at

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.440
 angels.

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:36.099
 They're there in the

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:38.019
 tomb and she seems

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.099
 to be totally

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.899
 unfazed by their

00:25:40.899 --> 00:25:41.399
 presence.

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.179
 How is that

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.579
 possible?

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:45.399
 Not surprised,

00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:46.240
 not startled,

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.259
 not frightened,

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.899
 just has this

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:51.379
 blindness in her

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:51.679
 heart.

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.379
 She's overcome

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:53.519
 by grief.

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.639
 She cannot see

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.919
 what's right in

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.279
 front of her.

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:58.000
 The grace of God

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.259
 sending his angels

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.799
 to minister to her

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:02.059
 to give her hope

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.000
 to let her know

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.899
 about the risen

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.699
 Lord and all she

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.360
 can say is they've

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:08.080
 taken the Lord out

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.940
 of the tomb and we

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:10.460
 do not know where

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.160
 they have laid him.

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.600
 Then John gives us

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.200
 one of the most

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.360
 remarkable details in

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.259
 all of the

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.100
 resurrection narrative.

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.620
 Verse 20 says

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:20.259
 having said this

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.799
 she turned around

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.740
 and saw Jesus

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:26.360
 standing but she

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.500
 did not know that

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.279
 it was Jesus.

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.240
 Can you imagine?

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.000
 Think of that.

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.779
 She sees him.

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:35.619
 She speaks to him

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:37.519
 and she misses him.

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:39.160
 In spite of all the

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.299
 personal experience

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.460
 that Mary had had,

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.399
 she had observed

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.000
 his ministry,

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:44.019
 she had heard his

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.359
 teachings,

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.200
 she had enjoyed

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.379
 the benefits of

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.220
 the deliverance

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.899
 that he gave,

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.299
 she had watched

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.799
 his life,

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.480
 she had stood

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.099
 at the cross,

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.259
 she was there

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.839
 at the tomb,

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.339
 she hears him

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:56.119
 speak and she

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.700
 misses him.

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.759
 See that's how

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:01.720
 deep human

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.720
 blindness can be.

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.299
 And that's why

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.920
 salvation is never

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.600
 merely the product

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.500
 of nearness.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.380
 It's never merely

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.640
 the product of

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.339
 proximity.

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.680
 It is always

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.539
 a product of God

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:19.200
 opening blind eyes.

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.880
 See,

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.299
 pay attention

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.019
 to this now

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.380
 work of Christ

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.180
 in the response

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.720
 of Christ

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.940
 in verse 15.

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.820
 woman,

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.220
 why are you

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.660
 weeping?

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.000
 Whom are you

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.320
 seeking?

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.220
 I love the

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.000
 tenderness of our

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.259
 Savior.

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.019
 We don't see

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.160
 any harsh rebuke.

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.240
 We don't see

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.279
 the condescending

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.920
 glare.

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.200
 We don't see

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.200
 the disapproval

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.279
 or the disgust

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:46.640
 in Christ's

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.279
 response

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.019
 to Mary.

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.620
 But what you see

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.340
 is compassion.

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:52.200
 You see the

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.279
 same Savior

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.200
 who wept

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.320
 with Mary

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.259
 at the tomb

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.059
 of Lazarus

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:59.419
 and is now

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.319
 entering into

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.859
 the grief

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.700
 of another

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.139
 disciple,

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.899
 another Mary

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:04.099
 here at the

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.019
 empty tomb.

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.599
 The Lord is

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.639
 not irritated

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.220
 by weak

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.639
 disciples.

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.819
 Be blessed

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.939
 that God

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.740
 is not irritated

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.220
 by weak

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.599
 vacillating

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.279
 disciples.

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.899
 He is not

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.519
 unmoved

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.279
 by your tears.

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:21.139
 He understands,

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.259
 He cares,

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.220
 His heart

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.899
 is full of

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.399
 compassion

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.220
 for those

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.759
 who are broken,

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.539
 for those

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.039
 who are hurting,

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.779
 for those

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.119
 who bring

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.599
 their sorrow.

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.740
 Bring your

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.119
 sorrow,

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.779
 your pain

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.539
 to the Lord

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:31.879
 Jesus.

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:32.940
 He will

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.379
 meet you

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.079
 there.

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.319
 See,

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.359
 she knew

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.799
 what Christ

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.279
 had done.

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.879
 She knew

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.640
 the truths

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.200
 that Christ

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.900
 had shared.

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.019
 She even

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.079
 had recounted,

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.700
 probably was able

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.160
 to share

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.039
 the verses

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.359
 that Christ

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.619
 was offering

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.700
 her to understand.

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.680
 And yet,

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.400
 there's still

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.519
 here in this

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.259
 moment

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.119
 confusion.

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.019
 You see,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.619
 we might

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.299
 know all

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.200
 of the

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.640
 theology,

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.200
 we might

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.799
 know all

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.420
 the facts,

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.599
 but unless

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.000
 we come

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.299
 to know

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.960
 the person

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.140
 of Christ,

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.559
 we'll never

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.259
 come to

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.119
 enjoy salvation.

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.319
 We learn

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.960
 from Mary's

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.740
 story that

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.079
 the risen

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.839
 Christ is

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.900
 still full

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.539
 of compassion

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.400
 towards those

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.319
 who carry

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.720
 sorrow,

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.299
 who carry

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.720
 burdens.

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.400
 So come

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.759
 and see

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.379
 this empty

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.640
 tomb.

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.240
 Believe

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.799
 in the

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.200
 testimony

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.100
 of the

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.340
 empty

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.600
 tomb.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.080
 Bring

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:25.240
 your sorrow

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.960
 to the

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.360
 empty

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.740
 tomb.

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.200
 But this,

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.440
 perhaps most

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.880
 important,

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.000
 meet your

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.100
 Savior at

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:32.420
 the empty

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.660
 tomb.

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.519
 We see

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.880
 this in

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:36.340
 verse 16,

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.740
 but the end

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.340
 of verse 15

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.580
 says,

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.299
 supposing him

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.680
 to be the

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.100
 gardener,

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.720
 she said to

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:39.860
 him,

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.140
 Sir,

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.779
 if you have

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.299
 carried him

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.620
 away,

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.420
 tell me

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.840
 where you

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.220
 have laid

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.480
 him,

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.220
 and I

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.660
 will take

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.140
 him away.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.120
 Jesus

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.580
 said to

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:46.799
 her,

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.640
 Mary.

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.840
 She

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:50.140
 turned and

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.559
 said to

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.000
 him in

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.539
 Aramaic,

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.159
 Rabboni,

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.079
 which means

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.559
 teacher.

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:56.119
 One word

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.119
 is all

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.740
 it took,

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.480
 Mary.

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.399
 He says

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.079
 her name,

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.839
 and with

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.460
 this one

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.779
 word,

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.460
 the darkness

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.420
 breaks,

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.079
 the confusion

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.639
 lifts,

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.960
 the blindness

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.299
 turns to

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.680
 sight,

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.539
 and the sorrow

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.259
 gives way to

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.759
 recognition.

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.700
 What was it

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.579
 about this

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.299
 one word?

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:16.940
 And I

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.220
 think there

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.440
 are two

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.420
 reasons why

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.339
 this word

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.839
 was so

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.319
 important.

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:22.399
 first is

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.339
 because we

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.779
 need to

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.579
 hear the

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:24.939
 word of

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.240
 God to

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.319
 be changed

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:27.319
 by the

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.539
 word.

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.639
 You know

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.159
 what Paul

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.599
 says in

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:29.899
 Romans

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.419
 chapter 10

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:31.039
 verse 17?

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:31.960
 He says

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.139
 faith comes

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:34.359
 by hearing

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:35.319
 and hearing

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.799
 by the

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.519
 word of

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.059
 Christ.

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:37.859
 Mary,

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.579
 like the

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.039
 disciples,

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.859
 needed to

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.379
 be informed

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.740
 by the

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.039
 scriptures.

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.759
 Sometimes a

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.359
 very simple

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.659
 word,

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.419
 Mary,

00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.539
 brought the

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.980
 rest of

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.439
 his words

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:47.079
 come flooding

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.859
 back to

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.379
 her memory.

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:49.059
 She needed

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.480
 to hear the

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.759
 word of

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.180
 Christ.

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.740
 And second,

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.960
 she needed

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.460
 to hear a

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.119
 word that

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.740
 was personal

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.299
 to her.

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.019
 The Lord

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.359
 knew her

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.599
 name.

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.180
 He said

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.180
 it in

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.599
 only the

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.299
 way that

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.980
 the Savior

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.500
 could say

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.700
 it.

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.099
 It reminds

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.740
 me of what

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.640
 Christ says

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.480
 of him

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.000
 being the

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.539
 good shepherd

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.920
 in John

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.480
 chapter 10.

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.140
 He says

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.480
 this,

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.500
 he who

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.200
 enters by

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.579
 the door

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:11.900
 is the

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.259
 shepherd of

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.619
 the sheep.

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.579
 The sheep

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.940
 hear his

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.420
 voice and

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.900
 he calls

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.279
 his own

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.720
 sheep by

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.099
 name.

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.879
 He goes

00:31:16.879 --> 00:31:17.759
 before them

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.379
 and the

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:19.019
 sheep follow

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.700
 him for

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.099
 they know

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.740
 his voice.

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.140
 I am the

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.599
 good shepherd.

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.779
 I know

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.299
 my own

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.160
 and my

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.480
 own

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.379
 know me.

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.779
 This was

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.420
 not just

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.799
 mere

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.519
 recognition

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.599
 of Mary.

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.539
 This is

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.059
 revelation.

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.980
 She sees

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.980
 Jesus for

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.640
 who he is

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.879
 and the

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:38.240
 good shepherd

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.279
 called her

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.819
 by name

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.900
 and she

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.359
 understood

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.500
 his voice.

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.599
 What happened

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.099
 for Mary

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.740
 is what

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.379
 must happen

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.980
 for every

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.399
 one of

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.719
 us at

00:31:46.719 --> 00:31:47.199
 some point

00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:48.539
 because the

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.059
 gospel is

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.439
 meant to be

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:49.919
 personal.

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.000
 It's meant

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.219
 to be

00:31:51.219 --> 00:31:51.679
 individual.

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.119
 It's meant

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.019
 to call

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.839
 you as

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.500
 an individual.

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.299
 Not merely

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.980
 the subject

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.859
 of stories.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.379
 He's not

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.919
 merely the

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.639
 object of

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.199
 admiration.

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.079
 He's not

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.559
 merely the

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.139
 center of

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.719
 arguments but

00:32:02.719 --> 00:32:03.119
 he must

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.759
 be known.

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.019
 He must

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.619
 be heard.

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.899
 He must

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.799
 be worshipped.

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.439
 This is why

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.919
 the resurrection

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.699
 matters so

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:11.359
 deeply because

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.939
 it not just

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:13.000
 proves that

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.919
 his death

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.920
 and resurrection

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.039
 were real but

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.800
 it proves that

00:32:16.800 --> 00:32:17.300
 he offers

00:32:17.300 --> 00:32:17.720
 life.

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.820
 He offers

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.440
 life to

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.500
 everyone who

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.920
 will believe

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.160
 in his

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.380
 name.

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.759
 He will

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.060
 come to

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:24.680
 understand what

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.100
 he has come

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.519
 to offer.

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.680
 And Mary

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.200
 here is

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.920
 delivered again.

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.279
 She was

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.000
 delivered first

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.440
 from the

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.000
 bondage of

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.300
 demons.

00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.000
 Then she

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.640
 was delivered

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.140
 from the

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.720
 bondage of

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.080
 sin.

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.680
 She is

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.420
 enjoying the

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.060
 benefits of

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:36.440
 faith.

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.080
 Faith has

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.920
 become sight

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.580
 and it now

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.300
 leads her one

00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:40.960
 more step.

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:42.880
 It's one more

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.600
 step we find

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.939
 in verses

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.599
 17 and

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.000
 18.

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.339
 Share the

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.799
 news of

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.079
 the empty

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.319
 tomb.

00:32:48.219 --> 00:32:48.659
 Share the

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.699
 news of

00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:49.959
 the empty

00:32:49.959 --> 00:32:50.240
 tomb.

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.919
 Find in

00:32:51.919 --> 00:32:52.480
 verse 17

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.019
 Jesus said

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.199
 to her,

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.659
 Do not

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.159
 cling to

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.939
 me for

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.139
 I have

00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.500
 not yet

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.219
 ascended to

00:32:56.219 --> 00:32:56.699
 the father

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.599
 but go to

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.079
 my brothers

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.659
 and say to

00:32:58.659 --> 00:32:59.219
 them I am

00:32:59.219 --> 00:33:00.279
 ascending to

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.919
 my father

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.339
 and to

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.839
 your father

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.719
 to my

00:33:02.719 --> 00:33:03.219
 God and

00:33:03.219 --> 00:33:03.500
 to your

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.879
 God.

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.480
 Mary Magdalene

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.019
 went and

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.500
 announced to

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.959
 the disciples

00:33:06.959 --> 00:33:07.740
 I have seen

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.299
 the Lord

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.839
 and that he

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.199
 has said

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.779
 these things

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.199
 to her.

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.779
 Mary doesn't

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.259
 want to let

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.059
 Jesus go.

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.460
 She is

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.019
 clinging to

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.740
 him for

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.539
 all she is

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:16.759
 worth.

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.380
 She doesn't

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:17.660
 want to

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.039
 lose him.

00:33:19.840 --> 00:33:20.360
 But Jesus

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.460
 wants to

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.380
 redirect Mary's

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.740
 focus.

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.559
 Wants to

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.980
 help her

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.380
 understand the

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.059
 whole purpose

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.700
 of his

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.039
 coming.

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.100
 He says

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.860
 I am

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.600
 ascending to

00:33:29.600 --> 00:33:30.160
 my father.

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.500
 Mary I'm

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.120
 not staying.

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.620
 I never

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.400
 planned to

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.940
 stick around.

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.000
 I'm departing

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.080
 just like I

00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:38.460
 told the

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.720
 disciples that

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.039
 the whole

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.759
 purpose for

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.240
 me coming

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.180
 and dying

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:43.019
 and rising

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.880
 again is

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.380
 not so that

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.680
 I would be

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.200
 a permanent

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.980
 fixture here

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.480
 but that

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.100
 you would

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.660
 be able to

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.140
 enjoy the

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.140
 benefits of

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.720
 the indwelling

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.480
 Holy Spirit.

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.700
 The Spirit's

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.360
 presence will

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.960
 be among you.

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.279
 Look to

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.579
 him.

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.360
 So don't

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.980
 relate to me

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.279
 as though

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.660
 things are

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.319
 simply going

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.860
 back to

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.200
 how they

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.519
 were.

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.860
 My death

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.600
 and resurrection

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:02.579
 have changed

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.720
 everything Mary.

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.900
 Understand

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.000
 things are

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.600
 different now.

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.679
 Don't set

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.139
 your hope

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.400
 merely on

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.099
 my physical

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:13.119
 presence but

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.159
 understand the

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.379
 greater spiritual

00:34:15.379 --> 00:34:16.199
 reality that

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.299
 is possible

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:18.219
 because of

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.559
 what I've

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.000
 accomplished

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.619
 for you.

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.139
 A greater

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.799
 presence,

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.859
 an indwelling

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:22.480
 presence.

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.759
 Mary recognize

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.379
 the wonder

00:34:24.379 --> 00:34:24.960
 of that.

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.400
 And now

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.359
 this relationship

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:28.219
 that's changed

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:29.039
 notice how

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.599
 Jesus says

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.960
 go and tell

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.859
 my brothers.

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.379
 That is

00:34:33.379 --> 00:34:34.339
 striking because

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:36.219
 before he

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.639
 had called

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.339
 them the

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.639
 twelve.

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.179
 The disciples

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.839
 were the

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.239
 twelve.

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.460
 Or they

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.940
 were little

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.419
 children.

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.879
 Or they

00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:42.799
 were servants.

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.259
 Or they

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:44.019
 were friends.

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.779
 But now

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.719
 Jesus is

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.199
 referring to

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.079
 them as

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.739
 brothers because

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.960
 everything has

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.500
 changed.

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.399
 He describes

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:53.099
 this now

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.839
 profound

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.940
 identity that

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.219
 they can

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.919
 enjoy because

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.219
 of what

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:57.039
 Christ has

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.659
 accomplished.

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:58.539
 I am

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.219
 ascending to

00:34:59.219 --> 00:34:59.879
 my father

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:00.759
 and to

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.419
 your father

00:35:01.419 --> 00:35:02.319
 to my

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:02.940
 God and

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.619
 your God.

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.139
 There's now

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.779
 this personal

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.299
 nature.

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:07.360
 this shared

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.200
 relationship

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:08.920
 that we

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.519
 get to

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.900
 enjoy.

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.380
 This new

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.860
 identity

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.539
 that's

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.039
 possible

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.560
 because of

00:35:12.560 --> 00:35:13.000
 Christ.

00:35:13.240 --> 00:35:13.580
 Of what

00:35:13.580 --> 00:35:13.800
 he's

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.260
 accomplished.

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:16.080
 He's your

00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:16.580
 God now.

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:17.019
 He's your

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:18.080
 father now.

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.019
 The wall

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.519
 has been

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.800
 torn down.

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.760
 The veil

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.720
 has been

00:35:23.720 --> 00:35:24.300
 ripped in

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.620
 two.

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.420
 Access

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.320
 to the

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.780
 Lord is

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.480
 now possible

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.360
 for those

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.760
 who believe

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.120
 in him.

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.420
 In this

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.220
 new saving

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:32.060
 faith it

00:35:32.060 --> 00:35:32.440
 will do

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.800
 something.

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.100
 Well what

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.300
 does it

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.560
 do?

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.679
 Well it

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.299
 sends

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.659
 them.

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.179
 Notice

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.480
 Mary is

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.779
 sent.

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.360
 Jesus

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.759
 commands

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.759
 her go

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.779
 to my

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.320
 brothers

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:44.619
 and say

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.039
 to them

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:46.719
 Mary go

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.119
 and tell.

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.579
 Tell them

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.659
 everything

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.099
 that you've

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.360
 heard.

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:51.719
 This is the

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.279
 beginning of

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.980
 the promise

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.400
 of what we'll

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.719
 see as now

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.279
 we turn the

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:56.019
 page to this

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.460
 church.

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.279
 This church

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.840
 age we've

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.400
 been studying

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.079
 over the

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.619
 past couple

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.159
 of weeks.

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.820
 The death

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.460
 and resurrection

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.099
 of Christ

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.319
 has changed

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.000
 everything for

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.339
 us.

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.719
 Remember this

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.500
 promise in

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.880
 Acts chapter

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.319
 1 verse

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.579
 8.

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.619
 You will

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.579
 receive power

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.199
 when the

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.659
 Holy Spirit

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.000
 has come

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.659
 upon you

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.460
 and you

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.420
 will be

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.460
 my witnesses.

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.480
 This

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.239
 twofold

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.599
 promise of

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.059
 what will be

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.339
 accomplished for

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:21.679
 those who

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.079
 believe in

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.380
 Jesus.

00:36:23.319 --> 00:36:23.579
 This

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.119
 indwelling

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.960
 power you

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.599
 will receive.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.900
 This

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.139
 mission now

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.099
 you will be

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.759
 witnesses and

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.819
 Mary now

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:32.179
 becomes this

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.079
 first witness.

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.420
 witness.

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:35.539
 Mary obeys.

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.319
 We find that

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.039
 in verse 18.

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.139
 Mary Magdalene

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.659
 went and

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.119
 announced to

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.539
 the disciples

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.599
 I have seen

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.000
 the Lord.

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.360
 And what a

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.960
 beautiful thing

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.539
 it is that

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:45.179
 Jesus now

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.900
 uses Mary

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:47.139
 as this

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.480
 first mouthpiece

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:49.819
 of this gospel

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:51.159
 message that's

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.759
 being shared

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.339
 now to the

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:53.000
 disciples and

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:54.539
 will now make

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.400
 its way as we

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.019
 find we turn

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.719
 the page to

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.519
 the book of

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.779
 Acts.

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.279
 We'll make

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.940
 its way to

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:00.099
 Jerusalem and

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:01.179
 to Judea and

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.819
 Samaria and

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.280
 the uttermost

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.800
 parts of

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.059
 the earth.

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.539
 We are

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:05.720
 beneficiaries of

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.519
 this gospel

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.880
 witness that

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.940
 started because

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:10.460
 of Christ

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.180
 encouraging Mary

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:13.180
 to be in the

00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:14.820
 first in line

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:16.000
 to share this

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.039
 amazing message

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.980
 of the risen

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.380
 savior.

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.300
 One who had

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:21.120
 been bound by

00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:22.480
 demons is now

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.820
 freed.

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.800
 Freed by the

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.740
 resurrection and

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.100
 the life.

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:27.840
 So what lessons

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.340
 do we learn?

00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:30.000
 What lessons do

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.400
 we need to

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.940
 take to heart?

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:32.199
 Well first we

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.639
 need to come

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.059
 and see.

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.699
 See the gospel

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.440
 of John has

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.179
 been intensely

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:37.340
 personal.

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.760
 It requires a

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:41.019
 personal decision.

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:42.099
 No one can

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.820
 make a decision

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.940
 of faith for

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.159
 you.

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.860
 No one else's

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.659
 faith can be

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.539
 credited to your

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:47.940
 account.

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.440
 You must

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.920
 believe.

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:51.500
 You must

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.280
 confess.

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.500
 You must

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.619
 worship the

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.639
 Lord for

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.079
 yourself.

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.579
 You cannot

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.780
 rest in your

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.200
 devotion.

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.840
 You must

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.540
 hope in the

00:38:01.540 --> 00:38:01.800
 savior.

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.600
 Second believe

00:38:03.600 --> 00:38:04.240
 the testimony.

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.380
 The resurrection

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.960
 has been

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.740
 attested to

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.800
 and the empty

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.900
 tomb remains

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.880
 empty today.

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.500
 The grave

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.100
 clothes were

00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:12.480
 there.

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:14.280
 The eyewitnesses

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.120
 testimonies were

00:38:15.120 --> 00:38:15.480
 given.

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.960
 The works of

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:18.220
 Christ attested

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.800
 to the divinity

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.640
 and identity

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.900
 of who he was.

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.740
 The signs

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:24.700
 that Christ

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:25.280
 promised

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.320
 were given

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.480
 so that you

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.019
 might believe.

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.400
 And that those

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:29.940
 who were closest

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.340
 to him,

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.260
 Mary,

00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.800
 the disciples,

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.340
 and then 500

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.100
 that would see

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:36.260
 Jesus in

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.800
 Galilee,

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.000
 we find in

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.540
 1 Corinthians

00:38:38.540 --> 00:38:39.320
 chapter 15,

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.680
 they all gave

00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:41.320
 and bore

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:42.660
 witness to the

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.940
 credibility of

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.580
 this message.

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.600
 The risen Lord

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.920
 had in fact

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.920
 risen from the

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.140
 dead.

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:51.440
 Believe the

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.860
 testimony.

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.000
 You see,

00:38:53.080 --> 00:38:53.760
 Christianity is

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.560
 not built on

00:38:54.560 --> 00:38:55.800
 wishful thinking.

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.500
 it's actually

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.300
 built on

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.700
 grounded,

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.100
 testifiable

00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:01.120
 facts that

00:39:01.120 --> 00:39:01.580
 God has given

00:39:01.580 --> 00:39:02.019
 to us.

00:39:02.580 --> 00:39:03.340
 This historic

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.060
 triumph of

00:39:04.060 --> 00:39:04.720
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.620
 We learn the

00:39:06.620 --> 00:39:07.360
 lesson of being

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.860
 able to bring

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.340
 our sorrow.

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:09.600
 Bring our sorrow

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:09.960
 to him.

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.260
 We see in

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.880
 Jesus one who

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.620
 sympathizes with

00:39:12.620 --> 00:39:12.920
 sorrow.

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:14.200
 He has been

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:14.760
 touched with the

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:16.019
 feelings of our

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.620
 infirmities.

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.320
 His compassion

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.240
 is real.

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.920
 And some of you

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.600
 this morning

00:39:21.600 --> 00:39:22.860
 may need to be

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.660
 encouraged by the

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:25.539
 fact that Jesus

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.659
 cares about your

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.299
 hurt and your

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:27.579
 pain.

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.219
 Jesus can

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.960
 sympathize with

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:31.759
 the heartbreak

00:39:31.759 --> 00:39:32.420
 that maybe you

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.279
 are experiencing

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.899
 even now.

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.399
 Maybe you're

00:39:35.399 --> 00:39:35.719
 weary.

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.980
 Maybe your

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.859
 emotions are

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.139
 raw.

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.239
 Maybe you have

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.719
 felt the

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:40.759
 injustice of

00:39:40.759 --> 00:39:41.639
 those around

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.899
 you.

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.139
 Maybe life

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.480
 has been

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.279
 very, very

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:45.879
 hard and

00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:46.539
 Jesus cares.

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:48.339
 Bring your

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:49.079
 sorrow to

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.359
 him.

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.319
 Remember Mary

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:51.960
 at the tomb.

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.059
 Jesus did not

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.759
 shame her.

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.299
 He met her.

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.980
 He spoke her

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.299
 name.

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:59.019
 He called her

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:00.079
 to himself.

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:02.079
 And he invites

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:03.199
 her to enjoy

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:05.340
 fellowship with

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:06.759
 him through

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.239
 Christ.

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.679
 The same kind

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.079
 of fellowship

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.559
 that we can

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.179
 experience as we

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:12.380
 bring our sorrow

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.460
 to Christ.

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.799
 Fourth, we need

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.179
 to meet our

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.440
 Savior.

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:17.299
 Jesus stands

00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:18.559
 ready to save.

00:40:19.279 --> 00:40:20.059
 He stands

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.380
 ready to save.

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:23.140
 The Son of

00:40:23.140 --> 00:40:23.539
 Man has

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.340
 come to

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.539
 seek and

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.260
 to save

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.000
 those who

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.460
 are lost.

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.079
 Are you lost

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.460
 this morning?

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.740
 Jesus wants

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.360
 to save you.

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:31.140
 He wants to

00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:31.820
 be your

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.640
 Savior, your

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:33.200
 deliverer.

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.960
 He wants

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:35.780
 to unlock

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:37.039
 the door of

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.539
 your heart

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.460
 and let you

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.300
 experience the

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:40.099
 freedom that

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.880
 only comes

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.420
 through knowing

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.280
 and experiencing

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:43.000
 Christ.

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.619
 He wants

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.440
 to save.

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:45.720
 And this,

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.140
 he's the only

00:40:47.140 --> 00:40:48.019
 means of rescue.

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.900
 He's not a

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:50.720
 backup plan.

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:52.079
 He's not life

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:53.139
 insurance as it

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.360
 were.

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.420
 He's not one

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:54.920
 of many

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.720
 possibilities.

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.460
 Cast yourself

00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:00.240
 entirely on

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.480
 him.

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.639
 Abandon

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:04.539
 self-rescue.

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.519
 Reject every

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.380
 other promise

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.300
 of deliverance

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:10.119
 Jesus alone

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:11.000
 can save.

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.720
 Finally,

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.820
 share the

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.119
 news.

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.460
 Share the

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:15.720
 news.

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.400
 I'm struck

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.440
 with Christ's

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.139
 two-fold promise

00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.379
 here.

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:20.420
 You will be

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.420
 filled.

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.799
 You will

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.799
 receive power

00:41:22.799 --> 00:41:23.659
 and you

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.339
 will be

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.799
 witnesses.

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.480
 Those who

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.319
 believe in

00:41:27.319 --> 00:41:27.859
 Christ will

00:41:27.859 --> 00:41:28.400
 be changed.

00:41:28.839 --> 00:41:29.819
 And one of

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.639
 the greatest

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:32.119
 ways for us

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.139
 to understand

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:34.179
 and see the

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:35.159
 change that

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.719
 Christ has

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.359
 produced in

00:41:36.359 --> 00:41:37.159
 us is that

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:38.379
 now we can't

00:41:38.379 --> 00:41:39.559
 help but speak

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.339
 about what

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:40.879
 he's done.

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:42.299
 I'm reminded

00:41:42.299 --> 00:41:43.339
 we're those

00:41:43.339 --> 00:41:44.420
 who proclaim

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.599
 the praises

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.000
 of him,

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.500
 who called

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.960
 us out of

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.320
 darkness,

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.059
 into his

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:48.380
 marvelous

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.659
 light.

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.220
 We can't

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.679
 help it

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.300
 because the

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:52.360
 spirit indwells

00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:53.019
 us and

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.860
 makes us

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.320
 witnesses.

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.639
 It's one

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.019
 of the

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:58.099
 beautiful

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.960
 confirming

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.760
 signs that

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.420
 you belong

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:01.900
 to him.

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.079
 It's you

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:04.220
 delight in

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:05.659
 speaking about

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:05.980
 him.

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.159
 So what do

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.619
 we do with

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:08.920
 this?

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.760
 Well, we

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.420
 don't stand

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.740
 at the empty

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.740
 tomb nearly as

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.619
 observers today.

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:16.859
 we're not

00:42:16.859 --> 00:42:17.480
 to admire

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.579
 this story

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.039
 from a

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.519
 distance.

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:21.000
 We're not

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.599
 to be content

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.299
 with devotion

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:23.219
 that never

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:24.259
 becomes real

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:25.559
 enduring faith.

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.099
 We're not

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.500
 to settle

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.199
 for religious

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:29.219
 familiarity

00:42:29.219 --> 00:42:30.139
 without a

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:31.119
 personal trust

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:31.960
 in Jesus

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.480
 Christ.

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.019
 We don't

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:35.000
 celebrate the

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.579
 sign of

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:37.199
 his resurrection

00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:38.819
 while refusing

00:42:38.819 --> 00:42:39.619
 the Savior

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.199
 himself.

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:42.659
 Come to

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:42.960
 the risen

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.420
 Christ.

00:42:44.839 --> 00:42:45.139
 And like

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.659
 Mary, go

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:45.980
 and tell.

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:48.099
 There is a

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:49.139
 world full

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.219
 of weeping

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:51.239
 people in

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:52.059
 empty places.

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.480
 Be changed.

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.940
 Allow the

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.899
 miracle of

00:42:58.899 --> 00:43:00.059
 Christ's

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.519
 resurrection

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:02.500
 to activate

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:03.319
 in your life

00:43:03.319 --> 00:43:04.399
 a message,

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.179
 a witness

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:06.539
 of change

00:43:06.539 --> 00:43:06.819
 of what

00:43:06.819 --> 00:43:07.179
 Christ has

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.599
 accomplished.

00:43:08.299 --> 00:43:08.779
 Let's pray.

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:10.780
 Father,

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.260
 thank you

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:12.300
 for this

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:13.800
 amazing work,

00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:16.760
 this final

00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:18.320
 sign that

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:19.019
 Christ is

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.640
 in fact

00:43:19.640 --> 00:43:20.120
 the one

00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:20.620
 who raised

00:43:20.620 --> 00:43:20.900
 from the

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.100
 dead.

00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:22.640
 And Father,

00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:23.060
 I pray that

00:43:23.060 --> 00:43:23.200
 you would

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:23.480
 not just

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.100
 lead us

00:43:24.100 --> 00:43:24.960
 into faith,

00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:26.060
 but that

00:43:26.060 --> 00:43:26.360
 you would

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:26.880
 help us

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.360
 to be a

00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:28.060
 mouthpiece

00:43:28.060 --> 00:43:29.019
 of the

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.780
 message so

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:30.340
 that others

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:31.160
 can enjoy

00:43:31.160 --> 00:43:31.640
 the faith

00:43:31.640 --> 00:43:31.900
 that you

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.180
 offer.

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:34.100
 Thank you

00:43:34.100 --> 00:43:34.400
 that you

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.180
 are the

00:43:35.180 --> 00:43:35.600
 seeking

00:43:35.600 --> 00:43:36.160
 Savior.

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.340
 You've

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:37.800
 come to

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:38.620
 seek and

00:43:38.620 --> 00:43:39.160
 to save

00:43:39.160 --> 00:43:39.900
 those who

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.280
 are lost.

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:40.680
 And Lord,

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:41.240
 this morning,

00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:41.500
 if there's

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.800
 anybody who

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:43.300
 does not

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:43.720
 know you

00:43:43.720 --> 00:43:44.039
 as their

00:43:44.039 --> 00:43:44.340
 Savior,

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.340
 I pray that

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:45.600
 they would

00:43:45.600 --> 00:43:46.740
 find someone

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.740
 that they

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:48.300
 know who

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:49.500
 loves you,

00:43:50.140 --> 00:43:50.500
 who can

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.060
 share with

00:43:51.060 --> 00:43:51.900
 them how

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.200
 to have a

00:43:52.200 --> 00:43:52.600
 relationship

00:43:52.600 --> 00:43:53.300
 with you.

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.440
 Don't let

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:56.039
 them go away

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:57.280
 without knowing

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.680
 the Savior

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.160
 themselves.

00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.360
 Pray these

00:43:59.360 --> 00:43:59.660
 things in

00:43:59.660 --> 00:44:00.200
 Jesus' name.

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.620
 Amen.