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 If you would open up your Bibles to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, it's in your New Testament, and it's on page 1142 of the Black Pew Bible in your pews in front of you.

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 So 1142, and I'm going to read 1 Corinthians 15, 1 through 4.

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 Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved.

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 If you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

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 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

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 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

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 May God bless the hearing of His word.

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 When I was a boy, my family went to a relative's funeral, and I was standing with my mom as we were walking by the open gasket of our relative who had died.

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 And my mom had me touch our relative's hand.

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 And it was the first time I ever experienced corpse cold.

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 I knew instantaneously, dead people stayed dead.

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 There are some people that are brought back from the brink of death.

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 They're resuscitated.

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 Minutes go by, but somehow they're able to be brought back from the brink.

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 The claim of the Christian faith is that Jesus Christ was dead.

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 Corpse cold dead.

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 And on the third day, He was raised from the dead.

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 Dead people stay dead.

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 Unless you're Jesus Christ.

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 According to the Christian gospel,

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 Jesus Christ died by crucifixion on Friday,

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 Nisan 14.

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 Nisan is the Jewish word for the month in spring.

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 He was crucified on Friday, Nisan 14, 80-30,

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 and was raised from the dead on Sunday, Nisan 16, 80-30.

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 At the heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ are two vital claims.

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 And then He was raised from the dead on the third day.

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 Payment made.

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 And Christ was raised on the third day.

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 Payment accepted.

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 Payment accepted.

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 Both claims are absolutely necessary

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 to make the Christian gospel good news.

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 You remove either one, Christ's death or His resurrection,

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 and you've got a worthless religion.

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 But the gospel is this.

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 Christ died for our sins,

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 and was raised from the dead

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 so that God could make a way for sinners

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 to be rescued from His wrath

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 and to be reconciled to Him in peace.

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 The word gospel,

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 we think of it as a religious term.

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 But back in antiquity,

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 back in the first century and before,

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 it was not just a religious term.

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 So it would be used in a military context

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 where your army would win a battle

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 and there would be this runner run into the town

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 and they would announce the gospel of your army's victory.

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 Or when there was the birth of an emperor,

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 that news was announced as good news, gospel news.

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 What you need to understand,

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 in the first century,

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 there were a lot of gospels.

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 Just as in the 21st century.

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 We just don't call them gospels,

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 but we talk about them as good news.

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 The good news of your political party

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 that is proclaiming a hope for the future of our nation.

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 The good news of the health industry.

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 Did you know the U.S. health industry

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 is a $5 trillion business?

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 And there are a lot of people

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 who are proclaiming good news

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 for the future of your health.

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 There's the gospel of hedonism

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 that's proclaiming the hope

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 in your next sexual encounter.

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 There's the gospel, of course, of self.

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 Where your hope is in yourself.

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 All of these so-called gospels,

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 though they espouse some kind of hope,

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 they're actually hopeless.

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 They're useless.

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 When it comes to God's wrath,

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 they provide no solutions.

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 They just help you ignore it.

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 Not the gospel of Jesus Christ, though.

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 The gospel of Jesus Christ

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 recognizes that our biggest problem

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 as human beings

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 is God's wrath.

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 So this morning,

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 I'm going to just unpack two parts,

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 the two vital claims

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 of the Christian gospel.

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 That Christ died for our sins,

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 payment made.

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 And the second vital claim

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 is that Christ was raised from the dead.

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 And Christ's payment was accepted.

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 If you're not a Christian in the room,

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 what I want to show you this morning

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 is the relevance

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 of Christ's death

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 and resurrection.

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 You might not agree with it,

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 but I just want to show it to you.

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 I want you to see it.

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 And if you're a Christian in the room,

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 I want to help you be encouraged

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 by the resurrection.

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 Your Savior lives.

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 He's alive.

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 The gospel is of first importance.

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 It's the most important message

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 you will ever make a decision on

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 because only the gospel gives you hope

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 in the face of God's wrath.

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 So let's look at this

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 first vital claim of Christianity.

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 It's in verse 3.

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 If you're here on Friday night,

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 this is going to sound familiar,

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 but not all of it.

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 For the gospel to be good news,

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 you've got to be convinced

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 of something.

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 Sin.

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 Sin is any thought,

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 any feeling,

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 any word,

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 or deed

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 that opposes God's holy character

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 or opposes His perfect moral will.

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 We commit sins in two ways.

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 We commit sins by way of commission.

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 We do what God says don't do.

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 And omission.

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 We don't do what God tells us to do.

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 Jesus said,

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 be perfect as your heavenly Father

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 is perfect.

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 And as soon as I say that,

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 I'm guessing everyone in the room

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 is saying,

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 well, I'm not perfect.

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 Well,

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 anybody morally perfect

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 in the room?

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 Please raise your hand.

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 You know,

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 I was hoping there would be

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 just one bold person

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 because you know what I'd say?

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 I'd ask that person,

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 friend,

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 do you live up to your own expectations,

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 let alone God's?

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 Imagine that God keeps track

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 of your sins.

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 And He keeps track of your sins

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 with different sized black marbles.

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 And every time you sin,

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 whether that's omission

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 or commission,

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 whether that's in your head

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 or with your mouth

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 or with your body,

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 you hear this plunk

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 into a pickle barrel.

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 Every one of those marbles,

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 they're different sizes,

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 but they're all black.

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 And then every one

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 is written the word wrath.

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 Plunk.

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 Plunk, plunk.

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 You're going throughout your day.

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 Plunk, plunk, plunk.

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 Plunk.

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 Could you imagine

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 what happens in one day?

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 How many black marbles

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 you gain in a pickle barrel?

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 How about a week?

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 How about a month?

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 How about a year?

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 How about a decade?

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 How many pickle barrels

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 full of black marbles

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 will you have?

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 How about a lifetime?

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 How about a lifetime?

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 What this gets at is

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 how much we sin.

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 For all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 And what we tend to do

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 with all of this guilt

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 for sin,

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 real guilt

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 for real sin

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 against a real God

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 is we tend to want

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 to hide

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 these pickle barrels

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 full of black marbles.

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 We want to keep them

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 in places we don't see.

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 We want to avoid them.

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 We don't want to deal with them.

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 We don't want to deal with them.

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 But God's reaction

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 to our sinning

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 is far worse

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 than a black marble.

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 When we sin against

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 a holy, eternal,

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 just God,

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 His reaction

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 corresponds to that.

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 He has a holy,

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 eternal,

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 just reaction.

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 It's called

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 His wrath.

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 It's measured.

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 It's precise.

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 It's absolutely fair.

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 Jesus talked about

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 God's wrath

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 in John 3, 36.

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 He said,

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 those who believe the Son

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 have eternal life,

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 but those who do not

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 obey the Son,

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 God's wrath

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 remains on Him.

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 In Romans 2, 5,

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 we read this,

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 that all those

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 who have a hardened,

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 penitent heart

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 are storing up

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 God's wrath

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 for the day of wrath

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 when God's judgment

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 is revealed.

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 You see,

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 all of us,

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 apart from Christ,

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 we are

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 piling up

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 black marbles

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 in pickle barrels.

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 God's wrath

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 fairly,

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 justly

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 stands against us.

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 And the punishment

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 for that

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 is conscious,

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 eternal,

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 torment,

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 fueled by God's wrath.

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 The punishment

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 fits the crime

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 when you sin

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 against eternal God.

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 This is why

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 there's no

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 political good news

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 that's going to

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 address God's wrath.

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 There's no

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 economic good news

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 that's going to

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 help you

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 on the day of wrath.

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 There's no

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 social,

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 psychological

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 good news

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 for you.

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 Your sin

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 is real.

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 God's wrath

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 is real.

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 And we've got

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 to deal with it.

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 God holds

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 every one of us

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 responsible.

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 Do you know

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 what our biggest

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 problem is?

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 God's wrath.

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 And that's why

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 two little words

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 should start

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 to sing

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 to your soul.

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 Christ died.

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 In 1 Corinthians

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 15, 3,

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 we read

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 that Christ

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 died for

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 our sins.

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 Christ

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 died for

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 our sins

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 is really good news.

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 It's the first

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 vital claim

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 of the gospel.

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 Christ is a title.

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 It means Messiah.

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 And the Old Testament

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 is full of prophecies

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 of the coming

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 Messiah.

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 We looked at one

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 Friday night.

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 It was Isaiah 9, 6.

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 You remember it.

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 This is Christmas time.

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 A son is given.

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 A child has been born.

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 A human being

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 given to us.

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 His name shall be called

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 Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God,

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 Everlasting Father,

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 Prince of Peace.

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 The government

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 shall be

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 unpunished shoulders.

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 He's going to sit

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 on the throne of David.

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 His kingdom

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 will be

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 everlasting kingdom

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 without no end.

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 You see,

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 what Isaiah 9, 6, and 7

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 was talking about

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 is the coming

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 of the Christ.

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 Totally God,

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 eternal.

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 Totally man,

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 sinless human being.

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 Earlier in Isaiah 7,

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 you will know this.

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 He goes by a different title,

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 Emmanuel.

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 God with us.

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 His name is Jesus.

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 God in the flesh

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 who lived a sinless life.

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 And this perfect God-man

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 is the perfect go-between

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 a holy God

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 and a sinful humanity

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 who's piling up

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 black marvels.

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 The thing about this Emmanuel

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 totally God,

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 totally man

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 is He died

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 as a common criminal

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 on a Roman cross.

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 And the question is,

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 why?

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 Why would

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 the sinless,

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 perfect God-man

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 die on a cross

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 for our sins?

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 When you hear those

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 three words,

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 for our sins,

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 I want to put

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 another three words

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 in your head.

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 Penal substitutionary atonement.

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 Penal.

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 Christ's death

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 was a penalty.

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 He suffered a penalty.

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 The penalty of God's wrath.

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 Substitutionary.

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 He died in our place.

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 He bore God's eternal wrath.

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 It's atoning,

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 which means He removed

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 the penalty of sin

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 by satisfying God's wrath.

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 Check this out.

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 The eternal second person

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 of the Trinity,

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 Jesus the Son,

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 bore for six hours

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 on that first Good Friday

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 all of God's wrath

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 for all of eternity

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 on Himself

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 so that there is no more wrath.

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 Now,

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 our biggest problem

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 is God's wrath.

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 in the good news

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 of Jesus Christ

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 addresses it

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 head on.

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 Payment made.

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 He has made a way

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 to remove

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 all of your black marbles,

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 all of your pickle barrels,

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 all of it.

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 And we're told

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 this is in accordance

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 with the Scriptures.

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 In Isaiah 53,

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 we have this wonderful prophecy

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 of the coming

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 of a suffering servant,

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 the Christ.

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 And that passage

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 describes Him

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 in the most amazing ways

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 as a substitute.

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 He would be pierced

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 for our transgressions.

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 On Him would be laid

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 the chastisement

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 that brings us peace.

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 What this means is this.

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 The death of Jesus

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 has always been

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 a part of God's plan.

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 God's loving plan

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 to rescue sinners

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 has always,

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 always had in mind

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 centrally

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 the death

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 of His Son.

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 In God's love,

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 God has made a way

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 to rescue sinners

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 and remain just

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 through the death

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 This is good news.

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 This is the power

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 of the cross.

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 This is the first vital

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 claim of the gospel.

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 This is payment made.

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 But I've got to ask you

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 something.

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 Can you really know?

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 How do you know

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 that Christ's death

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 on the cross

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 satisfied God's wrath

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 for your sin?

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 How can you know that?

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 Well, let's move

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 to the second vital claim.

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 Payment accepted.

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 Christ raised.

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 He was raised

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 on the third day

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 in accordance

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 with the scriptures.

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 1 Corinthians 15.

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 4.

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 The He of He was raised,

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 of course,

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 is Jesus.

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 Emmanuel.

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 Totally God.

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 Totally man.

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 Crucified on Friday.

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 Nisan 14.

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 Laid in a tomb.

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 The tomb of Joseph

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 of Arimathea.

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 If you touched him,

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 corpse cold.

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 No brain activity.

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 All of his vital organs

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 were no longer functioning.

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 They had ceased.

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 He would be clinically dead.

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 The Bible is claiming

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 very clearly

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 He was raised.

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 He was raised

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 on Nisan 16.

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 Where did this take place?

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 The tomb of Joseph

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 of Arimathea.

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 This is the tomb

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 on Good Friday.

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 There are these women

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 who were at the cross.

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 They saw Jesus crucified.

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 They saw His body

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 brought down.

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 They were with

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 Joseph of Arimathea

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 when they brought

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 Jesus' body

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 to the tomb.

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 That's the site

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 of the resurrection.

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 That's the empty tomb.

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 When?

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 Early Sunday morning

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 on Nisan 16.

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 Before dawn.

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 These three women

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 witnessed something.

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 They were coming back

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 to prepare,

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 finish preparing

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 His body.

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 and the stone

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 that covered

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 the entrance

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 of the tomb

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 had been rolled away.

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 There was an angel

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 and the angel said,

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 what are you doing

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 looking for

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 the living among the dead?

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 He's not here.

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 He's risen.

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 Not being resuscitated.

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 not some kind of

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 just the spirit

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 of Jesus

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 being raised.

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 Not the good thought

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 of Jesus

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 being raised

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 from the dead.

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 Not a group

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 hallucination

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 of Jesus

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 being raised

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 from the dead.

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 This claim

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 is that Jesus

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 was bodily

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 raised

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 from the dead.

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 and dead people

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 don't,

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 they're supposed

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 to stay dead.

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 Except Jesus.

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 How did that happen?

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 Some of you

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 in the room

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 may say,

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 well,

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 that's ridiculous

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 because dead people

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 stay dead.

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 Scientifically impossible.

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 Being raised

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 from the dead

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 does not comply

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 with the laws

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 of nature.

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 And you know

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 what I would say?

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 Spot on.

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 This is not

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 complying

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 with the laws

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 of nature.

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 The bodily

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 resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ

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 from the dead

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 is supernatural.

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 It is a miracle.

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 It is a working,

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 miraculous working

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 of God

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 to raise

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 God the Son

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 from the dead.

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 at the heart

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 of the Christian

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 faith

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 are claims.

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 And this

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 claim

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 of the bodily

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 resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ

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 is a miraculous

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 claim.

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 Now,

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 if the bodily

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 resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ

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 is true,

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 it changes

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 everything.

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 It's extraordinary.

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 it's absolutely

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 vital to the

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 Christian gospel.

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 You remove

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 the bodily

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 resurrection

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 of Christ

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 and you are

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 left with a

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 dead,

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 worthless

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 Christianity

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 that can't

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 do anything.

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 But if it's

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 true,

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 but if the

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 resurrection

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 is true,

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 if Jesus

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 really was

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 raised from the

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 dead

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 practically 2,000

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 years ago,

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 what it would

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 mean is that

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 he is alive

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 today.

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 In 1 Corinthians

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 15, 5-8,

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 if you kept

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 on reading,

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 the apostle

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 Paul who

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 wrote this,

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 he wants to

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 persuade us

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 of something.

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 Notice,

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 I'm going to

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 try to emphasize

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 a repeated

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 word.

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 In verse 4,

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 we read,

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 and that he

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 was buried,

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 that he was

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 raised on the

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 third day in

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 accordance with

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 the scriptures,

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 and that he

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 appeared to

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 Cephas.

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 It's another

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 name for

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 Peter.

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 And after he

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 appeared to

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 Cephas,

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 then to the

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 twelve.

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 So that's

00:21:59.700 --> 00:21:59.960
 another

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.380
 appearing.

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:03.360
 Verse 6,

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 then he

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.220
 appeared to

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.540
 more than

00:22:04.540 --> 00:22:06.060
 500 brothers

00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.780
 at one time,

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.240
 most of whom

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.060
 are still alive,

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.960
 though some

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.640
 have fallen

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.160
 asleep.

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.120
 Then he

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:13.020
 appeared to

00:22:13.020 --> 00:22:13.520
 James,

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.980
 then to all

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.540
 the apostles

00:22:15.540 --> 00:22:16.280
 he appeared.

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:18.339
 last of all,

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.879
 as to one

00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.279
 untimely

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.619
 born,

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:20.980
 he appeared

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.680
 also to

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:22.920
 me.

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.079
 Do you know

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.420
 what all this

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.980
 appearing is

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.220
 about?

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:27.980
 This is

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.859
 eyewitnesses.

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.399
 The apostle

00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.039
 Paul is writing

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.720
 to this church

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.220
 in Corinth,

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:32.940
 and he's

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.139
 saying,

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.779
 hey, I know

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.099
 you've got some

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.579
 questions about

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.039
 the resurrection

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.460
 of Jesus

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.819
 Christ.

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.180
 I know

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.059
 500 people

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:39.000
 that you can

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.519
 talk to

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.579
 who are alive

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:40.839
 today.

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.240
 I've got their

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.160
 cell phone

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.500
 numbers,

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.119
 I've got their

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.019
 email addresses,

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.359
 you just name

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.720
 it, I'll get

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:46.960
 them to

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.279
 them so you

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.720
 can talk to

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:47.900
 them.

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.480
 It's the

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.180
 eyewitness

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.440
 testimony of

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:54.420
 the risen

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.039
 Christ.

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.099
 If I were a

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.039
 defense attorney

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.639
 living in the

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.279
 first century

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.980
 and I had to

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.559
 defend the

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.420
 bodily resurrection

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.879
 of Jesus

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.480
 Christ, do you

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.759
 know what I

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.019
 would do?

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.180
 I would subpoena

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.440
 all 500 plus

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.879
 witnesses.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.420
 And I would

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.960
 just have them

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.660
 just take the

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.359
 stand one at a

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.639
 time.

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.559
 Start with

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.319
 Mary Magdalene.

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.299
 I went to

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.700
 the tomb

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.160
 early Sunday

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.460
 morning.

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.039
 I was expecting

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:21.480
 to find the

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.740
 tomb shut

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.000
 still.

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.539
 I wasn't sure

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.980
 how to open

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.480
 it up, but

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.920
 when I got

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:27.220
 there, stone

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.440
 had been

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.940
 rolled away

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.700
 and there was

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.119
 an angel

00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.460
 there.

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:29.779
 I was

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:32.039
 overwhelmed.

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.480
 I started

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.079
 to weep.

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.660
 I was outside

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.299
 the tomb

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.960
 and then I

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.440
 heard my

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:39.539
 name spoken

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:42.599
 by Jesus.

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.920
 I dropped

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.579
 at his feet.

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.000
 I started

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.420
 to touch

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.639
 him and

00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:47.879
 he said,

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.420
 stop touching

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.779
 me.

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.539
 Or I'd

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.839
 bring up

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.420
 Cleopas.

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.099
 Luke 24,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.619
 one of the

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.119
 two who

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.879
 is walking

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.420
 away from

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.900
 Jerusalem

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.980
 with another

00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:00.440
 guy and

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.839
 they're on

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.279
 their way

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.339
 from Jerusalem

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.099
 on their way

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.700
 to Emmaus

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.579
 and they

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.019
 were talking

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.400
 as they

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.879
 went and

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.299
 all of a

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.579
 sudden,

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.000
 Cleopas would

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.319
 say this,

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.539
 we were

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.180
 walking and

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.660
 a third

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.240
 person came

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.519
 up and

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.059
 started asking

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.620
 us questions

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.099
 about what

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.579
 had happened

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.099
 in Jerusalem

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.480
 and we're

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.599
 like,

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:15.859
 you haven't

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.140
 heard?

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.819
 Jesus is

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.220
 crucified,

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.680
 we thought

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.099
 he was the

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.359
 guy,

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.720
 we thought

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.059
 he was the

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.160
 Messiah and

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.460
 now it's

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.740
 the third

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.099
 day?

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.299
 Cleopas would

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.660
 go on to

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.799
 say,

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.240
 and then he

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.819
 started to

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.440
 explain to

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:32.460
 us all

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.819
 that was

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.299
 true of the

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.059
 Christ from

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.740
 the scriptures

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:36.000
 and did

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.480
 our hearts

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.839
 burn.

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.480
 We sat

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.859
 down to

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.980
 eat and

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.319
 it's when he

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.900
 broke bread

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.240
 that I

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.960
 recognized

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.299
 him.

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.819
 It was

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.680
 Christ and

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:45.840
 then he

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.200
 was gone.

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.259
 And then

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.440
 there's

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.900
 Thomas,

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.000
 doubting

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.500
 Thomas.

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.660
 Yeah,

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.900
 I definitely

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.460
 doubted him.

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:56.100
 I said,

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:58.319
 I got a

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.660
 seat with

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.000
 my own

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.440
 eyes.

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.140
 And then

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.579
 he appeared

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.279
 to us and

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.720
 he came up

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.360
 to me and

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:04.799
 he said,

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.319
 Thomas,

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.980
 put your

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.600
 finger here

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.279
 in my

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.759
 hand.

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.819
 Put your

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.500
 finger here

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.180
 where the

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.579
 spear went

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.960
 into my

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.359
 side.

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.259
 I

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.599
 believed

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.159
 on the

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:18.500
 spot.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.939
 My

00:25:20.939 --> 00:25:21.339
 God and

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.559
 my

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.799
 King.

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.740
 Then I'd

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.099
 bring the

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.279
 other,

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.000
 the 11

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.460
 disciples

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.759
 through.

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.319
 Get them

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:28.659
 up on the

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:28.939
 stand.

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:30.699
 Have them

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.199
 share each

00:25:31.199 --> 00:25:31.679
 one after

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:31.980
 another,

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.419
 how Jesus

00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:32.960
 appeared to

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.099
 them,

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.679
 how he

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.019
 appeared to

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.220
 them in

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.559
 the upper

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.899
 room,

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:35.740
 and how

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.720
 he said,

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.639
 does anybody

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.079
 have anything

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.460
 to eat?

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.460
 And he

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.339
 ate broiled

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.059
 fish with

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.419
 us.

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:43.919
 You see,

00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:45.000
 the Gospels

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.619
 go to

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.779
 great lengths

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:48.240
 to share

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.039
 eyewitness

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.019
 accounts of

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.619
 the resurrection

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.299
 of Jesus

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.779
 Christ.

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.460
 And the

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.139
 question is,

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.619
 is it

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.000
 true?

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.939
 Did it

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.359
 happen?

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:58.960
 And it's the

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.519
 question that you

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.099
 need to answer

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.619
 this morning.

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:03.739
 is Jesus

00:26:03.739 --> 00:26:04.599
 risen from

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.979
 the dead?

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.099
 Is he

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.819
 alive?

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:08.979
 The

00:26:08.979 --> 00:26:09.959
 entirety of

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.399
 the Christian

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.279
 faith rises

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.500
 or falls on

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.219
 the miraculous

00:26:13.219 --> 00:26:14.039
 bodily

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:15.299
 resurrection of

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.079
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.839
 No

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.399
 resurrection,

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.219
 no

00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:18.819
 Christianity.

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:19.599
 No

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.219
 resurrection,

00:26:20.739 --> 00:26:21.739
 no rescue

00:26:21.739 --> 00:26:22.759
 from God's

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.179
 wrath.

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.579
 All of

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.159
 those black

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.859
 marbles and

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.339
 all of those

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.899
 pickle barrels

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.799
 still stand

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.639
 against us.

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.919
 In 1

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.799
 Corinthians 15

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.359
 17,

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.339
 Paul writes,

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.459
 if Christ

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.119
 has not been

00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.579
 raised,

00:26:38.239 --> 00:26:38.899
 your faith

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:40.359
 is futile

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:42.219
 and you're

00:26:42.219 --> 00:26:42.879
 still in

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.699
 your sins.

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:48.059
 What the

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.079
 resurrection

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.679
 of Jesus

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.619
 Christ does

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.459
 is it

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:52.159
 declares

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.359
 that the

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.859
 payment

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:55.039
 Christ made

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.359
 on the

00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.000
 cross was

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.359
 fully accepted

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.719
 by God.

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.479
 payment

00:27:01.479 --> 00:27:02.119
 received,

00:27:02.719 --> 00:27:03.379
 proof of

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.839
 purchase,

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:04.979
 the

00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.439
 resurrected

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:06.139
 Christ,

00:27:07.219 --> 00:27:07.659
 which means

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.139
 this,

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.159
 Christ died

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.559
 on this

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.159
 on 14,

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.259
 payment made,

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.059
 Christ was

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.719
 raised on

00:27:13.719 --> 00:27:14.519
 this on 16,

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.939
 payment accepted,

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.799
 purchase

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.199
 received.

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:19.959
 All of

00:27:19.959 --> 00:27:20.599
 God's

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.779
 wrath

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.579
 for all

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.000
 of our

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.519
 sins

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.319
 can be

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.839
 completely

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.439
 forgiven

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:25.759
 and

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.619
 pardoned.

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:35.059
 we read

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.579
 here that

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:38.279
 he was

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.759
 raised

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.679
 on the

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.199
 third

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.599
 day.

00:27:42.239 --> 00:27:42.799
 That

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.359
 phrase

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.859
 third day

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.159
 is

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:45.359
 significant.

00:27:47.479 --> 00:27:48.119
 Did you

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.419
 know that

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:48.799
 the reason

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.179
 why the

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:49.439
 Christian

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:49.779
 church

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.179
 gathers

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.839
 on Sunday

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.439
 and not

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.839
 on the

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.179
 Sabbath

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.799
 Saturday

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:54.459
 is because

00:27:54.459 --> 00:27:54.799
 it's the

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.139
 day that

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.599
 Jesus was

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:55.899
 raised?

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:58.820
 the

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.180
 Lord's

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.420
 day,

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.860
 the

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.080
 first

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.420
 day of

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.519
 the

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.820
 week.

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.380
 Every

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.720
 time we

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:03.960
 gather

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.400
 church,

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:04.900
 we're

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.160
 saying

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.380
 he's

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:05.860
 alive.

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.400
 And

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.820
 then there's

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.519
 Jesus'

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:10.800
 own

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:11.280
 predictions.

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.560
 In the

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.120
 Gospel of

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.400
 Mark,

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.280
 Jesus

00:28:16.280 --> 00:28:17.000
 predicts

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.720
 his own

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.200
 death and

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.680
 resurrection

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.700
 three times.

00:28:20.540 --> 00:28:20.780
 Mark

00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.080
 8.

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.400
 31,

00:28:22.040 --> 00:28:22.340
 Mark

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.620
 9.

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.060
 30 and

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.460
 31,

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.160
 Mark

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.440
 10.

00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.100
 33 and

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.560
 34.

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:27.800
 three times

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.420
 before he

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.640
 dies and

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.240
 is raised.

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.600
 Now, if

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:31.940
 you're a

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.460
 skeptic in

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.820
 the room,

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.360
 you might

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.840
 be thinking

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.420
 something like

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.780
 this.

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.600
 Well,

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:39.519
 maybe that

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.400
 Gospel writer

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.940
 put those

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.480
 predictions

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.540
 in after

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.420
 the fact to

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.060
 make it look

00:28:45.060 --> 00:28:45.860
 like Jesus

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:47.120
 fulfilled his

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.580
 own words

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.580
 because he

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:48.880
 wanted to

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.320
 make it look

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.259
 like Jesus

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.780
 is totally

00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:51.060
 God,

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.720
 totally man.

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.280
 Another

00:28:55.280 --> 00:28:55.840
 explanation,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.440
 is this.

00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.540
 They're

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:58.900
 accurate.

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:01.940
 That's how

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.259
 they were

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.920
 recorded because

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.320
 that's how

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.860
 it happened.

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.800
 That Jesus

00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:06.840
 himself said

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.720
 three and

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.440
 different times

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.860
 that he

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:10.040
 would suffer

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:11.460
 and die

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.660
 and on the

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.820
 third day

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.700
 be raised

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.480
 from the

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.780
 dead.

00:29:17.780 --> 00:29:19.840
 Do you know

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.019
 what that

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.360
 means?

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:23.539
 Jesus

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:26.439
 predicted the

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.000
 manner of

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.519
 his own

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.959
 death,

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.439
 which you're

00:29:29.439 --> 00:29:29.719
 like, well,

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.059
 some people

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.359
 can do

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:30.659
 that.

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.179
 And then

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.679
 he predicted

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.240
 that he'd be

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.719
 raised from

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:34.059
 the dead.

00:29:34.459 --> 00:29:34.939
 Nobody does

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.199
 that.

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.839
 And then he

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.579
 predicted the

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.399
 day he'd be

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.859
 raised from

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.219
 the dead.

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.279
 dead.

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.720
 What does that

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.200
 say about

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.559
 Jesus?

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.680
 He's one of

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.079
 a kind.

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.559
 Totally God,

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.319
 totally man,

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.920
 willing to give

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.720
 his life

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.019
 payment,

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.420
 and three days

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.279
 later, take it up

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.559
 again.

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.980
 Payment

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.500
 received.

00:29:55.500 --> 00:30:00.319
 the gospel

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:02.299
 has these two

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.140
 vital claims,

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.200
 Christ's death

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.880
 and Christ's

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.319
 resurrection,

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.059
 and both are

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.480
 displays of

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.380
 God's power.

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.019
 Beyond Jesus'

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.720
 own prediction,

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:15.660
 his resurrection

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:17.440
 on the third

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.299
 day is in

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:19.099
 accordance with

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.640
 the Scriptures.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.940
 Maybe you're

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.740
 aware of the

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.240
 Old Testament

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.120
 passages that

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.640
 speak of

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.220
 Christ's

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.740
 resurrection.

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.200
 Here are

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.460
 three.

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.180
 Psalm 1610,

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.519
 Psalm 1101,

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.880
 Isaiah 5310.

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.740
 But Jesus

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.900
 himself points

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.940
 to Jonah

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.099
 chapter 117.

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.079
 Jonah

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.620
 chapter 2

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.259
 verse 1.

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.920
 Jesus himself

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.380
 in Matthew

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.279
 12 points

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.700
 to Jonah,

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.359
 a book of

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.620
 the Old

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.059
 Testament.

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.799
 And he

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.880
 says that

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:52.279
 Jonah was

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.740
 in the belly

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.420
 of the whale

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.359
 three days and

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.819
 three nights.

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.659
 It's a sign

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:57.339
 of the Son

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.019
 of Man being

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.480
 in the belly

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.099
 of the earth

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:00.079
 three days and

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.700
 three nights.

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.059
 You see,

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:01.679
 what Jesus is

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.200
 saying is,

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.279
 my death and

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.980
 my resurrection

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.939
 is in

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:06.039
 accordance with

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.539
 the Scriptures.

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.079
 Which means

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:13.119
 not only Christ's

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.939
 death is part of

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.539
 God's plan,

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.079
 but Christ's

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.099
 resurrection is

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.779
 part of God's

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:19.159
 plan to rescue

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.019
 sinners from

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.819
 his wrath in

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:22.159
 order to reconcile

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.680
 them to

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.259
 himself in

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.580
 peace.

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.660
 There's no

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.400
 other gospel.

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.480
 There's no

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.920
 other good

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.420
 news.

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.600
 You cannot

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:30.580
 find refuge

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.500
 and help

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.300
 from God's

00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:32.860
 wrath in

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.880
 anything else.

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.860
 The gospel

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.340
 is God's

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.000
 power unto

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.519
 salvation.

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.519
 God's

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.519
 salvation.

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.440
 God's

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.519
 salvation.

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.759
 God's

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.519
 salvation.

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.720
 God's

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.099
 salvation.

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:45.519
 God's

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.519


00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.259
 God's

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.259


00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.259
 God's

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.160
 salvation.

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.259
 God's

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.519
 salvation.

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.339
 We've

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.759
 looked at

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.879
 these two

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:55.240
 vital claims

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.279
 of the gospel

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.759
 of Jesus

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.279
 Christ.

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.920
 Let's close

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.539
 by applying

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.759
 it.

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:06.619
 Christ died

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.379
 for our

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.079
 sins in

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.680
 accordance with

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.140
 the scriptures

00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:10.700
 and Christ

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.460
 has been

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.039
 raised on

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.359
 the third

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.980
 day in

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.319
 accordance

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:13.980
 with the

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.339
 scriptures.

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.160
 Both

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.420
 display

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.240
 God's

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.379
 love and

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.559
 power to

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.220
 rescue

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.420
 sinners from

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.160
 his wrath

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:23.279
 and to

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.680
 reconcile

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.200
 them to

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.839
 himself in

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.339
 peace.

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.319
 These are

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.599
 the two

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:28.359
 vital claims.

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.539
 You remove

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.099
 either one,

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.819
 you don't

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:32.119
 have

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.719
 Christianity.

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.519
 You have

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.480
 nothing that

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.879
 can save

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.139
 you from

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.419
 God's

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:35.619
 wrath.

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.299
 So what

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.779
 difference does

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.079
 that make?

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.839
 So what?

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:43.259
 Who cares?

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.659
 If you're a

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:46.299
 non-Christian in

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.579
 the room,

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.599
 maybe you grew

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.119
 up in a

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:50.099
 family that

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.659
 never went to

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:50.879
 church,

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.459
 never heard the

00:32:51.459 --> 00:32:52.179
 gospel before,

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.539
 you're not

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.980
 familiar with

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.319
 the Bible,

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:53.939
 this is all

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:54.419
 new to you,

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.359
 I'm so glad

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.879
 that you are

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.339
 here.

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.339
 Or maybe you

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.359
 have grown up

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.259
 in the church

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.079
 and you're

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.539
 maybe your

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.219
 parents are

00:33:02.219 --> 00:33:02.679
 Christians.

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.539
 Maybe you

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.919
 have been

00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.319
 coming to

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.859
 church all

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.119
 of your

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.019
 life and

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.279
 you've been

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.240
 hearing what

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.859
 this preacher

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.119
 has been

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.919
 saying again

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.339
 and again

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.799
 and again,

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.719
 but you've

00:33:11.719 --> 00:33:12.419
 never decided.

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.199
 You're not

00:33:15.199 --> 00:33:15.579
 a Christian.

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.939
 Your parents

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.419
 are Christians,

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:18.980
 but you're not

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.359
 a Christian.

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.599
 Whether you

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.159
 are coming

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:23.859
 out of a

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.359
 non-Christian

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.279
 context or a

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.079
 Christian context

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.980
 and you are

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.559
 not a

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.879
 Christian,

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.159
 you need to

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.659
 decide.

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:33.059
 whether the

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.000
 Christian gospel

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:35.379
 in all of

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.219
 its miraculous

00:33:36.219 --> 00:33:37.379
 claims is

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:38.500
 true or not,

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.039
 you need to

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.740
 decide that

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.240
 yourself.

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.339
 Don't let

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.819
 someone else

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.319
 decide that

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.719
 for you.

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.359
 You need to

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.899
 decide that.

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.139
 And then

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.579
 when you

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.179
 decide,

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.139
 if you decide

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.579
 no, that's

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.179
 not true,

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:55.459
 decision

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:55.959
 respected.

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.000
 Grieved,

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.799
 but respected.

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:59.759
 But if you

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.240
 decide that

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.779
 it is true,

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.859
 you will

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.559
 then need

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.359
 to renounce

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:06.839
 all other

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.879
 so-called

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.960
 gospels.

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.380
 You've got to

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.019
 turn from

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.340
 those in

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.779
 order to

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.320
 turn to the

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.000
 one true

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.659
 gospel of

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.480
 Jesus Christ

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.699
 by which

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:18.199
 you alone

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:18.800
 can be

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.300
 saved.

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.159
 And then

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.579
 this is what

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.940
 you say.

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:25.860
 Romans 10

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.780
 9, if you

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.940
 confess with

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.639
 your mouth

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.720
 that Jesus

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.500
 is Lord

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:32.000
 and you

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.840
 believe in

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.320
 your heart

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.820
 that God

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.500
 raised him

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.940
 from the

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.200
 dead,

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.059
 you will

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.019
 be saved.

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.019
 You call

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.659
 out to him,

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.619
 the risen

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.179
 one who is

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.559
 alive.

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.880
 You say,

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.599
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:46.599
 I don't

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.320
 want to

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.780
 have to

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.840
 deal with

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.820
 these pickle

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:51.079
 barrels of

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.700
 black marbles

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.659
 for eternity.

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.460
 I will

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.939
 take what

00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.319
 you're given.

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.519
 I believe

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.179
 you are

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:03.159
 Savior and

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.819
 Lord risen

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.219
 from the

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.439
 dead,

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:04.960
 and at

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.659
 that moment

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:07.439
 you will

00:35:07.439 --> 00:35:08.019
 be saved.

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.819
 Today's the

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:13.000
 day.

00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:15.119
 If you

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.319
 haven't put

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.719
 your trust

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.179
 in Christ

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.879
 alone before,

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:19.039
 there's no

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.639
 better day

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.819
 than Resurrection

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.619
 Sunday to do

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.859
 that.

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.659
 And I

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.039
 would urge

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.359
 you to do

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.859
 that today.

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.179
 I'll be

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.579
 down here

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.019
 after the

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.299
 service.

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:27.519
 You can

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.839
 come down

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.099
 and talk

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.299
 to me.

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:28.599
 I'll be

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.939
 happy to

00:35:28.939 --> 00:35:29.359
 pray with

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:29.879
 you unto

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.500
 that end.

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.319
 Remember

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:34.059
 that Jesus

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.699
 is alive,

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.359
 and when you

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:35.779
 become a

00:35:35.779 --> 00:35:36.019
 Christian,

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.439
 you are

00:35:36.439 --> 00:35:37.419
 entering into

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:38.199
 a relationship

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.919
 with him

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:40.460
 as a

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.559
 21st century

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.079
 disciple,

00:35:42.939 --> 00:35:43.759
 follower.

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.500
 There's

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.980
 nothing like

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.139
 it.

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:50.039
 But if you're

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:50.379
 a Christian

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.660
 in the

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:50.840
 room,

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:53.539
 what

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.860
 difference

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.220
 does the

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.539
 resurrection

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.140
 make for

00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:55.380
 you?

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.119
 I want

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.559
 to encourage

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.820
 you.

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.780
 If you

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.260
 came into

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:01.220
 the building

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.579
 with some

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.920
 degree of

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.160
 doubt,

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.720
 you've been

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.240
 wrestling back

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.760
 and forth

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:04.980
 with,

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.440
 is this

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.880
 Christianity

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.440
 thing true

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:06.840
 or not?

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.720
 I find

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.160
 there's no

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:10.700
 better help

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.160
 than making

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.800
 a beeline

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.119
 to the

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:13.420
 empty tomb.

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.220
 And to be

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:15.860
 able to ask

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:16.260
 yourself,

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.519
 well,

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.920
 is it

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.420
 true?

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:21.760
 Is the

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.480
 tomb empty?

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.099
 Is Jesus

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.659
 risen from

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.059
 the dead?

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.159
 And that

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.920
 historic

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.599
 event,

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.460
 miraculous,

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.039
 it is a

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.659
 tremendous

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.780
 source of

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.320
 encouragement

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.099
 for those

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.420
 who are

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.039
 wavering.

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.320
 So if you're

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.039
 a wavering

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.460
 Christian,

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.019
 focus on

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.659
 the resurrection

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.720
 of Christ,

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.420
 that it

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.980
 happened,

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.940
 it's true,

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:45.700
 and then

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:46.000
 you put

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.460
 your doubt

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.700
 in the

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:47.000
 grave.

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.659
 Maybe you

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.099
 came into

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.619
 here discouraged.

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.420
 You're a

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.700
 Christian,

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.619
 you've been

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.420
 slogging it

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.720
 out with

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.119
 sin,

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.960
 you're more

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.599
 aware of

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.659
 how many

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.440
 decisions you

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:00.840
 make that

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.220
 are not

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.740
 pleasing to

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:01.940
 God,

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.400
 that are

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.940
 pleasing to

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.240
 God.

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.260
 You know

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.420
 what?

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.900
 I've got

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.300
 good news

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.700
 for you.

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.220
 Christ's

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:09.559
 death and

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.019
 resurrection.

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.820
 Romans 6

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.280
 says that

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.720
 the moment

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.360
 you believed

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.860
 Jesus,

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.300
 you were

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.160
 united to

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:18.400
 Christ in

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.120
 his death

00:37:19.120 --> 00:37:20.280
 and resurrection,

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.780
 which means

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.900
 you are now

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:24.220
 dead to sin

00:37:24.220 --> 00:37:25.320
 and alive to

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.280
 God in

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.920
 Christ Jesus,

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:28.240
 which means

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:29.700
 sin is no

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:30.320
 longer your

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.780
 master.

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.340
 And sin

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.180
 no longer

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.980
 condemns you.

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:37.600
 All of those

00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:38.160
 pickle barrels

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.880
 full of black

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.620
 marbles have

00:37:39.620 --> 00:37:40.760
 been removed

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:42.400
 by Christ's

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.760
 death and

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.140
 resurrection.

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:47.400
 if you're

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:48.019
 struggling with

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.280
 sin,

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.760
 make a

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.480
 beeline to

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.000
 the gospel.

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.300
 Christ's

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.640
 death and

00:37:51.640 --> 00:37:52.080
 resurrection.

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.600
 You've been

00:37:52.600 --> 00:37:53.200
 united to

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:54.120
 Christ in

00:37:54.120 --> 00:37:54.440
 his death

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.019
 and resurrection.

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.580
 Or maybe

00:37:56.580 --> 00:37:58.180
 you came into

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:59.640
 this sanctuary

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.400
 this Easter

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:02.240
 Sunday and

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.660
 you are

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:04.280
 hopeless because

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.680
 of some

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.560
 situation that

00:38:05.560 --> 00:38:06.080
 you're facing

00:38:06.080 --> 00:38:07.600
 with relationships

00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:09.360
 or financial

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:10.560
 situation or

00:38:10.560 --> 00:38:11.240
 some kind of

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.879
 vocational

00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.699
 situation.

00:38:13.459 --> 00:38:14.139
 Can I have

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.500
 you repeat

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.939
 after me?

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.500
 Christ is

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.839
 my

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:19.759
 risen and

00:38:19.759 --> 00:38:20.139
 reigning

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:22.939
 high priest

00:38:22.939 --> 00:38:23.519
 and king

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:26.419
 the anchor

00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:27.379
 of my soul.

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.719
 There are no

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.879
 dead ends if

00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.679
 you have a

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.539
 living Savior.

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:35.259
 If your

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:36.500
 Savior lives,

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.579
 there are no

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.279
 dead ends.

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:39.240
 He's always

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.780
 working on

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.340
 your behalf.

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:41.980
 Finally,

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.900
 this is for

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.500
 more of a

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.180
 select group.

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.920
 Those whose

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.940
 earthly tents

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.600
 are wasting

00:38:53.600 --> 00:38:53.980
 away.

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:57.180
 You're piling

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.500
 up the

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:57.940
 mileage.

00:38:57.940 --> 00:39:01.599
 Christ's

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.920
 bodily

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.460
 resurrection

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.920
 from the

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.200
 dead

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:05.599
 sets a

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.099
 precedent

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:10.099
 because we

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:11.039
 too will

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.460
 be made

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:12.099
 like him.

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.240
 In 1

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.679
 Corinthians

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.679
 1551,

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.700
 later on in

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.380
 this passage,

00:39:19.700 --> 00:39:20.119
 the Apostle

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:20.720
 Paul writes,

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.659
 in the

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.200
 twinkling of

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.539
 an eye,

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.119
 at the

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.820
 last trumpet,

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.519
 those whose

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.280
 bodies are

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:28.940
 clothed in

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.280
 what is

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.940
 perishable

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.820
 will put

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.320
 on the

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.119
 imperishable.

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:35.480
 Those bodies

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.380
 of mortality

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:37.000
 will put

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.139
 on immortality.

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.699
 You will

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.400
 receive a

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.860
 resurrected

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.739
 body that

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.539
 doesn't

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.059
 creak

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.599
 anymore.

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.759
 In fact,

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.139
 1 John 3

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.800
 2 says,

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:49.420
 when he

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.920
 appears,

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.739
 we will see

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:51.460
 him and

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.759
 we will

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.559
 become like

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.619
 him as

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:55.340
 he is in

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.579
 his

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.219
 resurrected

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.159
 glory.

00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:01.280
 Take

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.579
 one,

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.099
 Christian,

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.739
 tuck it

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:05.280
 in and

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.880
 be encouraged.

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:07.079
 It wouldn't

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.219
 be true if

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.840
 Jesus hadn't

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.280
 been raised

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:09.579
 from the

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.800
 dead.

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:11.920
 There are a

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.219
 lot of

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.860
 so-called

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.340
 gospels out

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:16.019
 there, but

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.320
 there's only

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:16.900
 one gospel.

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:18.619
 The gospel of

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.480
 Jesus Christ,

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.179
 payment made,

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.440
 payment received,

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.820
 Christ died,

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:25.360
 Christ raised,

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:26.340
 that can

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:27.180
 deliver sinners

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.780
 from their

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.039
 greatest

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.579
 problem,

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.039
 God's wrath,

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.980
 and then

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.980
 reunite them

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.640
 to himself

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:34.220
 in peace.

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.400
 What a

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.640
 savior.

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.220
 He is

00:40:42.220 --> 00:40:42.460
 risen.

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:45.539
 Let's pray.

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:48.360
 risen Lord

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.679
 Jesus,

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:53.559
 there is

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.119
 none like

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.400
 you,

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.980
 and because

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.480
 of who you

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.039
 are and

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.420
 what you

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.960
 have done,

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:01.219
 it is our

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:01.860
 joy to

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.759
 confess you

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:03.539
 as our

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:05.380
 Lord and

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.159
 live with you

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:06.779
 as the

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.639
 treasure center

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.380
 of our

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:08.820
 lives,

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:10.019
 the controlling

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.860
 center of

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.579
 our lives.

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:14.099
 Lord, we

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.579
 are no longer

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:15.139
 our own,

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.719
 but yours,

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.340
 and we

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.860
 will follow

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.380
 you with

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:20.559
 joy all

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.199
 the days of

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:21.719
 our life

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:23.019
 until that

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.940
 twinkling of

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.319
 an eye,

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:26.159
 and we

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.599
 are with

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.519
 you,

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:31.119
 wearing

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:32.000
 immortality.

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.960
 Amen.