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 This morning I can think of two great benefits of getting to be the pastor of Christ Family Church.

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! Firstly, I get to make requests of songs, and the band actually does them. So if you didn't like that, I'm sorry, that was for me.

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 Secondly, I get to preach to you the Word of God and the great blessing that it is. So please turn in your copy of God's Word to Ephesians chapter 2.

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 Ephesians chapter 2, and follow along with me as I read to us verses 1 through 10.

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 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins of which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience, among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.

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 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved, and raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

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 so that in the coming ages you might show the immeasurable riches of his grace and kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God,

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 not a result of work, so that no one may boast.

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 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

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 This is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good. We would all do well to listen to it and obey it.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we praise you this morning for the risen and reigning Jesus Christ.

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 It is in his person and work that we have the redemption of our souls,

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 and it is because of what he has accomplished that you are forming us into a people for your possession,

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 that you are making us into a temple as your dwelling place, with Jesus as the cornerstone.

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 Father, today we want only to exalt him.

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 I do not want to be exalted.

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 People here, people on the stage, people sitting in the seats, do not want to be exalted.

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 Father, we want Christ to be exalted.

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 And Lord, all that we do, apart from the work of your spirit, would not exalt Christ.

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 They would be mere motions.

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 And so we pray that by your spirit you will work in us this day.

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 That the preaching of your word will have power, not because my words have weight,

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 but because my words speak of the word of God.

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 Your very revelation to mankind.

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 And that by your spirit you would take those words and you would apply them to our hearts,

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 that we might be changed, not in degree, but in type.

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 That we will belong to Jesus.

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 And as a result, we will obey his every command.

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 And we pray all of this in his matchless and wonderful name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I know that it's not lost on any of you that today is Easter Sunday,

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 the Sunday that the Christian church celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 But I put forth to you that the church of Christ celebrates in each and every meeting,

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 as well as in each and every action of every day throughout the week,

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 the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 Now, I'm not against us having a special Sunday in which we do that.

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 I think that that is okay.

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 But I want us to be mindful that this is not the only time of year that we should remember what Christ accomplished.

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 His person and his work is what we praise with our lives.

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 At least I hope that's true of you.

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 But today we are going to take a break from our verse-by-verse exposition of the Gospel according to Mark

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 to look in Ephesians and to see some of the benefits that we gain by the resurrection of Christ.

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 But first I want to ask the question, how can we know that Jesus was raised from the dead?

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 How can we know that this is true?

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 And I'm going to give you four reasons, and these are not exhaustive reasons,

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 but just four reasons that I find particularly compelling.

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 But let me say to you that ultimately and finally,

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 for these reasons to become reasons for you,

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 they must be accepted by faith.

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 They must be accepted by faith.

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 If we were to say that we ourselves stood in the empty tomb,

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 we could still, with some reason of our mind, say that Jesus' body was stolen.

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 We could say that somebody broke in,

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 rolled a stone that could be not rolled away by a couple of men,

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 but by an army of men, and took his body.

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 We could somehow rationalize it away as the world does.

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 We must accept these things by faith.

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 But nonetheless, there are reasons and some very compelling ones.

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 Firstly, Jesus stated that he would be raised from the dead.

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 He himself knew that this was going to happen.

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 Mark 8, verse 31.

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 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things,

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 and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes,

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 and be killed.

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 And after three days, rise again.

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 There was a prediction on Jesus' part that this would, in fact, take place.

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 Secondly, the tomb was empty.

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 We have a record of that.

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 Luke 24, verses 1-3.

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 We see three women, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and a woman named Salome,

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 go and visit the tomb to bring more spices for the body.

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 Verse 1 of chapter 24.

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 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb,

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 taking the spices they had prepared.

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 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 Thirdly, in a particularly compelling case, the disciples of Christ were transformed.

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 Those closest to Him called the apostles.

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 We have many accounts of their fearless proclamation of the gospel of God after Jesus' death.

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 Acts 2, verse 32.

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 This is Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost.

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 He says,

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 And you recall, after the death of Christ,

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 what the apostles and the larger group of disciples were doing?

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 They were cowering in a room together.

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 150 of them did not know what to do.

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 This Jesus that they thought was going to come and reign politically and militarily,

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 was going to overthrow the Roman government,

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 had been put to death.

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 And they did not know what to do.

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 They feared for their very lives.

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 Remember, Peter, who preached this sermon,

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 was the one who had denied Christ because of his fear.

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 They were turned from proverbial mice to men when they saw the risen Christ.

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 Between the years of A.D. 34 and A.D. 74,

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 all of 12 of the apostles, save Judas, who hung himself,

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 and John, who died of natural death,

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 all of them were martyred across a 40-year span.

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 They didn't come together in a room together,

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 get each other really psyched up to continue to try to promote a myth.

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 And they all were excited about it for a couple of months,

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 and they were all put to death.

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 But across a span of 40 years,

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 these men believed that Jesus lived,

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 and they were willing to give their lives to it.

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 Let me give you examples.

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 Paul's first martyr, not an apostle,

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 but Stephen, one of the early deacons,

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 was stoned.

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 As we know, Paul, Saul then, stood aside and watched.

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 James was killed by Herod Agrippa with a sword.

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 Peter was crucified upside down.

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 There are extra-biblical accounts of all of these things.

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 Andrew was crucified on an olive tree in a town called Petra in Achaia.

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 Thomas was run through with pine spears,

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 tormented with red-hot plates,

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 and finally burned alive.

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 Philip was tortured, then crucified in Phrygia.

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 Matthew was beheaded.

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 Bartholomew, also known as Nathaniel,

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 was flayed, split open, and then crucified.

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 The other James, called the Lesser James,

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 was beaten to death with a club.

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 Simon was crucified in Syria.

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 Judas Thaddeus, beaten to death with sticks in Mesopotamia.

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 Matthias stoned while being crucified in Ethiopia.

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 Paul was beheaded in Rome.

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 And then John, as I mentioned previously,

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 died a natural death,

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 but it's rumored and fairly historically accounted for

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 that he was scarred horribly by being burned in boiling oil.

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 These men were willing to receive these types of torments,

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 these types of death,

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 because they had seen the risen Christ.

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 Turn with me, if you will, to Acts chapter 5.

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 Keep your finger in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 Acts chapter 5.

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 I'm going to read a little bit to you of an account

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 of early on, in the early church,

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 when the apostles were arrested.

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 And I want you to see some of the peculiar response here,

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 which helps fortify this reason

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 why we can believe in the resurrection.

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 Beginning of verse 27,

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 So this is a council of Jews

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 had brought them, the apostles.

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 They set them before the council,

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 and the high priest questioned them,

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 saying,

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 We strictly charge you not to teach in this name,

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 the name of Jesus.

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 Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching,

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 and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

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 But Peter and the apostles answered.

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 So here's Peter,

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 fearful Peter,

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 denying Christ,

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 just days before.

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 He says to them,

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 to this council,

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 We must obey God,

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 rather than men.

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 The God of our fathers raised Jesus,

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 whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

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 God exalted him at his right hand

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 as leader and savior

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 to give repentance to Israel

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 and forgiveness of sins.

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 And we are his witnesses to these things.

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 And so is the Holy Spirit,

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 whom God has given to those who obey him.

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 When they heard this,

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 they were enraged and wanted to kill him.

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 But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel,

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 right here,

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 we need to have the same reason that he had here.

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 A teacher of the law,

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 held in honor by all the people,

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 stood up and gave orders

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 to put the men outside for a little while.

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 And he said to them,

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 the council,

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 Men of Israel,

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 take care of what you are about to do

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 with these men.

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 For before these days,

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 Theodos rose up,

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 claiming to be somebody,

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 and a number of men,

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 about 400,

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 joined him.

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 He was killed,

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 and all who followed him

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 were dispersed and came to nothing.

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 After him,

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 Judas the Galilean

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 rose up on the days of the census

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 and drew away some of the people after him.

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 He too perished,

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 and all who followed him

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 were scattered.

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 So in the present case,

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 I tell you,

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 keep away from these men

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 and let them alone.

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 For if this plan

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 or this undertaking

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 is of man,

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 it will fail.

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 You catch that?

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 These Jewish people

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 had been waiting

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 for somebody

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 who was going to come

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 and conquer,

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 who was going to fulfill

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 the prophecy of the Old Testament

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 as they saw it.

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 Someone who was going to come

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 and reign politically

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 and militarily.

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 Someone who was going to come

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 and overthrow

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 the Roman Empire.

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 And some men had come along

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 and said that.

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 They were false in that way,

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 and they were killed,

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 and their followers dispersed.

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 It will fail.

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 Verse 39,

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 But if it is of God,

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 you will not be able

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 to overthrow them.

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 You might even be found

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 opposing God.

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 So they took this advice,

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 and when they had called

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 in the apostles,

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 they beat them

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 and charged them

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 not to speak in the name

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 of Jesus

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 and let them go.

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 So just the same,

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 bring them in,

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 they beat them,

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 tell them,

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 do not speak in the name

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 of Jesus.

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 Then they left

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 the presence of the council,

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 rejoicing that they were

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 counted worthy

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 to suffer dishonor

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 for the name.

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 Strange,

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 if Christ was not risen.

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 And every day

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 in the temple

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 and from house to house,

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 they did not cease

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 teaching and preaching

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 Jesus as the Christ.

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 This is great reason

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 for us to believe

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 that Jesus was in fact

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 raised from the dead.

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 John 2.22 says,

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 When therefore

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 he was raised from the dead,

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 his disciples remembered

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 that he had said this,

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 and they believed

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 the scripture

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 and the word

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 that Jesus had spoken.

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 In Romans 8.18,

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 Paul records,

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 For I consider

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 that the sufferings

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 of this present time

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 are not worth comparing

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 with the glory

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 that is to be revealed

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 to us.

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 Recognize, beloved,

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 that if we believe

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 the gospel

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 in its fullness,

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 Jesus Christ did in fact

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 bear the wrath of God

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 on our behalf

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 and was killed,

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 buried,

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 and resurrected,

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 he's seated at the right hand,

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 we will be bold

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 in this way.

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 And we have no reason

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 to be bold in this way

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 if he was not

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 raised from the dead.

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 He was defeated

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 2,000 plus years ago.

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 Why would we think

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 he can reign now?

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 But he does in fact

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 reign.

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 Fourthly,

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 the promises

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 of the Bible

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 hinge

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 upon the reality

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 of the resurrection.

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 The promises

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 of the Bible

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 hinge

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 upon it.

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 If we are not

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 willing to believe

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 all of the Bible,

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 we have no business

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 believing any part

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 of the Bible.

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 This is revelation.

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 This is God's

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 word to us.

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 It is inerrant.

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 It is powerful.

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 It is sufficient

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 as the rule

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 for our lives.

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 Our experience

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 can affirm

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 the truth

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 of the Bible,

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 but it cannot

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 define it.

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 Does it not

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 cause you fear

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 that some people

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 think that they can

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 find truth

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 within themselves?

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 Do you not do this

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 at points in your life?

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 Think that you yourself

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 can define what is

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 and what isn't

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 true?

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 This is a fearful

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 thing.

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 I know myself

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 too well

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 to think that I

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 can define truth.

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 I need some

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 external source

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 of revelation.

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 I need something

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 absolute,

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 something objective,

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 and praise God

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 we have his scriptures.

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 He condescended

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 to become an author,

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 to write a book

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 for us.

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 There must be

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 an objective reality

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 outside ourselves

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 which governs

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 our lives.

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 And I will tell you

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 that if I cannot

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 believe every word

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 in this book,

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 then I can't believe

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 any of it.

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 I have no grounds

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 to believe any of it

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 at all.

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 And my salvation

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 is at risk

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 in that.

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 Jesus himself

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 affirms

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 the validity

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 of at least

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 our Old Testament

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 scriptures.

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 He quotes it

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 78 times

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 in the New Testament.

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 Jesus was a man

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 of the word

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 who believed

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 in the revelation

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 of God.

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 These are great reasons.

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 Great reasons

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 to believe

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 in the resurrection.

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 And there are

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 three ways

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 that all

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 that we believe

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 to be true

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 of the gospel

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 would fall apart

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 if the resurrection

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 was not

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 in fact

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 a reality.

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 And that was

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 the introduction.

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 So here we go.

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 Three ways

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 it would all

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 fall apart.

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 Without the reality

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 of the resurrection,

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 we would not have

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 firstly protection

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 from the wrath

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 of God.

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 We're back in

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 Ephesians chapter 2

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 now if you're

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 tracking along.

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 I'm going to read

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 to you a few verses

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 here again.

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 And you were dead

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 in the trespasses

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 and sins

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 in which you once

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 walked.

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 This is Paul

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 writing to the church

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 at Ephesus

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 those who have

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 claimed to be

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 in the faith.

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 We need to hear

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 this this morning.

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 We know that he

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 is writing to

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 believers.

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 You were dead

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 once you were

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 dead in your

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 trespasses and sins

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 in which you once

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 walked.

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 Following the

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 course of this

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 world.

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 Following the

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 prince of the

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 power of the

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 air.

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 That is Satan

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 if you don't

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 know.

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 The spirit

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 that is now

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 at work in

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 the sons of

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 disobedience.

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 Among whom

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 we all once

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 lived in the

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 passions of

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 our flesh.

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 Carrying out

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 the desires of

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 the body and

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 the mind.

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 And we're by

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 nature.

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 By the very

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 center of who

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 we are.

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 Our definition

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 of who we are.

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 Children of

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 wrath.

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 Like the rest

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 of mankind.

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 mankind fell in

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 the garden.

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 Original sin now

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 permeates the rest

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 of humanity.

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 And therefore we

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 are apart from

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 Christ enemies of

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 God.

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 And as enemies of

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 God, God is

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 right.

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 He is just.

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 Not unloving, but

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 just to punish

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 sin.

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 It's right for

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 him to do it.

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 We would not

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 want to worship a

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 God who's not

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 just.

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 Who one day will

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 not make all

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 things right in

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 judging this world.

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 We want to

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 worship a just

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 God.

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 But because of

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 that, wrath is

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 due us.

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 The weight of

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 our sin, the

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 very thing that

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.000
 it purchased for

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 us, was the

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 wrath of God.

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 Saying to God,

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 you are not

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 God, but I

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 am.

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 I want to be

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 like a God.

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 I want to

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 define truth for

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.399
 myself.

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 It's due the

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.720
 wrath of God.

00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.419
 Romans 1.18,

00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:57.860
 Paul writes,

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.500
 for the wrath of

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 God is revealed

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 from heaven against

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 all ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness

00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.340
 of men who

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 by their

00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.880
 unrighteousness

00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.960
 suppress the

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 truth.

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 Here's the

00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.860
 beautiful message

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.480
 of the gospel.

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 It's not that

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 God lays aside

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.579
 his justice.

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 He doesn't

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 cease to be

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 just in order

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 to be loving,

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 but that in

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 his perfect

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 justice and

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 in his perfect

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.940
 love, he

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 punished for

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.360
 us our sin

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 in Christ.

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 He poured

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.000
 out his

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:26.299
 wrath on

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 Jesus.

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 We know

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 that crucifixion

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 is the most

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.079
 horrible death

00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.679
 that man has

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 ever imagined.

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 I'm not going

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 to take the

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 time to get

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 into the

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.279
 details for

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 you this

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.159
 day, but

00:17:36.159 --> 00:17:36.779
 it was a

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.439
 horrid, horrid

00:17:38.439 --> 00:17:39.359
 way to

00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.659
 die.

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 But this is

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:41.839
 nothing.

00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:42.960
 This has

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 nothing.

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 Look at how

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.339
 many of the

00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:45.139
 apostles themselves

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.960
 were crucified.

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 This is nothing

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.960
 compared to the

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.639
 fact that Jesus

00:17:48.639 --> 00:17:49.859
 bore the wrath

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.980
 of God for

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:52.240
 our sins.

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.079
 It was

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.480
 punished in

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 him.

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.299
 1 Thessalonians

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 1, 9-10,

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.659
 Paul writes,

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:19.340
 And you see

00:18:19.340 --> 00:18:20.080
 how in Paul's

00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:20.940
 mind, Jesus'

00:18:21.140 --> 00:18:21.900
 death and his

00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.860
 resurrection are

00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:24.140
 intertwined in

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.680
 his ability to

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.080
 deliver us from

00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:25.460
 the wrath to

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:25.680
 come.

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 Right?

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 That he died

00:18:27.060 --> 00:18:27.920
 on behalf of

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 us, but that he

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.220
 was raised and

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.779
 conquered that,

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.839
 that even the

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.519
 consequence of

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.240
 sin could not

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.319
 reign over

00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:34.259
 Jesus Christ.

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:34.880
 And now we

00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.940
 have deliverance

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.980
 from wrath as

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.440
 a result.

00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.480
 Again, Paul

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:38.839
 writes in

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.440
 Romans 5,

00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.759
 9-10,

00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:41.819
 Since therefore

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.460
 we have now

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:43.180
 been justified

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:44.279
 by his blood,

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.360
 much more

00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:45.900
 shall we be

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 saved by him

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 from the

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 wrath of God.

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 For if while

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 we were enemies

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 we were

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 reconciled to

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 God by the

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 death of his

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 son, much

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 more, now

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 that we are

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 reconciled,

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 shall we be

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 saved by his

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 life.

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 We have

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 life because

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 Jesus is

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 alive.

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 Praise God.

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 Without the

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 reality of the

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 resurrection, we

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 would not have

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 protection from

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 the wrath of

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 God.

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 But that

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 protection is

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 ours in his

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 death and

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 resurrection.

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 Secondly,

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 without the

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 reality of the

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 resurrection, we

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 would not have

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 our sin

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 pardoned.

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 The dismissal

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 of that, it

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 would not be

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 written off.

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 We would not

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 be justified

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 before him.

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 Again, Ephesians

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 chapter 2,

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 beginning of

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 verse 4, this

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 most precious,

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 my favorite

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 conjunction in

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 all of the

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 Bible.

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 For those of

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 you students

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 of grammar,

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 it's in fact a

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 discourse connective

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 in case you

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 care about such

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 things.

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 But you see

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 this picture of

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 who we once

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 were.

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 That what was

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 due to us was

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 the wrath of

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 God, eternal

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 destruction, eternal

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 damnation, misery

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 forever, and to

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 these precious

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 words, but

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 God, but

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 God, being

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 rich in mercy

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 because of the

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 great love with

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 which he loved

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 us, even when

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 we were dead in

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 our trespasses,

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 even when we

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 were those

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 children of

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 wrath, he

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 made us alive

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 together with

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 Christ.

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 By grace you

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 have been

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 saved.

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 And you have

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 to get this,

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 you have to

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 understand, you

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 have to see the

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 language of the

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 Bible, that it

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 speaks to us not

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 about degree, but

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 about type.

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 All over our

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 nation today, there

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 are people who

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 are guests in

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 churches, meeting

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 with the people of

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 God because they

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 think in some way

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 that gains them

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 some stance with

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 the Lord, that

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 that puts a

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 check in the good

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 box for them.

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 That would be a

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 thinking of degree.

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 I'm a little

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 better here, I'm a

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 little worse here.

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 If my good works

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 just outweigh my

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 bad works, I'll

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 find heaven.

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 That is not the

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 basis on which we

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 are justified.

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 We are justified

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 by type.

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 And that is that

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 God has made us

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 alive.

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 By grace you

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 have been saved.

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 In verse 6, and

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 here's the axiom

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 verse, and raised

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 us up with him, and

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 seated us with him

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 in the heavenly

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 places in Christ

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus, both the

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 language for raised

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 and for seated in

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 the Greek, it's

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 speaking as if it's

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 already happened.

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 Because of the

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 personal work of

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 Christ, these things

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 have been guaranteed

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 on our behalf.

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 Verse 7, so in the

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 coming ages, he might

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 show the immeasurable

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 riches of his grace

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 and kindness toward

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 us in Christ Jesus, so

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 that for all eternity,

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 that's what it's

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 saying, that God can

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 show his grace toward

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 us, to the world.

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 Verse 8, for by grace

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 you have been saved

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 through faith, and

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 this is not your own

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 doing, it is the gift

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 of God, not a result

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 of works, so that no

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 one may boast.

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 God gives to us by

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 his grace a gift

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 called faith, and it

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 opens up our heart

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 that we might believe

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 in who Jesus is, that

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 he is in fact the

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 Christ, the anointed

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 one of God, that he

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 is risen and that he

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 reigns, and it is by

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 this act that we are

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 made new.

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 I hope that we can

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 echo with Paul, Galatians

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 6, 14, but far be it

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 from me to boast, except

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 in the cross of our

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 Lord Jesus Christ.

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 This is important, this

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.799
 is axiom that we might

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 understand that our sins

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 are forgiven because

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.699
 Christ has been raised.

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 1 Corinthians 15, 17, and

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 if Christ has not been

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:37.399
 raised, if he's not been

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 raised, if this is not

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.919
 true, your faith is

00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:41.119
 futile, and you are

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 still in your sins.

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.919
 Paul goes on to say,

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 we are to be most

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:46.539
 pitied for believing

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.440
 such foolishness.

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.460
 If Christ has not been

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.140
 raised, but because he

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.000
 has, we have the

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.620
 redemption of our souls.

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.060
 1 Peter 1, 3, Peter

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.740
 writes, blessed be the

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.400
 God and Father of our

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.220
 Lord Jesus Christ.

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.240
 According to his

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.140
 great mercy, he has

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 caused us to be born

00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:00.500
 again to a living hope

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.560
 through the resurrection

00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:03.519
 of Jesus Christ from

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.000
 the dead.

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:05.300
 Beloved, we do not

00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:07.120
 differ in degree, but

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:09.039
 we differ in kind.

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.840
 We are those who

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:12.259
 belong to God.

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:13.300
 We are his people.

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.580
 We have been made

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:17.220
 alive eternally.

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:19.740
 Luke 20, verse 36,

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:22.400
 it says, for they cannot

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:24.240
 die anymore because they

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.840
 are equal to angels and

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:27.019
 are sons of God.

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:28.279
 There is that type, being

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:30.580
 sons of the resurrection.

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:34.039
 Romans 8, 11, if the

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.960
 spirit of him who raised

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.980
 Jesus from the dead dwells

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.500
 in you, he who raised

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.460
 Christ Jesus from the dead

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:40.320
 will also give life to

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:41.759
 your mortal bodies through

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:44.099
 his spirit who dwells in

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.440
 you.

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.519
 Without the reality of

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.240
 the resurrection, we

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.119
 would not have our sins

00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:49.759
 pardoned.

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.279
 Without the reality of

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.759
 the resurrection, we

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.420
 wouldn't have protection

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.279
 from the wrath of God, our

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:56.279
 sins pardoned, or thirdly,

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:58.519
 the presence of Jesus

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.000
 Christ.

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:01.579
 The last verse that we

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.559
 read there in chapter 2,

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:04.940
 verse 10, for we are his

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:07.140
 workmanship created in

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.640
 Christ Jesus for good

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:10.580
 works, which God prepared

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:12.380
 beforehand that we should

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.080
 walk in them.

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:15.060
 We have been made now into

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.940
 a new type.

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:18.060
 Those who are disciples of

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:19.100
 Jesus Christ, those who

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:21.080
 are called Christian, those

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:22.400
 who are sons of God, we've

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:24.880
 been created in Christ

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.280
 Jesus.

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 And not just to our own

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.360
 ends, but for a greater

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.920
 end, and that is for good

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.400
 works.

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:32.020
 Good works that God

00:24:32.020 --> 00:24:33.060
 prepared beforehand that we

00:24:33.060 --> 00:24:34.300
 should walk in them, that

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:35.860
 he might be displayed in

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.879
 this world.

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:39.139
 And we do this by the

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:40.319
 power of the Spirit that's

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.399
 been granted to us now

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.939
 because of the accomplished

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:44.039
 work of Christ.

00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:45.619
 Romans 8, 9-11.

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.699
 Paul writes,

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:48.119
 You, however, are not in

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:49.279
 the flesh, but in the

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.379
 Spirit, if in fact the

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.199
 Spirit of God dwells in

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:52.319
 you, if you are in fact

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.719
 believers.

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.459
 Anyone who does not have

00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.319
 the Spirit of Christ does

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.740
 not belong to him.

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.639
 But if Christ is in you,

00:24:58.919 --> 00:24:59.919
 although the body is dead

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:01.639
 because of sin, the Spirit

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.899
 is life because of

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.279
 righteousness.

00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:05.099
 If the Spirit of him who

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.839
 raised Jesus from the dead

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.259
 dwells in you, he who

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.299
 raised Christ Jesus from

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.500
 the dead will also give

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:11.119
 life to your mortal bodies

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:13.099
 through his Spirit who

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.720
 dwells in you.

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.899
 What is this life?

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:17.240
 It is a life of pursuit of

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.379
 Jesus Christ.

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.059
 John 14, verse 15-19.

00:25:21.199 --> 00:25:21.720
 Jesus says,

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:24.039
 If you love me, you will

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.919
 keep my commandments.

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.059
 And I will ask the

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.000
 Father, and he will give

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.480
 you another helper to be

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:32.119
 with you forever, even the

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:34.000
 Spirit of truth, whom the

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.500
 world cannot receive, because

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.339
 it neither sees him nor

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.640
 knows him.

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.279
 You know him, for he

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.500
 dwells with you and will

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.119
 be in you.

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.920
 I will not leave you as

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.319
 orphans.

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.460
 I will come to you.

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.960
 Yet a little while, and the

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.119
 world will see me no more,

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.180
 but you will see me.

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:52.140
 Because I live, you also

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.079
 will live.

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.339
 Do you see the resurrection

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:57.000
 language that's so spun

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.519
 throughout all of the New

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.099
 Testament?

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.900
 If you love me, you will

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.680
 keep my commandments.

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.019
 And I'm going to give you

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 a helper.

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 The Spirit of God is going

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 to come and abide with you

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 because I have been

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 resurrected.

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 Because I have left, I will

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 send you a helper.

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 It's with this confidence

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 that he says, Jesus says in

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 Matthew 28, in the Great

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 Commission, verse 20,

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 Behold, I am with you

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 always to the end of the

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 age.

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 Paul writes in Romans 6-9,

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 We know that Christ, being

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 raised from the dead, will

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 never die again.

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 Death no longer has dominion

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 over him.

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 So because of the

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 resurrection of Jesus

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 Christ, we now have the

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 Spirit of God that dwells

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 within us, that gives to us

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 his presence in every moment

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 of every day.

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 So without the reality of the

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 resurrection, we would not

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 have protection from the

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 wrath of God.

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 We would not have our sin

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 pardoned.

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 And we would not have the

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 presence of Jesus.

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 Praise God for the

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 resurrection of Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Now what is the application

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 of all of this?

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 What does it mean for us?

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 Good, I believe.

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 You may be sitting there

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 saying, of course I believe

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 in the resurrection of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 I see the benefits.

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 I know what they are.

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 The application for us is

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 this day and every day

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 moving forward.

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 If we are those who claim

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 to know Christ, to have

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 placed our faith in Him,

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 is that we enjoy the

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 realities of the

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 resurrection in a way

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 that causes us to exalt

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 the name of Jesus Christ

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 in our experience, in our

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 display, and in our

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 proclamation.

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 That in everything we do,

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 we say to this world, we

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 worship a risen King.

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 He sits now and He reigns.

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 Beloved, this is the

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 kingdom that we are a part

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 of.

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 We should be less concerned

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 about the politics of this

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 world.

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 We should be less concerned

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 about amassing for

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 ourselves a kingdom, stuff

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 for our enjoyment.

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 We should be more concerned

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 about the name of our

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 Christ.

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 We should be more concerned

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 about exalting Him among

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 this world.

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 This is the application

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 today.

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 Knowing that Christ has

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 risen, should move us,

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 should give us boldness

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 like the boldness that the

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 apostles had.

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 For a 40 year span to

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 preach the gospel in the

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 fear of death.

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 To know that His kingdom

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 will advance because He

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 reigns.

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 This should be the great

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 cry of our hearts.

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 This should be the great

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 activity of our lives.

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 Let's pray together that

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 we will do that.

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