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 Well, it's not hard to feel like we need good news, is it?

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 If you've seen the news this morning,

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 Egypt, airliner, hijacked in Lanarka and Cyprus.

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! We've looked at the news over the weekend.

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 I don't know if it's been the storms.

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 I think of the bomb in Lahore.

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 I think of the ongoing devastation in people's lives

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 leading from the bombs last week in Belgium.

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 The ongoing hunt.

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 And that's not even to mention our own personal situations.

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 Maybe a bad diagnosis.

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 Maybe a death in the family.

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 The death of a loved one.

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 Or just difficulties and sadness you've lived with for years.

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 We all need some good news, don't we?

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 Perhaps you feel a little bit like Mary going to the tomb that morning.

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 It was still dark, John tells us.

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 Emphasising the bleakness, the hopelessness of the situation.

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 It was still dark.

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 She was in confusion.

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 She arrives and sees the stone rolled away.

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 And does not know what has happened.

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 She automatically thinks someone's taken Jesus' body.

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 What she's longing for at this stage is just to see Jesus' body.

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 To be with the body.

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 To take it away.

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 Brings embalment if necessary.

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 And then there's distress, isn't there?

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 Where's this body gone?

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 What has happened?

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 And so she does the only thing she can think to do.

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 She runs to get help.

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 She runs to the disciples.

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 To Peter and John.

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 And do you notice, as John tells us this story,

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 we see their emotions as well.

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 What do they do as Mary comes to them?

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 They run to the tomb.

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 I'm not even sure they necessarily know what they're running for.

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 Just think of all this emotion, all this grief, all this frustration.

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 And now confusion.

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 Where's this body gone?

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 But they're not really much help to Mary, are they?

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 See what happens as they run to the tomb.

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 We'll look at them and then we'll look at Mary.

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 And then we'll look at what Jesus says to Mary at the end.

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 So look, they both run to the tomb.

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 I don't know how you imagine this.

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 I imagine John to be the thinner one.

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 Peter to be the big burly one.

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 Of course, they're both fishermen.

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 So John gets there fast first.

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 He's the sprinter.

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 Peter, a bit heavier, but he gets there eventually.

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 When John gets to the tomb, verses 4 and 5,

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 he kind of holds back.

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 He looks in.

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 He reflects on what is going on.

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 He sees the linen cloths, but doesn't go in.

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 But Peter?

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 Well, it's characteristic Peter.

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 He blunders straight in.

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 He wants to see what's going on.

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 Maybe he's a typical man.

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 Mary's come to him with a problem.

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 He wants to solve the problem.

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 Where's this body gone?

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 So he goes into the tomb.

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 He says he sees the face cloth.

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 The face cloth that should be on Jesus' head.

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 Not lying with the linen cloths, verse 7,

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 but folded up by itself.

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 What does Peter see?

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 Well, he doesn't see anything, in a sense, does he?

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 He sees a problem that needs to be solved.

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 What he doesn't realise yet,

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 is that his greatest problem has been solved.

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 Because Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 What do you see,

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 as you look at the resurrection story?

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 Like Peter, do you see some bits of evidence

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 which don't quite add up?

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 Do you see a problem that needs to be solved?

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 Do you see a nice story that just gets told every year?

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 Or do you see something more?

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 See, some people approach Christianity

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 a bit like Peter approached the tomb.

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 Run in, have a quick look,

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 and then kind of go away

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 without ever really having reflected on it,

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 having ever really made sense of it.

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 Just heading off again.

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 I hear people say,

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 I've tried that,

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 I went to church for a while,

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 I went to a camp as a kid.

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 I've tried Christianity.

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 What do you make,

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 if you look at the tomb?

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 What do you think of it?

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 There's a contrast between Peter and John here,

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 isn't there?

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 Peter blunders in and runs off again.

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 John,

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 well, look at verse 8.

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 The other disciple,

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 that is John,

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 who reached the tomb first,

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 also went in,

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 and he saw,

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 and he believed,

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 for as yet,

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 they did not understand the scripture

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 that he must rise from the dead.

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 It's a funny way of putting it, isn't it?

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 What did John believe?

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 What did John believe?

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 Well, he must have believed

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 that Jesus had risen.

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 That must be what he believed.

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 Later on in the chapter,

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 we'll see that's part of what belief is about.

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 And how did he come to believe it?

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 Well, in a part,

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 on the basis of what his eyes could see,

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 he could see the folded grave clothes.

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 No grave robber had done this.

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 Because no grave robber

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 would leave a face cloth

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 nicely folded away from the others.

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 So he must have believed

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 that Jesus had risen.

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 But he didn't actually understand.

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 What he's telling us here

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 is actually you can believe that

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 if you really understand

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 what the Old Testament is about.

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 You will understand

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 that the Messiah,

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 God's rescuer,

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 must rise from the dead.

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 At this point,

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 John,

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 writing honestly,

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 did not understand that.

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 But he saw with his own eyes

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 that the tomb was empty.

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 And so he believed

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 Jesus must have risen from the dead.

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 And of course,

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 he had Jesus' words

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 echoing in his ears,

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 no doubt.

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 Jesus had told the disciples

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 many times he'd rise from the dead.

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 So, for example,

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 back in chapter 10,

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 verse 17,

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 Jesus had said this,

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 For this reason,

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 the Father loves me,

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 because I lay down my life

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 that I may take it up again.

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 No one takes it from me,

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 but I lay it down

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 of my own accord.

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 I have authority to lay it down,

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 and I have authority

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 to take it up again.

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 This is the charge

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 I've received from my Father.

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 So perhaps as John

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 is in that shadowy tomb

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 on that first Easter morning,

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 maybe those words

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 are ringing in his ears

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 as he sees the folded glazed clothes.

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 So he believes

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 Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 But he still doesn't understand

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 why it was necessary

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 for Christ to rise from the dead.

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 Now, why is it important

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 we think about that?

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 I think it's important

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 for a number of reasons.

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 Firstly, we've got to remember

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 these are normal men

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 witnessing these events.

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 They weren't pre-scientific simpletons

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 as some people accused them of.

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 John wasn't going to believe anything

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 unless he had something to see.

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 It wasn't that they naturally believed

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 dead people came back to life.

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 Of course they didn't.

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 They're more familiar

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 with people dying

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 and staying dead than we are.

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 They didn't have

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 intensive care units

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 and defibrillators

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 and resuscitation techniques.

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 They knew that when people died

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 they stayed dead.

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 They were not gullible.

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 But they had heard

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 what Jesus had said.

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 They'd heard Jesus say

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 that while the world rejoices

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 you will weep.

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 They just hadn't really understood.

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 Now that can be

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 encouragement to all of us.

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 It may be you're looking

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 into the Christian faith.

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 It may be you've been

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 a Christian for years

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 and the things you just

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 don't understand.

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 What do you see

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 here?

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 The apostle

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 doesn't understand everything

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 but he still believes.

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 Saint Augustine said

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 I believe

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 in order to know.

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 You can trust

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 that Jesus is alive.

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 You can trust

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 what the scriptures say

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 even if you don't have

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 everything

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 taped down

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 and understood.

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 That is okay.

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 Where's Peter and John?

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 Peter who looks quickly

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 runs away.

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 John who reflects

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 and believes

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 without fully understanding.

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 I wonder how Mary

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 felt at that point.

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 She'd gone to get them

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 in her distress

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 and when we read

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 verse 11

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 or verse 10

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 they scarf her off home

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 meanwhile Mary

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 verse 11

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 stood weeping

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 outside the tomb

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 and as she wept

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 she looked into the tomb.

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 So these disciples

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 haven't been much help

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 to her have they?

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 She's still weeping

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 she's still looking

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 for Jesus' body

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 she still doesn't understand

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 what's happened

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 and she still has

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 no expectation

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 of finding him alive.

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 So she looks

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 into the tomb

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 well verse 12

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 she sees two angels

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 in white

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 and they said to her

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 verse 13

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 woman why are you weeping?

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 Jesus then asked

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 the same question

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 why are you weeping?

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 That's exactly

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 the kind of question

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 my wife and I

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 ask our children

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 when they're all upset

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 about something.

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 Joel, why are you crying?

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 Why are you crying?

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 It's actually a gentle question

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 to encourage them

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 there's no reason to weep

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 and that's how

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 the angels

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 and how Jesus

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 is asking a question

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 to Mary

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 why are you weeping?

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 There is actually

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 no reason to weep now

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 as you will find out.

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 Then Jesus asked her

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 another question

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 verse 15

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 whom are you seeking?

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 Who are you seeking?

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 Mary what is it

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 that you're looking for

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 that you hope

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 will put an end

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 to these tears?

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 I guess if we could

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 stop the camera there

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 and ask Mary

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 what are you looking for?

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 Well she would have told us

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 I'm looking for Jesus' body

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 that was the whole point

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 of running to the disciples

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 wasn't it?

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 It's what she says

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 to Jesus

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 who she thinks

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 is the gardener

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 there in verse

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 verse 15

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 Sir if you've carried him away

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 tell me where you've laid him

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 and I will take him away

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 what she wants

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 what she thinks she wants

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 is the body of Jesus

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 in her grief

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 that would in doubt

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 be a comfort

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 maybe she wants to

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 embalm his body

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 with spices

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 we read that

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 in the other gospels

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 she wants to do

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 a last act of service

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 for Jesus

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 she thinks

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 that will bring comfort

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 but do you notice

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 Jesus had something

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 much better for her

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 than that

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 Jesus had something

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 much better for her

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 than that

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 and I wonder how true

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 that is for each one

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 of us as well

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 don't we often think

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 I'll feel better

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 I'll be comforted

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 when

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 dot dot dot

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 how do you finish

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 that sentence?

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 I'll feel better

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 when

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 I've got through

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 this treatment

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 I'll feel better

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 when

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 the kids

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 are safely grown up

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 and left school

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 I'll feel better

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 when

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 the child

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 is currently

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 running away

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 comes home

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 I'll feel better

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 how would you finish that?

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 see Jesus

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 has a better way

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 of ending

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 those tears

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 and wiping them up

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 we see that way

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 in verse 16

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 Jesus said to her

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 Mary

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 she turned

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 and said to him

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 in Aramaic

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 Rabboni

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 which means teacher

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 what a moment

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 you know how precious

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 it is when someone

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 you love calls your name

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 someone perhaps

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 you haven't even seen

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 for a while

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 someone hears your name

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 being called by them

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 you turn around

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 it's a wonderful thing

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 perhaps you think of a

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 a reunion

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 after a long separation

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 think how it was

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 for Mary

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 to hear the very words

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 of the master

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 speaking her name

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 Mary

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 now Matthew tells us

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 that at this point

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 Mary

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 and there are probably

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 other women there

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 fell down at Jesus' feet

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 and grabbed hold of him

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 Matthew 28 verse 29

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 they came up

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 and took hold of his feet

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 and worshipped him

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 they fell down

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 prostrate before him

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 no doubt that's

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 what's going on

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 it's a wonderful moment

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 isn't it?

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 Mary doesn't understand

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 everything

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 but Jesus is alive

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 and has spoken to her

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 but as John tells

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 this story

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 he wants to focus us

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 on what Jesus says

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 next

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 because this is where

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 the good news lies

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 for you and me

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 this is where we can

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 have our Mary moment

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 as it were

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 where we can fall down

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 in worship

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 at the feet of the

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 risen saviour

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 and know that one day

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 not today

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 but one day

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 he will wipe

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 every tear away

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 when he returns

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 John wants us to know

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 this because he wants

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 us to believe

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 he tells us that

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 at the end of the

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 chapter

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 let's go on

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 and look at

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 Jesus' response

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 there

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 in verse 17

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 Jesus said to Mary

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 do not cling to me

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 remember she's

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 holding on to his feet

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 for I have not yet

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 ascended to the

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 father

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 but go to my

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 brothers

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 and say to them

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 I am ascending

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 to my father

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 and your father

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 to my God

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 and your God

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 what's Jesus saying?

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 do not cling to me

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 now Mary

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 don't indulge in this

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 don't just enjoy

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 this spiritual experience

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 you're having

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 but I've got a job

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 for you to do

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 I'm going back

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 to the father

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 I'm not going

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 just yet

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 you'll see me again

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 and everyone

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 will see me one day

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 but right now

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 I've got a commission

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 for you

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 I've got a job

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 for you

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 so don't just enjoy

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 your own private

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 spiritual moment

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 go and tell this

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 good news

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 to other people

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 as well

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 and for all of us

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 who are Christians

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 this good news

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 that Mary has to

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 announce

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 is news for us

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 if we've trusted

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 in Jesus Christ

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 this is good news

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 for us

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 and so the message

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 for us

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 is the same

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 as it was for Mary

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 don't just enjoy

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 your spiritual high

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 don't just enjoy

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 your own spiritual

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 moment with Jesus

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 tell this good news

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 to others

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 tell it to yourself

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 to other believers

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 and to those

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 who do not know

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 I am ascending

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 to my father

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 and your father

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 to my God

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 and your God

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 that's the good news

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 message Jesus had

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 for his disciples

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 and throughout this gospel

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 John has made it clear

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 two things

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 well a number of things

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 where Jesus has come from

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 and where he's going to

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 so back in chapter 3

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 Jesus said

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 John recalls Jesus

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 whereas only I

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 have come down

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 from heaven

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 and as we go

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 through the gospel

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 we read that Jesus

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 is going to go back

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 to the father as well

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 now what does that

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 mean for the disciples

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 what does it mean

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 for us who believe

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 well as we tease out

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 this my God

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 and your God

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 my father

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 and your father

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 I want us to see

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 three things

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 it means vindication

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 welcome

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 and renewal

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 vindication

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 welcome

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 and renewal

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 think about vindication

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 first of all

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 think about those

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 poor disciples

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 they followed Jesus

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 around for three years

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 they left their homes

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 their families

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 and their livelihoods

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 to follow him

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 and they'd just seen him

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 three days earlier

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 nailed to

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 on a Friday

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 nailed to a cross

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 crucified

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 under the

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 desires of the

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 religious leaders

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 it looked like

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 the religious leaders

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 had won

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 it looked like

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 the God they served

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 was the powerful one

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 they must have

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 the disciples

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 must have worried

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 have we got it all wrong?

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 have we wasted

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 the last three years?

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 have we misunderstood?

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 have we misread Jesus?

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 Jesus says

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 I'm going back to

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 my God

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 and your God

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 Jesus died

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 as a humiliated

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 criminal

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 on a cross

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 hanging on a cross

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 was a sign of being

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 under God's curse

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 as Deuteronomy tells us

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 from the Old Testament

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 he looked

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 utterly despised

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 and rejected by God

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 and yet God

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 has raised him to life

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 so Jesus says

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 he's my God

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 and your God

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 if you trust in me

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 he is your God too

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 you may feel

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 oppressed

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 you may feel

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 downtrodden

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 you may feel

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 like a loser

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 you may wonder

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 whether this was

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 worthwhile

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 maybe even to us

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 today

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 we think

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 maybe I shouldn't

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 take Christianity

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 too seriously

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 especially given

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 the way the world

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 looks at those

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 of us who are

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 Christians

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 fundamentalists

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 idiots

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 whatever the words

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 are

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 maybe

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 maybe I shouldn't

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 take it too

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 seriously

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 Jesus says no

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 I've been raised

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 from the dead

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 I'm going back

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 to my God

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 and your God

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 is his vindication

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 proof that the

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 father loves the

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 son

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 proof that the

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 father accepts

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 the son

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 proof that the

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 humiliation

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 of the son

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 was for our

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 sake

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 so that we

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 could become

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 his children

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 so Jesus

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 says he's my

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 God and your

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 God

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 if you trust

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 in me

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 and as the

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 father has

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 raised me

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 from the dead

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 so he will

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 raise you

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 from the dead

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 so you will

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 be vindicated

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 too

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 you're truly

00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.700
 on God's

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 side if you

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 trust in

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 Jesus

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 you see why

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 that's important

00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:43.799
 in a society

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 where people

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 think all

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 religions are

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 equally valid

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 in a society

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 that thinks

00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:49.080
 taking anything

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 too seriously

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 is just a bit

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 silly

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:53.600
 in our own

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 lives when it

00:15:54.180 --> 00:15:54.920
 can be hard

00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:56.340
 to be loyal

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:56.820
 to King

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 Jesus

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 we need to

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 see the

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 resurrection

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 is the

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 vindication

00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.040
 of Jesus

00:16:01.040 --> 00:16:01.720
 and therefore

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.259
 the vindication

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.600
 of all who

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 trust in

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 Jesus

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 but John

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 goes on

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 Jesus goes

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 on

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 I'm attending

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 to my

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 father

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 and your

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 father

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 my father

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 and your

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 father

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 now let me

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 make one

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 thing clear

00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:13.900
 here

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 nobody

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 has God

00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:16.900
 as father

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 unless they

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 trust in

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 Jesus

00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:21.040
 nobody

00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:21.780
 has God

00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:22.420
 as father

00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:23.340
 unless they

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 trust in

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 Jesus

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 it is only

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 in Jesus

00:16:25.800 --> 00:16:26.379
 we can call

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 God

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 father

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 we're all

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 God's

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 creatures

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 we're all

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 made in

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 God's

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 image

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 but we're

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 not all

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 God's

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 children

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 in fact

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 by nature

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 we're children

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 of wrath

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 the new

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 testament tells us

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 by nature

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 we're cut

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 off from

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 God

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 it's only

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 in Jesus

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 that we can

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.700
 call God

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.120
 father

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 now

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 what are

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 the implications

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.519
 of that

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 let me draw

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 up two

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 first

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 is we're

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 welcomed

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 by the

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 father

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 back in

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 chapter 14

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 verse 6

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 Jesus famously

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 said

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 I am the

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 way

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 the truth

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 and the

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 life

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 no one

00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.060
 comes to

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 the father

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.960
 except through

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 me

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 there are

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 all sorts

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 of ways

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 people try

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 to get

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.440
 connected

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.859
 with God

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 aren't

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.319
 there

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:06.359
 you get

00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:06.500
 your

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 eightfold

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.460
 path

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 in Buddhism

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 you get

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 the five

00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:10.680
 pillars

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 of Islam

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 you get

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 the secular

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.880
 equivalence

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 of being

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 a nice

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 upstanding

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 person

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 being tolerant

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 and giving

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 to charity

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 and caring

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 about the

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 environment

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 people do

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 all these

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 things

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 to try

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 and gain

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 some sort

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 of contact

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 some sort

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 of

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 acceptance

00:17:24.840 --> 00:17:25.640
 by God

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 but Jesus

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 says it's

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.559
 only

00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:29.259
 if you're

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 trusting in

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.319
 my life

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.100
 and death

00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:31.880
 and resurrection

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.080
 that you can

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 call God

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.059
 father

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 I am the

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 only way

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 to the

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 father

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 Mohammed

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 does not

00:17:38.580 --> 00:17:39.080
 provide a

00:17:39.080 --> 00:17:39.480
 way to the

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.720
 father

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.039
 Buddha

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 does not

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.319
 Hinduism

00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:41.579
 is not

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 a way

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.000
 of being

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 connected

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 with the

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 father

00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:44.259
 being a

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 nice

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 moral

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.959
 person

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 is not

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:46.539
 a way

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:46.759
 of being

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 connected

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 with the

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 father

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 it only

00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:48.799
 comes

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.139
 through

00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:49.500
 believing

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:49.959
 in Jesus

00:17:49.959 --> 00:17:51.139
 it's only

00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.419
 through

00:17:51.419 --> 00:17:51.759
 Jesus

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.159
 we can

00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:52.339
 call

00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:52.539
 God

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:52.899
 father

00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:54.139
 it's only

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 through

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 Jesus

00:17:54.739 --> 00:17:55.139
 we are

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 welcomed

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 Jesus

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.959
 said

00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.159
 through

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 disciples

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:58.879
 in John

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 14

00:17:59.219 --> 00:17:59.419
 that he

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 was going

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:00.039
 to the

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 father

00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:00.679
 but in

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:00.799
 his

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.179
 father's

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.379
 house

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:01.579
 there were

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 many

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.139
 rooms

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 he'd

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:02.479
 gone

00:18:02.479 --> 00:18:02.659
 there

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.019
 to

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 prepare

00:18:03.219 --> 00:18:03.359
 a

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 place

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:03.819
 for

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.000
 them

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.579
 and

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.719
 he'd

00:18:04.719 --> 00:18:04.879
 come

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.099
 back

00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.399
 and take

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:05.519
 them

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:05.699
 with

00:18:05.699 --> 00:18:06.000
 him

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.099
 he's

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.339
 coming

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.639
 back

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.199
 for all

00:18:08.199 --> 00:18:08.339
 who

00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:08.779
 believe

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.500
 to give

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:09.679
 us a

00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:10.039
 place

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.359
 in his

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:10.779
 father's

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.139
 house

00:18:11.139 --> 00:18:12.079
 I was

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.179
 just

00:18:12.179 --> 00:18:12.439
 staying

00:18:12.439 --> 00:18:12.599
 a

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:12.799
 recent

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.199
 weekend

00:18:13.199 --> 00:18:13.799
 in my

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.319
 mother-in-law's

00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.639
 house

00:18:14.639 --> 00:18:15.319
 it's always

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.740
 nice to go

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:15.839
 there

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.199
 we go to the

00:18:16.199 --> 00:18:16.559
 guest room

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.299
 we always feel

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.539
 at home

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:17.839
 we're always

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.240
 welcomed

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.399
 it's a place

00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:20.679
 where we can

00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:21.059
 belong

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 how much

00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:23.919
 better

00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:25.339
 to belong

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.899
 to be

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.339
 welcomed

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.539
 by our

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:27.879
 heavenly

00:18:27.879 --> 00:18:28.299
 father

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:29.319
 because we

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.719
 received

00:18:29.719 --> 00:18:30.240
 his son

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.259
 but there's

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.640
 a second

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.880
 implication

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.359
 of Jesus

00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:34.680
 saying

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:35.319
 my father

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:35.740
 and your

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.140
 father

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:38.140
 what does

00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:38.559
 it actually

00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.200
 mean to be

00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.359
 able to

00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:39.819
 call God

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.120
 father

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.420
 what needs

00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:40.759
 to happen

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.039
 in our

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.400
 lives

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.019
 in order

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.140
 to be

00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.299
 able to

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.960
 call God

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.339
 father

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.500
 what is

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.720
 it that

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.039
 can make

00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.200
 us

00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:45.539
 children

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.140
 of God

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:48.140
 well

00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.960
 John tells

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.240
 us right

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.579
 back at the

00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:49.799
 start of

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.160
 his gospel

00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.740
 chapter 1

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.339
 verse 12

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:52.180
 he says

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.500
 to all

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:52.920
 who did

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.339
 receive

00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:53.839
 Jesus

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.819
 to all

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.539
 who believed

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:55.880
 in his

00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:56.380
 name

00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:56.720
 that is

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.160
 to all

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.759
 who believed

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.380
 Jesus was

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:58.920
 who he said

00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.440
 he was

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.400
 the eternal

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:00.920
 son of

00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:01.160
 God

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:01.779
 come to

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.120
 die

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.620
 and rise

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:02.980
 again

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.799
 for sinners

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.559
 whoever

00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.019
 believed

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.279
 in his

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.600
 name

00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.360
 he

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:06.980
 gave

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.160
 the

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.580
 right

00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.539
 to become

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.000
 children

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.779
 of God

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:11.380
 children

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.000
 who were

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.220
 born

00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.559
 not of

00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:12.900
 blood

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:13.420
 nor of

00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:13.620
 the will

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:13.820
 of the

00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.180
 flesh

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.779
 nor the

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:14.900
 will

00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.299
 of man

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 but of

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 God

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 how do we

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 become

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 how do we

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 become God's

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 children

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 by believing

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 and as we

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 believe

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 Jesus does

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 something in

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 us

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 he changes

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 us

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 Christianity

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 isn't merely

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 about

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 believing

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 certain facts

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 although it

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 does include

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 believing

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 it isn't

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 merely a matter

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 of behaving

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 in certain

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 ways

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 or it

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 does affect

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 our behaviour

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 it isn't

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 merely about

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 having a

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 certain ethical

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 code

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 although one

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 will do

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 that if

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 one is

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 following

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 Jesus

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 it is

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 fundamentally

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 about a

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 change that

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 happens within

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 us

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 as God

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 by his

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 spirit

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 makes us

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 his children

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 gives us

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 new life

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 as he

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 raised the

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 son to

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 new life

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 in the

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 resurrection

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 so he

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 can raise

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 us to

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 new life

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 renewal

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 inside of

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 us

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 making us

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 new people

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 it means

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 complete renewal

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 God

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 changes us

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 from the

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 inside out

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 so as

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 Jesus says

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 to Mary

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 go to my

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 brothers

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 those who are

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 part of my

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 family

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 and say

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 I'm ascending

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 to my God

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 and your God

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 my father

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 and your father

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 he's telling us

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 we can celebrate

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 vindication

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 if we trust in

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 Jesus

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 we are gods

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 and he will

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 vindicate us

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 one day

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 entirely

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 when Jesus

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 returns

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 it means

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 welcome

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 we're accepted

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 and loved

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 by the

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 heavenly father

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 and have a

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 home with him

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 forever

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 and it means

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 renewal

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 he's changing

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 us now

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 making us

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 new people

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 see what

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 difference

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 that message

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 made to

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 Mary's life

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 we contrast

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 in the start

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 and the end

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 she turns up

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 with tears

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 she leaves

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 with joy

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 she arrives

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 in darkness

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 but her life

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 is flooded

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 with light

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 as she leaves

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 she came

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 hopeless

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 and leaves

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 knowing

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 she's a child

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 of God

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 who will

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 one day

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 be with

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 Jesus

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 forever

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 now what

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 difference

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 does that

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 make for us

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 she'd make

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 all sorts

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 of differences

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 shouldn't it

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 I got an

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 email yesterday

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 I think it was

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 from some

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 friends of mine

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 who work

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 with or have

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 dealings with

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 those who work

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 with Syrian

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 refugees

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 fleeing the

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 whole horrible

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 conflict in

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 Syria

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 we all know

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 from our TV

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 screens don't we

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 how awful it

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 is

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 and yet

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 some people

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 fleeing that

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 conflict

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 have turned

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 their back

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 on Islam

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 have risked

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 the wrath

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 of their

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 family

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 and their

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 communities

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 and have

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 come to

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 faith in

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 Christ

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 they might

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 think that's

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 like jumping

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 from the

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 frying pan

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 into the

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 fire

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 yet these

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 people say

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 this

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 the most

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 important

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 thing is

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 that we

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 know Jesus

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 Christ as

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 our

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 saviour

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 thank God

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 for the war

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 in Syria

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 it brought

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 us to

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 Jesus

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 thank God

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 for the war

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 in Syria

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 it brought

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 us to

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 Jesus

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 now that

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 confounds

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 my wisdom

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 and yet

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 isn't it

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 true

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 these poor

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 persecuted

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 people

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 know they

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 will be

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 vindicated

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 because Jesus

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 is alive

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 know they

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 have a welcome

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 from the

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 father

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 even when

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 they're hated

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 by their

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 families

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 know they

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 have renewal

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 now

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 which enables

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 them to

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 rejoice

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 in the

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 midst of

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 horrendous

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 suffering

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 that's

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 what the

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 difference

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:18.799
 the

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 resurrection

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 makes

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 to them

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 what

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 difference

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.019
 does the

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 resurrection

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 make

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 to me

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 and to

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 you

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 let me pray

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 for us

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 thank you

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 thank you

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