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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 23, the Sing Psalms version.

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 You'll find it on the Order of Service or in the Psalm books on page 28.

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 Psalm 23, the Sing Psalms version.

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 We're going to sing the whole of this psalm, a great psalm that reminds us of

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 who the Lord is and how he is, our shepherd, how he watches over us and leads us.

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 The Lord's my shepherd, no one shall I know.

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 He makes me lie down where the green pastures grow.

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 He leads me to rest where the calm waters flow.

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 We'll stand to sing the whole of this psalm.

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 The Lord is my shepherd, no one shall I know.

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 He makes me lie down where the green pastures grow.

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 He leads me to rest where the calm waters flow.

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 My wandering steps he brings back to his way.

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 In straight paths of righteousness making me stay.

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 Though I walk in death's valley where darkness is near.

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 Because you are with me, no evil I'll fear.

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 Your God and your suffering be comfort and cheer.

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 In the sight of my enemies a table you spread.

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 The oil of rejoicing you pour on my head.

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 My cup overflows and I'm graciously fed.

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 So surely your covenant, mercy and grace.

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 Will follow me closely in all of my ways.

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 I will dwell in the house of the Lord all my days.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven as we gather today.

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 We thank you for the wonder of your creation.

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 We thank you for the beauty and the stillness of this day.

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 We thank you that on this Sunday morning, this Lord's Day morning, we can gather in your name.

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 We can gather with the assurance and the promise that you give in your word that you will be with us.

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 That you will come near to us as we seek to come near to you.

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 We thank you for your word and how it reminds us of all the blessings that are ours in Jesus Christ.

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 Even as we have sung together from this psalm, we are reminded of the wonder of the Lord.

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 The Lord who is our shepherd.

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 The Lord who leads us through this life.

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 He watches over us.

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 And as we put our trust in him, he gives us every promise and assurance and comfort of the word.

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 And especially that great comfort of a place for all of his people.

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 A place that he leads his people to.

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 His dwelling place forevermore.

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 And we thank you that that is true because of what he has done for us.

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 And especially today, we remember the significance of all that's been done for us.

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 That Jesus came into this world.

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 That he died on the cross.

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 That he was buried.

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 And that he rose again on the third day.

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 And we thank you that today as we come, especially remembering that,

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 we are thankful that every Sunday we have that reminder to us.

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 That he is risen.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will bless all that we do in your name today.

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 Bless us together as families and friends and as a community here, Lord.

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 We thank you for each other.

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 We thank you for our young people and pray your blessing on them.

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 Especially at this holiday time, Lord.

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 Watch over each one.

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 And we thank you for our schools, for the teachers and all the staff.

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 And all the children there.

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 We pray that they will enjoy a time of holiday just now.

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 Whether it's staying at home here or going away to different places, Lord.

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 Keep each one safe and watch over us all.

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 Thank you for those visiting with us as well, Lord.

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 And we pray your blessing on each of them as well.

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 People traveling to and fro, Lord.

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 Watch over us each one.

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 Lord, bless us now as we worship your name.

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 Bless us as we go on in this day, Lord.

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 Look after us and all our loved ones as we commit them to you.

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 I think especially for this coming week of James and Donna.

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 As they will be away as Donna goes through her treatment, Lord.

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 We pray that you will watch over them.

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 Bless them.

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 Uphold them.

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 And others like them, Lord.

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 Going through that experience at this time as well, Lord.

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 We commit all who are unwell.

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 All who are cast down at this time.

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 All who are with many different troubles in this life, Lord.

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 We pray for your comfort and your blessing to each one.

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 So hear our prayers, Lord, and continue with us now as we ask all of these things for the forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, today is, of course, Easter Sunday.

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 And it's a special day for us as we come together to remember what the Lord Jesus has done for us.

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 And today we're going to be looking at a particular story from the Bible.

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 A story that's often called The Two on the Road to Emmaus.

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 Two people who were traveling on this journey along the road, leaving Jerusalem and making their way to a place called Emmaus.

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 And as they were making their way along, Jesus came alongside them.

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 And it's an amazing story.

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 But the foundation of this story, as we find it in Luke's Gospel, chapter 24, actually begins with the resurrection on the first day of the week.

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 And I'm just going to read one verse earlier in Luke, chapter 24, at verse 6.

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 And that's where it says,

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 He is not here, but he has risen.

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 Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee,

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 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified,

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 and on the third day rise.

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 He is not here, but he is risen.

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 That is what Easter is about.

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 Jesus came, he died, he was buried,

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 but on the third day he rose again.

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 Who here has ever told a lie?

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 If you don't put up your hand, you probably are telling a lie.

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 Who else has maybe heard something that you think is true,

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 only for it to turn out to be a lie?

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 Sometimes it's hard to know what to believe and what is truth.

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 Now, there's a day tomorrow, the 1st of April, it's called April Fool's Day.

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 And people love to make up stories to try and trick people and to catch people out.

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 And you'll hear all kinds of different stories being told,

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 and sometimes it's very difficult to work out what is true and what is a lie.

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 And we often fall into the trap of believing things that just aren't true,

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 or not believing things that actually are.

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 We've been living in Plasterfield for nearly two years now,

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 and it's been nice getting to know all the neighbours round about there.

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 There's one in particular, though, when the 1st of April comes,

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 I'll be a little bit wary about what he might say to me,

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 whether to believe it's true or not.

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 I'm expecting a text in early tomorrow morning saying,

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 the ferry's cancelled.

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 And I'll be wondering, is that true?

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 And I think, oh, no, it's so-and-so who's texting.

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 It's probably just an April Fool's.

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 But we struggle to know, to believe what is true and what is a lie.

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 Now, 2,000 years ago, on a Friday, something happened,

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 something that really changed this world.

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 And that is that Jesus, who had come into this world,

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 and he came with a purpose.

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 He came to give his life for his people.

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 And so on that Friday, Jesus was crucified.

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 It was a dark day, a very sad day in many ways,

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 especially if we didn't understand just why it was happening.

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 But we know it's true.

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 It's recorded in history for us.

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 And many people saw Jesus being put to death.

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 And then on the Saturday, his body lay in the grave for that day.

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 But then something amazing happened.

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 On the Sunday morning, on the third day,

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 when they went to the tomb to see what was there,

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 they found the tomb, the stone had been rolled away,

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 and the tomb was empty.

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 He had risen.

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 He was alive.

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 And he met with people.

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 And that's not a lie either,

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 because it's recorded for us here in the Bible.

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 Many people met with Jesus.

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 But there are many people who think it is a lie.

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 And our lives are so often made up of trying to work out

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 what is true and what is a lie.

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 And there's actually board games and TV shows

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 that are based on this kind of idea

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 of trying to work out what's truth and what's a lie.

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 There's one TV show called Would I Lie to You?

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 And on it, you've got two teams of three on each team,

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 and they're telling stories,

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 often about themselves and things that they've done.

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 Sometimes they're telling the truth,

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 and sometimes they're telling a lie.

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 And the team opposite them has to try and work out which it is.

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 And it can be very hard,

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 because it can be very convincing.

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 And isn't that the way our lives so often are?

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 We hear so much,

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 and we're wondering to ourselves,

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 what's true and what's a lie?

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 And as we hear what we read in our Bibles,

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 we need to believe that this is truth.

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 This is what is true.

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 And what these two on the road to Emmaus found

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 was that as they were on this journey,

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 after they left Jerusalem,

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 going to Emmaus,

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 which is about seven miles of a journey,

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 so it'll be a bit like walking from here

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 to Skoltenaloch or Skolavac,

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 seven miles,

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 walking all that way,

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 and plenty time to discuss things.

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 But as they're on this journey,

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 Jesus comes alongside them.

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 But it takes them a little while

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 to realize just who it is.

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 But what he does is he speaks to them

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 about the Bible,

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 the truth.

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 And it's the truth,

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 as we read here,

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 makes their hearts burn within them.

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 Their hearts get excited

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 about what they are hearing

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 and who it is

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 that is speaking to them.

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 It is Jesus,

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 who they thought was dead,

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 who is alive,

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 and he is risen.

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 And what happens is

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 their lives are transformed.

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 And they want to rush back

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 to Jerusalem

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 and tell others about him.

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 Why is Easter important?

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 Is it because of the holidays,

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 which are good?

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 Is it because of the Easter eggs

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 that you get,

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 which can be good as well?

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 Is that why Easter is important?

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 No, it's about Jesus.

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 That's what's important about Easter.

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 That we remember

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 that Jesus came

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 to give his life.

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 That he died,

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 but that on the third day

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 he rose again.

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 And we can rejoice in that.

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 We can be delighted in that.

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 That joy that he gave

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 to the two on the road to Emmaus

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 can be ours

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 if we come and believe in him.

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 So that's the journey

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 we're going to go on today.

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 We're going to look at

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 the two on the road to Emmaus

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 and we're going to see

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 three things about them.

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 They're doubting,

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 they're searching,

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 and then they're believing.

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 And today,

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 if we're in any of these situations,

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 maybe we're doubting today.

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 May we come to search

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 the word of God

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 and may we come to believe

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 in the Jesus who is risen,

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 who is our Savior.

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 Well, we're going to read together

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 just now,

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 and at this point,

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 anyone who's going out

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 to the tweenies

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 can go out.

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 We're going to read together

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 in the Gospel of Luke.

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 We're going to read

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 from verse 13

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 down to verse 24.

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 So we're going to read

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 in the Gospel of Luke,

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 chapter 24,

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 and at verse 13.

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 That very day,

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 two of them were going

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 to a village named Emmaus,

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 about seven miles from Jerusalem,

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 and they were talking

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 with each other

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 about all these things

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 that had happened.

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 While they were talking

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 and discussing together,

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 Jesus himself threw near

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 and went with them,

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 but their eyes were kept

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 from recognizing him.

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 And he said to them,

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 what is this conversation

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 that you are holding

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 with each other

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 as you walk?

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 And they stood still,

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 looking sad.

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 Then one of them,

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 named Cleopas,

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 answered him,

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 are you the only visitor

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 to Jerusalem

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 who does not know

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 the things that have happened

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 there in these days?

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 And he said to them,

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 what things?

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 And they said to him,

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 concerning Jesus of Nazareth,

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 a man who was a prophet,

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 mighty indeed,

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 and word before God

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 and all the people,

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 and how our chief priests

00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:11.779
 and rulers delivered him up

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:13.240
 to be condemned to death

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 and crucified him.

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 But we had hoped

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:18.740
 that he was the one

00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:20.039
 to redeem Israel.

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 Yes, and besides all this,

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 it is now the third day

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 since these things happened.

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 Moreover,

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.740
 some women of our company

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 amazed us.

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 They were at the tomb

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 early in the morning,

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 and when they did not find

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 his body,

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 they came back saying

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 that they had even seen

00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.679
 a vision of angels

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 who said that he was alive.

00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.379
 Some of those

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.200
 who were with us

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 went to the tomb

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 and found it

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 just as the woman had said,

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 but him they did not see.

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 But we leave our reading there

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 at this point.

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 We're going to come back

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 and pick it up again.

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 But in this first reading,

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 we begin to see

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:06.079
 the two on the road to Emmaus,

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 the journey that they were on,

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 and just some of the things

00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:10.879
 that they were talking about.

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 There are many things

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 that we hear

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 and we can find them

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 hard to believe.

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 We doubt.

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 And that's exactly

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.680
 what these two

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 on the road to Emmaus

00:17:23.840 --> 00:17:24.700
 were experiencing.

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 They were doubting

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 even the things

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.460
 that they were heard

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 from others

00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.779
 who were of their company,

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 as it says,

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 others who were friends

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 of them

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 who had come

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 and told them

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 all these different things

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 that had happened

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 and they'd seen

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:40.460
 or heard in Jerusalem.

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 They were doubting

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.960
 to believe it.

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 Just like that,

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 we ourselves

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.440
 can find things

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 hard to believe.

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 For example,

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 if I was to say to you,

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 they're going to build

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 a tunnel

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 from Stornoway

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 to Ullapul.

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 They're going to go

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 under the minch

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 with a tunnel

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 so that we can travel

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 by car

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 under the minch

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 over to the other side.

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 Would you believe that?

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 Some people

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 would want to believe it

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:09.519
 so we don't have to go

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 on the ferry anymore,

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 especially when the ferry's rough.

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 It would make getting

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 back and forth

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 so much easier.

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 Other people

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 wouldn't want to believe it

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 but say,

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 oh no,

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.500
 that would bring

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 maybe too many people

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 into the island

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 or make it too easy.

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 Others would just say,

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 oh,

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 that's ridiculous.

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 It's just

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 never going to happen.

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 That's just

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:31.420
 an April Fool's

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 or I'll believe it

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 when I see it.

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 There are things

00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.579
 that we kind of struggle

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.359
 to work out

00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:38.859
 just what we want

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 in these circumstances.

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 Well,

00:18:41.699 --> 00:18:42.659
 we meet these two

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 on the road to Emmaus.

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 We know one of them

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 is called Cleopas

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 though we're not told

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 the name of the other one.

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 And they had been

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 to Jerusalem.

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 They had been there

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 for the Passover.

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 That was

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 the remembrance

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 of how God

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 had helped his people

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 in the Old Testament

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 in the time

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 of the Exodus,

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 how they had

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:04.619
 been helped by God

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.599
 to get away

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.459
 from Egypt.

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 And they were remembering

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 that by sacrificing

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 a lamb.

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 But now as they'd been

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.079
 to Jerusalem

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:14.559
 remembering the Passover,

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 what they had seen

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.859
 was this fulfilled.

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 And Jesus

00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:18.559
 who had come

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:20.500
 to give his life.

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.959
 And they've seen

00:19:22.959 --> 00:19:23.679
 so much,

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.359
 they've heard

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.119
 so much,

00:19:25.699 --> 00:19:26.799
 and yet here

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.339
 they are

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.240
 coming away

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.199
 from Jerusalem

00:19:29.199 --> 00:19:29.819
 on the way

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.500
 to Emmaus.

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 And what's

00:19:31.479 --> 00:19:32.159
 their emotion?

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.419
 How are they feeling?

00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:35.099
 Are they happy?

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:37.419
 Even when they've heard

00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:38.439
 that Jesus

00:19:38.439 --> 00:19:39.639
 may be alive,

00:19:39.719 --> 00:19:40.059
 you'd think

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:41.019
 they would be happy,

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:42.619
 but they're not.

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:44.759
 They are sad.

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:47.059
 They are sad

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:48.839
 about what had happened

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.859
 because they don't

00:19:49.859 --> 00:19:51.199
 understand it.

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.419
 They don't realize

00:19:52.419 --> 00:19:55.319
 just what this means.

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.299
 And you notice

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.339
 what they were

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.359
 talking about.

00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:01.259
 they were talking

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.799
 about the things

00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.579
 that had happened

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.919
 concerning Jesus

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.699
 as it says

00:20:05.699 --> 00:20:07.539
 in verse 19.

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:09.099
 And it's almost like

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.779
 they had all

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.740
 the information.

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.139
 They had Jesus,

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:14.299
 they were talking

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.919
 about him,

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.519
 this man

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.679
 who was a prophet,

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:18.039
 who was mighty indeed,

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.959
 all the things

00:20:18.959 --> 00:20:19.839
 that he had done.

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.259
 He was so mighty

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.399
 in all of these things,

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.899
 how the chief priests

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.500
 and the rulers

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.679
 had delivered him up

00:20:25.679 --> 00:20:27.019
 to condemn him to death.

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.500
 They had crucified him.

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.539
 And it says,

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:31.279
 but we had hoped

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:33.640
 that he was the one

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:35.039
 to redeem his.

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.099
 He was the one

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:37.000
 that they were looking for

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.319
 and putting their hope on

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:40.119
 that he would save

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.059
 his people.

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:43.339
 And yet here they feel

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.819
 like all their hopes

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:46.359
 are dashed.

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:48.019
 They're coming away

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.779
 from Jerusalem

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.319
 and they've missed

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.299
 the most important thing.

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.980
 It reminds me of

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.900
 when you see

00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:58.000
 football fans

00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:00.539
 and they're in the stadium.

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.099
 They've got the ticket

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:03.420
 to go into the stadium

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:05.220
 to watch their team play,

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:07.400
 but they find their team

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.359
 losing and losing badly.

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.759
 And so maybe with

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.180
 15 or 20 minutes to go,

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.619
 they think,

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.880
 well, what's the point?

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:17.099
 My team's lost.

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.019
 Even if you look back

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:20.000
 to the results yesterday,

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.740
 Newcastle were playing

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:24.039
 West Ham.

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:26.000
 And with less than 15 minutes

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.519
 to go,

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.160
 West Ham are winning

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.019
 3-1.

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.980
 And you can start to see

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:32.599
 the fans starting to leave.

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.000
 They're thinking,

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.200
 we've lost.

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.200
 There's no point.

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.980
 So they go out.

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.140
 They start coming away

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.400
 from the stadium.

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.319
 But as they're making

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.160
 their way away

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.880
 from the stadium,

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.940
 they begin to hear

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:43.259
 a cheer go up

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.839
 as their team

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:46.140
 has scored one goal.

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.180
 And as their team

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.940
 has scored another.

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.500
 Newcastle came back

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.900
 and they won 4-3

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:53.160
 in the last minutes.

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:55.019
 But fans who left

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.759
 before the end

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.820
 because they doubted

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:58.100
 that their team

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.920
 could come back

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.220
 and win,

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.180
 they missed it.

00:22:01.080 --> 00:22:01.960
 And they had to go

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.960
 on reports

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.360
 that others would tell them.

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.980
 And even then,

00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:06.300
 they maybe wouldn't believe it.

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:07.160
 There's no way

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:08.620
 that we could come back

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:09.720
 and win that game.

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.660
 And yet,

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.300
 here are these two

00:22:13.300 --> 00:22:14.460
 on the road to Emmaus.

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.980
 They've been in Jerusalem.

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:18.300
 They've been in the place

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:18.880
 with everything

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.720
 that was happening.

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.380
 They've seen so much

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.200
 that was happening.

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:23.579
 And they've even heard

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.460
 so much about

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.319
 what has happened.

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:27.759
 It even goes so far

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.440
 as to say that

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.559
 some of the people

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.279
 who were with us

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.500
 came and told us

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.600
 that his body

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.600
 was not there,

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.620
 that the angels

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.259
 were saying

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.519
 that he was alive.

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.400
 And yet,

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.539
 they dismissed it.

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.600
 They were doubting.

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.460
 And yet,

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.259
 into this,

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.180
 who is it

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.180
 that comes

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.339
 alongside them?

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.140
 As they're journeying

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.020
 on the way,

00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:50.940
 Jesus himself,

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:52.680
 it says in verse 15,

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.040
 drew near

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:55.720
 and went with them.

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.680
 Jesus himself.

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.200
 And yet,

00:22:59.320 --> 00:23:01.040
 they didn't recognize him.

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:03.660
 They didn't understand.

00:23:04.520 --> 00:23:05.580
 And they're saying to him,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.980
 we hoped

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.700
 that he was the one

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:10.259
 who was going to save us.

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.740
 And he's there.

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:14.740
 He's right beside them.

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.880
 And yet,

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.839
 they're still

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:18.599
 not believing.

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.640
 And how close

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.779
 are we

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:24.539
 to salvation today?

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.259
 How close

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.920
 are we

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.420
 to Jesus today?

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.259
 And still,

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:31.019
 we don't believe.

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.859
 The Bible

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:34.039
 tells us.

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:36.400
 He is not here.

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.660
 He is risen.

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.579
 This morning,

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.740
 this Sunday morning,

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.859
 tells us

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:43.480
 that he is risen.

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.920
 It is Easter Sunday.

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.099
 It reminds us

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:49.200
 of all of these things.

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.640
 And yet,

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.299
 still,

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.380
 we don't believe.

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:56.279
 We're so close

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.339
 to the truth.

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.799
 We're hearing the truth.

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.700
 And yet,

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.759
 we're still saying

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.480
 to ourselves,

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.359
 but it's a lie.

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:07.000
 It can't be true.

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.160
 Well,

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.240
 that's the experience

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.359
 of these two

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.539
 on the road

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.339
 to Emmaus.

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:14.059
 That's our first experience,

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.000
 doubt.

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.720
 They don't believe

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.700
 that this can be true.

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.579
 And for ourselves,

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:23.059
 that might be

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.900
 our experience

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.940
 today as well.

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.440
 Maybe we don't believe

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.640
 that this

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:29.079
 can be true.

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.579
 Well,

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.339
 there is truth

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.200
 here

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.119
 for us.

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:35.180
 And before we go on

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.900
 to the next stage

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.640
 of the journey

00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:38.240
 when we come

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.620
 to see them searching,

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.420
 we're going to read,

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.920
 but first,

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.539
 before we read,

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.460
 we're going to sing.

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.039
 We're going to sing

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.279
 another psalm together.

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.980
 We're going to sing

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.620
 in Psalm 22.

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.720
 Psalm 22.

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.720
 And we're going to sing

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:57.140
 from verse 25

00:24:57.140 --> 00:25:00.019
 down to verse 27,

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.380
 three stanzas.

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:03.700
 Now,

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.920
 this is another psalm

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.900
 that's all about

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:07.500
 Jesus in many ways.

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.660
 It speaks to us

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:10.840
 about his crucifixion.

00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:12.660
 But at the end

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.480
 of this psalm,

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:15.220
 it reminds us

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:17.460
 that although he died,

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.920
 he is alive.

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.960
 In verse 25,

00:25:20.260 --> 00:25:21.260
 you are the theme

00:25:21.260 --> 00:25:23.080
 of all my praise.

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.900
 Within the great

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.920
 assembly, Lord,

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.980
 before all those

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.140
 who fear your name,

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:28.820
 I will fulfill

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:30.740
 your solemn word.

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.819
 And then in verse 27,

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.799
 the whole earth

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.519
 will remember him

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.779
 and turn towards

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.980
 the Lord their God.

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.940
 All peoples

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:40.120
 will bow down

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.740
 to him,

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.000
 the nations

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.259
 of the world abroad.

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.120
 And that's a reminder

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.299
 to us that today

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.779
 as we worship here

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:49.460
 throughout the world,

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.480
 the whole world,

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.299
 people remember him,

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:55.180
 remember that he is risen.

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.940
 So we'll sing

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:57.120
 from verse 25

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:58.859
 to verse 27

00:25:58.859 --> 00:26:00.120
 to God's praise.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.740
 Amen.

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.740
 Amen.

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.740
 Amen.

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:08.019
 You are the theme

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:12.039
 of all my praise

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:19.120
 within the great assembly,

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.000
 Lord,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:25.339
 before all those

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:29.419
 who fear your name,

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:33.619
 I will fulfill

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:39.099
 my solemn word.

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:43.859
 The poor will eat

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:48.019
 and will be filled,

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:52.859
 and those who seek

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:57.019
 the Lord will give.

00:26:57.019 --> 00:27:04.019
 A shout of joyful praise

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:06.059
 to him,

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:10.579
 O may your heart

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:15.359
 forever lift.

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.359
 the whole earth

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:20.359
 will remember him

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:25.359
 and turn towards

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:29.359
 the Lord their God.

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:32.359
 the Lord their God.

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:36.359
 All peoples

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:39.359
 will bow down

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.359
 to him,

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:44.359
 the nations

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:50.359
 of the world abroad.

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.359
 the Lord.

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:01.039
 Well, we read some more

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.799
 verses now in this chapter,

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.979
 Luke 24.

00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:05.839
 We're going to read

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.219
 from verse 25

00:28:07.219 --> 00:28:09.539
 down to verse 31.

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:14.599
 Luke 24 at verse 25.

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.059
 And he said to them,

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:19.000
 O foolish ones,

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:20.399
 and slow of heart

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:21.199
 to believe

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:22.679
 all that the prophets

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.519
 have spoken.

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:25.639
 Was it not necessary

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.599
 that the Christ

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:28.119
 should suffer these things

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.659
 and enter into his glory?

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.879
 And beginning with Moses

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:33.339
 and all the prophets,

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.879
 he interpreted to them

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:37.339
 in all the scriptures

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.219
 the things

00:28:38.219 --> 00:28:40.019
 concerning himself.

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:42.460
 So they drew near

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.359
 to the village

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.639
 to which they were going.

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.400
 He acted as if

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.619
 he were going further,

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.859
 but they urged him

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.879
 strongly, saying,

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.160
 Stay with us,

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.759
 for it is towards evening

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.019
 and the day

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.480
 is now far spent.

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.639
 So he went in

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.700
 to stay with them.

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.559
 When he was at the table

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.139
 with them,

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.539
 he took the bread

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.160
 and blessed

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.259
 and broke it

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.559
 and gave it to them.

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.240
 And their eyes

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.940
 were opened

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:10.059
 and they recognized him

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.500
 and he vanished

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:13.860
 from their sight.

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:17.100
 Well, as Jesus

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.920
 was hearing

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.080
 these two

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:20.460
 on the road to Emmaus

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.500
 talking as he came

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.480
 alongside them,

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.840
 this is now

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.500
 where we see

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.380
 how Jesus

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:27.279
 responds to them

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.320
 and all that they're saying

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.539
 and all the explanations

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:31.400
 that they've given

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.980
 to him

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.259
 about what had happened

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.400
 in Jerusalem.

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.180
 And it's a reminder

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.740
 to us

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.600
 that there is always

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.600
 two sides.

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.580
 to every story.

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.259
 Two sides.

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.400
 And so often

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.960
 it's a case

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.120
 of trying to work out

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.980
 what is true

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:47.240
 and what is a lie.

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.279
 And we begin to see

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.900
 that the understanding

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.380
 that the two

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.360
 on the road to Emmaus

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.940
 had was

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.940
 believing

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.960
 what was not true.

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.259
 And that's what

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.500
 Jesus' response

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.200
 to them is

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.180
 in verse 25.

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.600
 He said to them,

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:03.140
 O foolish ones,

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:05.100
 and slow of heart

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.860
 to believe

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:07.599
 all that the prophets

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:09.039
 have written.

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:12.199
 O foolish ones,

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:16.259
 are we fools today?

00:30:17.719 --> 00:30:18.799
 Will we be fools

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.659
 tomorrow

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:21.599
 when someone plays

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:23.000
 and April fools on us

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.299
 and we get sucked in

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.679
 and believe that?

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:27.559
 We can be fools

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:29.959
 to believe a lie.

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:31.059
 It can happen

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.839
 so easily

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:33.940
 and so quickly.

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.980
 But how many more

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.940
 are fools

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.819
 in not believing

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.919
 what is written

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:42.279
 for us here?

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.839
 What is told

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.539
 to us

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.599
 in the Bible

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:47.740
 in God's Word?

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.640
 the truth

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.460
 that is presented

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.380
 to us

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.740
 in the Scriptures?

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.880
 Well, that's what

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.059
 Jesus brings

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:56.480
 these two to.

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.420
 He brings them

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.420
 to the Bible,

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.319
 to the Word

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.440
 of God.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.480
 And that's what

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.279
 Jesus says,

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.539
 you are fools

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:06.019
 not to believe this.

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.559
 And Jesus then

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.980
 starts explaining

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.579
 to them

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.920
 all about

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:12.019
 the Bible.

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.920
 And he says,

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.960
 was it not necessary

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.140
 that Christ

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.799
 should suffer

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.620
 these things

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.240
 and enter

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.340
 into glory?

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.880
 Was that not

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.480
 what the Bible

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.460
 was saying to you

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.620
 all this time?

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.740
 And he says then

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:27.039
 in verse 27,

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.240
 beginning with Moses

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.740
 and all the prophets,

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:32.160
 he began to explain

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.860
 the Bible to them.

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.440
 The things,

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:34.880
 he says,

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.779
 concerning himself.

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.220
 How Jesus was seen

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:40.259
 in all of the Old Testament.

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.620
 How it was pointing

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:44.079
 towards Jesus' coming

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.519
 and all that was

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.279
 necessary for him

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.899
 to do.

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.859
 And you can imagine

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:50.539
 Jesus speaking

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.740
 about the things

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:53.339
 of the Old Testament,

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.480
 like the Passover lamb,

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:57.619
 explaining what it meant

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.899
 in Moses' day,

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.779
 what it meant now,

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.179
 what it meant

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:03.720
 going forward.

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.960
 Explaining from the prophets,

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.039
 like Isaiah,

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:08.199
 the things that Isaiah

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:09.919
 wrote about Jesus.

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.879
 Explaining from

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:13.399
 so many of the Psalms,

00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.420
 how Jesus is seen

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.380
 in them.

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.580
 Even think of the likes

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.800
 of Psalm 14,

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.600
 which says,

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.660
 the fool says in his heart,

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.019
 there is no God.

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.300
 That is what it means

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:30.680
 to be a fool.

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:34.160
 To say there is no God.

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:37.500
 And Jesus here is describing

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.660
 these two on the road

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.400
 to Emmaus

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.900
 as foolish

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:42.080
 and slow

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:43.120
 of heart.

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.420
 He is describing them

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.940
 in this way

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.440
 and he is saying

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.000
 basically,

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.920
 you are stubborn.

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:51.160
 You are stubborn

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.240
 not to believe

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.519
 these things.

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.820
 Here it is

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:57.320
 presented before you.

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.580
 You are just foolish.

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.440
 You are stubborn

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:01.060
 not to believe

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:02.000
 these things.

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.380
 And is that not

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.759
 the way we so often

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.140
 are as well?

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:08.500
 We are just stubborn

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.720
 by nature.

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.160
 Stubborn

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:12.100
 to believe

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:13.400
 so many things.

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.140
 And that is certainly

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.880
 not something

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.800
 we want to be

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:17.259
 with the word

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.280
 of God.

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:19.440
 Stubbornness

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.480
 is being foolish.

00:33:22.780 --> 00:33:23.600
 Many of you,

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.980
 I am sure,

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.580
 will be busy

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.180
 just now

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:26.620
 either working

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.400
 or helping

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.360
 with sheep

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.960
 and helping

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.900
 with lambing

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.800
 at this time.

00:33:31.320 --> 00:33:32.560
 It is a busy time

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.340
 for those

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:34.920
 who have sheep.

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:36.759
 Have you ever

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.180
 ended up

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:38.340
 in a standoff

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.340
 with a sheep

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.580
 though?

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.000
 When you are

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.680
 trying to get

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.740
 them into the pen

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.840
 but they just

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.519
 want to go

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.240
 the opposite

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.140
 direction.

00:33:47.320 --> 00:33:47.900
 And I am sure

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.519
 many of you

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.820
 have been in

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.480
 a situation

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.140
 where you find

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.600
 yourself,

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.120
 you end up

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.700
 just wanting

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.600
 to talk

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.380
 to the sheep

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:54.440
 and you are

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.240
 trying to reason

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.460
 with the sheep.

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.880
 You are saying

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.120
 look,

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.400
 I just want you

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.560
 to go this way

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:01.160
 not that way.

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.560
 Will you not

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:02.259
 just do

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.400
 as I am saying

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:05.820
 and you are

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.080
 you want me

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.860
 to go this way?

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.740
 No,

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.820
 I am going

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.380
 that way.

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.880
 They are stubborn

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.119
 just like we are.

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.119
 And that is why

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.740
 you find

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.460
 in the Bible

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.639
 Jesus so often

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.700
 describes

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:18.220
 his people

00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:19.240
 as sheep.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.980
 You find it

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.019
 in the Old Testament

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.780
 as well.

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.740
 All we like sheep

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.660
 have gone astray.

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.619
 We have turned

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.320
 all to our own ways.

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.380
 We have been stubborn.

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.940
 We have gone away.

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:31.800
 Well,

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:33.079
 Jesus is described

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.740
 as we sang

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.659
 in Psalm 23

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:36.539
 as the good shepherd.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.559
 And the good shepherd

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.460
 who is described

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.940
 in John 10

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.900
 as the one

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.679
 who calls

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:43.340
 his sheep,

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.380
 calls them by name

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.820
 that they would

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.659
 follow him.

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.519
 But we are stubborn.

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.579
 Even though we know

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.579
 the Bible

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.780
 is talking

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.460
 to us,

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.119
 we are still

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.780
 stubborn

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.539
 to believe,

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.960
 slow of heart

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.960
 and just foolish

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.920
 to believe

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:59.940
 all that is said.

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.400
 There are two sides

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.760
 to every story.

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.780
 But the more

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.599
 we hear

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.820
 the voice

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.980
 of Jesus,

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.220
 the more we realize

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.900
 that he is

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.619
 just like

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.760
 a good shepherd.

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.039
 A shepherd

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.639
 who wants

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.400
 to care

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.679
 for his sheep.

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.179
 A shepherd

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.800
 who is trying

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.539
 to get his sheep

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:23.099
 into the pen

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.840
 so he can look

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.420
 after them

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:25.619
 and care for them

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.519
 even though they

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.259
 want to go

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:28.219
 the opposite

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.099
 direction.

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:31.359
 The more we hear

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:31.920
 of Jesus,

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.839
 the more we see

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:33.759
 he wants us

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:35.259
 to come to him

00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:36.219
 that we might

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.119
 help us.

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.099
 That we might

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.739
 come to him

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:41.139
 and find rest

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:42.259
 with him.

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:43.900
 And the more

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.339
 they,

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.940
 the two on the road

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.559
 to Emmaus,

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.359
 were hearing

00:35:47.359 --> 00:35:48.480
 as Jesus was

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:49.559
 opening up

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.279
 the scriptures,

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:51.460
 the more they realized

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.900
 as he was searching

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.839
 through the scriptures,

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.659
 he was not just

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.859
 searching the scriptures

00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:57.639
 but he was searching

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.759
 their hearts.

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:02.579
 Working in their hearts,

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.319
 those hearts

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.319
 that were stubborn

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.139
 and foolish

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:06.039
 and slow

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:07.239
 to believe,

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.679
 he was working

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.059
 in them

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.519
 that they might

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:11.599
 come to believe.

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.719
 And that is

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.379
 the power

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:16.099
 of God's word.

00:36:16.899 --> 00:36:17.799
 That is the power

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.339
 that we have

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:19.179
 before us

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.239
 here today.

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:21.019
 This word

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.699
 of God

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:23.119
 that speaks

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.619
 to us

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.359
 about all

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.719
 that was

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.259
 necessary

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:26.079
 for Christ

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.839
 to suffer.

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:29.099
 All that he

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.719
 had to do

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.259
 for us

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.759
 in giving

00:36:30.759 --> 00:36:31.460
 his life

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.319
 on the cross

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:34.539
 and being put

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.519
 in the grave

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.299
 but that he

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:38.319
 rose again

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.380
 to remind us

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.119
 that he had

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.199
 conquered the grave,

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.380
 conquered death.

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.819
 All of these

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.339
 things

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:45.699
 we are to hear

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.659
 and that is the word

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.460
 that searches

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.199
 your heart

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.939
 in my heart

00:36:48.939 --> 00:36:51.679
 and challenges

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.179
 us

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:53.739
 to believe

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.939
 in this.

00:36:56.399 --> 00:36:57.359
 We can come

00:36:57.359 --> 00:36:58.439
 from doubting

00:36:58.439 --> 00:37:00.559
 to being foolish

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.599
 and stubborn

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.699
 to being searched

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.679
 by Jesus

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.539
 and coming

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.179
 to know

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:08.419
 what Jesus

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:09.279
 has done

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:10.519
 for us

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:12.199
 that we might

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.960
 have life

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:14.379
 in him.

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.259
 And that is the

00:37:16.260 --> 00:37:16.900
 final thing

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.400
 I want us

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.860
 to take

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.380
 from this

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.980
 passage.

00:37:19.580 --> 00:37:20.240
 The way

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.880
 they come

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:22.420
 to believe.

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.100
 I want us

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.500
 just to read

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.100
 a few more

00:37:25.100 --> 00:37:25.480
 verses

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:27.000
 before we

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.820
 come to reflect

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.320
 on this

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:29.280
 final point.

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.380
 Reading from

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.920
 verse 32

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.760
 down to

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:34.020
 verse 35.

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.040
 And there

00:37:37.040 --> 00:37:37.460
 we read

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.580
 these words.

00:37:40.020 --> 00:37:41.160
 They said

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:41.760
 to each

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.100
 other,

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.360
 did not

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.340
 our hearts

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.020
 burn

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.880
 within us

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.659
 while he

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.300
 talked to

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.900
 us on

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.300
 the road,

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.239
 while he

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.039
 opened to

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.759
 us the

00:37:50.759 --> 00:37:51.239
 scriptures.

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.719
 And they

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.539
 rose that

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.340
 same hour

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:55.019
 and returned

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:56.300
 to Jerusalem.

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.639
 And they

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:58.179
 found the

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.699
 eleven and

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.199
 those who

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.619
 were with

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.239
 them gathered

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.360
 together saying,

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.539
 The Lord

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.340
 has risen

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.800
 indeed,

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.780
 and he

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.519
 has appeared

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.519
 to Simon.

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.099
 Then they

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.300
 told what

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.960
 had happened

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.759
 on the road

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.940
 and how he

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.460
 was known

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.019
 to them

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:14.019
 in the

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.460
 breaking

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.860
 of bread.

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.059
 As they

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.599
 had come

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.219
 towards

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.840
 Emmaus,

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:24.860
 these two

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.559
 had invited

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.519
 Jesus in

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.420
 to stay

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.820
 with them.

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:28.079
 They were

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:29.079
 concerned for

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.219
 him.

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:29.960
 It was

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.519
 getting late

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.900
 at night.

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.380
 It wasn't

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.900
 the time

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.500
 to be out

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:33.039
 and about

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:34.400
 on the

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.860
 roads at

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.300
 that time

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.719
 of night

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:36.039
 because

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.699
 they were

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.159
 dangerous

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.780
 places,

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.659
 places where

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.840
 robbers would

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.460
 be hiding

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.039
 and waiting

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.800
 for people

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.760
 to come

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:43.139
 along.

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.280
 And as

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:45.860
 they sat

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.500
 together

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.340
 and as

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.000
 Jesus had

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.579
 opened up

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.280
 the scriptures

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.920
 to them,

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.380
 you see in

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.240
 this moment

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:53.360
 there was a

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:53.960
 realization

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.059
 of who

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.000
 it was.

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.300
 In the

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.960
 breaking of

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.619
 the bread

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.619
 they suddenly

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.440
 realized

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.380
 that this

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.800
 was Jesus.

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.420
 What does

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.300
 recognizing

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:08.980
 Jesus do?

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.720
 What does

00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:11.539
 recognizing

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.480
 the truth

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.120
 do?

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:15.320
 It does

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:16.100
 what happened

00:39:16.100 --> 00:39:16.760
 to these

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.240
 two on

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.560
 the road

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:18.340
 to Emmaus.

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.460
 It makes

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.340
 your heart

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.360
 burn

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.440
 within you.

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.680
 It's an

00:39:23.680 --> 00:39:24.780
 amazing image

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.220
 this.

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:26.600
 Did not

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:27.440
 our hearts

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.420
 burn

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.280
 within us

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.760
 as he

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.400
 opened up

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.080
 the scriptures?

00:39:31.560 --> 00:39:31.920
 And it's

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.920
 looking back.

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.820
 It's

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.380
 recognizing

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:34.960
 something that

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.240
 had been

00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:35.780
 happening

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.860
 for a while

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.380
 and something

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:37.780
 that can

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.380
 happen to

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.980
 ourselves

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.539
 as well

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.900
 when all

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.480
 of a sudden

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.500
 we begin

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.300
 to realize

00:39:42.300 --> 00:39:43.180
 who Jesus

00:39:43.180 --> 00:39:43.980
 is and

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.440
 begin to

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.539
 realize how

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.980
 he's been

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.059
 speaking to

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.360
 us and

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:47.700
 how he's

00:39:47.700 --> 00:39:48.260
 been bringing

00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:49.300
 our heart

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.599
 alive again.

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.079
 Our heart

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.380
 that was

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.539
 hard and

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.559
 stubborn and

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:55.280
 foolish.

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.160
 Jesus has

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:58.039
 begun to

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.860
 work in

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.180
 it.

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.440
 To bring

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.039
 it to

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.539
 life.

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.760
 Through

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:04.460
 his word.

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:05.300
 through

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:06.079
 his

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.960
 truth.

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.740
 That is

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.000
 what

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.579
 happened

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.679
 to them.

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:12.500
 The

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.139
 word of

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.500
 God

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.260
 started to

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.900
 speak

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.840
 in

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.480
 powerful

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.139
 ways.

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.740
 And the

00:40:18.740 --> 00:40:19.139
 hope,

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.760
 remember the

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.380
 hope that

00:40:20.380 --> 00:40:21.000
 they thought

00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:21.679
 had gone.

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.139
 The hope

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.460
 that they

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.340
 had left

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:25.199
 behind in

00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:25.500
 Jerusalem,

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.099
 leaving,

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:26.880
 as it were,

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.420
 before the

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.059
 full-time

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.619
 whistle had

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.880
 gone,

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.840
 not realizing

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:31.119
 the great

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.039
 achievement that

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.360
 had been

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:33.179
 done for

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.399
 them,

00:40:33.419 --> 00:40:33.980
 that he

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.759
 was risen.

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.440
 What they

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.719
 had been

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.539
 slow to

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.059
 believe,

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.119
 now they

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.000
 realized.

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.079
 And their

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:43.019
 hope was

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.599
 back.

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.839
 Their hope

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.940
 was fulfilled.

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.299
 They were

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:47.699
 filled with

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.379
 joy.

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.440
 Joy and

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.359
 gladness that

00:40:51.359 --> 00:40:52.659
 the Lord is

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:54.299
 risen indeed.

00:40:55.859 --> 00:40:56.419
 And that's

00:40:56.419 --> 00:40:57.759
 the joy that

00:40:57.759 --> 00:40:58.500
 the word of

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.399
 God can give

00:40:59.399 --> 00:41:00.500
 to us today

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.179
 as well.

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:03.419
 So here

00:41:03.419 --> 00:41:03.940
 they were,

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.599
 the two on

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.139
 the road to

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.500
 Emmaus.

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.799
 They had

00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.339
 come to

00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:06.859
 Emmaus.

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.599
 What had

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.319
 started out

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:09.259
 as a sad

00:41:09.259 --> 00:41:09.739
 journey,

00:41:09.879 --> 00:41:10.519
 talking about

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.460
 the hope

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.799
 that they

00:41:11.799 --> 00:41:12.500
 had lost

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.960
 and all

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.339
 of these

00:41:13.339 --> 00:41:13.980
 things.

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.699
 Imagine

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:17.059
 you were

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:17.539
 going on

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.579
 a school

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.299
 sponsored

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:20.019
 walk.

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.919
 You were

00:41:20.919 --> 00:41:21.279
 going to

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.559
 walk from

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.379
 Stornoway,

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.319
 seven miles,

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.799
 maybe to

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.199
 the Lough

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.919
 School or

00:41:25.919 --> 00:41:26.199
 to the

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.500
 Bath

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.079
 School.

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.019
 And it's

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:28.379
 been a

00:41:28.379 --> 00:41:28.759
 long,

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:29.319
 tiring

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:29.940
 walk.

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:30.480
 You're

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.079
 knackered

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:31.440
 as you

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.920
 come to

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.340
 the school.

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:32.659
 You're

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.219
 thirsty,

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.260
 your feet

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:34.960
 are hurting.

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.219
 And then

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.480
 when you

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:36.960
 get there

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.519
 your teacher

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.019
 says,

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.420
 right,

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.039
 we're

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.320
 going

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.920
 straight

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.340
 back

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:40.559
 to

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.219
 Stornoway.

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.159
 Start

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:42.760
 walking.

00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:43.980
 Oh,

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:44.280
 you would

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.559
 think,

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.519
 no way,

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.659
 we're not

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:46.960
 going to

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.480
 do that,

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.880
 we've just

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.840
 reached here.

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.039
 Well,

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:51.880
 Cleopas and

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.480
 the friend

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.960
 that was

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.119
 with Cleopas,

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.820
 as soon as

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.079
 they had

00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:55.619
 arrived in

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.119
 Emmaus and

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:56.619
 as soon as

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:57.440
 they realized

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:58.579
 who Jesus

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.260
 was,

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.340
 the first

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:00.780
 thing they

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.280
 wanted to

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:01.620
 do was

00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:02.260
 get right

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.880
 back to

00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:03.420
 Jerusalem.

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.860
 Get right

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.480
 back there

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.140
 to tell

00:42:06.140 --> 00:42:07.420
 people who

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.780
 they had

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.280
 seen and

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:08.700
 who they

00:42:08.700 --> 00:42:09.180
 had met

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:09.400
 with.

00:42:09.740 --> 00:42:10.420
 He is

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.920
 risen.

00:42:11.540 --> 00:42:12.180
 He is

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:13.280
 alive.

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.700
 The

00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:15.400
 resurrection

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.600
 filled

00:42:16.600 --> 00:42:17.900
 them with

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.520
 hope.

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.860
 And that's

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.160
 what the

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.760
 resurrection

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.260
 does today

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:23.040
 as well.

00:42:23.780 --> 00:42:24.340
 No matter

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.020
 what makes

00:42:25.020 --> 00:42:25.740
 us sad

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.660
 in this

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:27.120
 life,

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:27.580
 no matter

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.179
 the things

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.659
 that come

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.119
 our way

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:30.059
 that hurt

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.440
 us and

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.860
 leave us

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.599
 feeling anxious

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.559
 and fearful,

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:33.980
 as we

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.819
 trust in

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.319
 Jesus,

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.519
 he gives

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.480
 us a

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.940
 hope.

00:42:38.799 --> 00:42:39.279
 A hope

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.920
 for today

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.880
 and a

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.880
 hope for

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.539
 eternity.

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:44.219
 Why is

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:45.159
 the resurrection

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:46.539
 important?

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.219
 It's important

00:42:48.219 --> 00:42:48.779
 because it's

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:49.699
 not a joke.

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.840
 It's not

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.299
 an April

00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:52.279
 fool's.

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:53.360
 It's not

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.819
 there to

00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.559
 give us a

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.039
 little hope

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.500
 and then only

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.340
 take it

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:56.799
 away that

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.220
 is not

00:42:57.220 --> 00:42:57.680
 actually

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:58.240
 true.

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.620
 It is

00:42:59.620 --> 00:43:00.140
 true.

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.000
 And so

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.900
 we are

00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:03.539
 to believe

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:03.840
 it.

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:05.220
 These

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:05.640
 two,

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.320
 they came

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.720
 to believe

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:08.519
 in all

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.780
 that they

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.460
 had heard

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.240
 and seen.

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:11.300
 They had

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:12.120
 seen Jesus

00:43:12.120 --> 00:43:13.340
 and it

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:13.980
 filled them

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.640
 with hope

00:43:14.640 --> 00:43:15.740
 and filled

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:17.019
 them with

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:18.000
 delight.

00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:20.539
 There was

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:22.160
 once a

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:22.740
 skeptic,

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.019
 that's

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.480
 someone who

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.400
 doesn't really

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.700
 believe in

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.079
 God.

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.280
 And he

00:43:26.280 --> 00:43:26.539
 had a

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.000
 Christian

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.539
 friend.

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.079
 And very

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.639
 often he

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:30.360
 would mock

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:31.220
 his Christian

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.680
 friend,

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.579
 make a

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.160
 laugh of

00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:33.960
 his faith.

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.579
 And one

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:36.740
 day this

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.300
 man said

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:37.619
 to his

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:38.000
 Christian

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.400
 friend,

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:38.720
 say,

00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:39.240
 George,

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:41.059
 what would

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:42.139
 you say

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:43.579
 if when

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:44.240
 you die

00:43:44.240 --> 00:43:45.380
 you find

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.760
 out that

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.300
 there is

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:47.139
 no heaven?

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:49.240
 Well,

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:49.780
 a Christian

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.619
 friend said

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.079
 to his

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:52.440
 friend beside

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:53.159
 him with

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.700
 a smile.

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.019
 He said,

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.340
 well,

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:55.380
 I would

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.059
 say I've

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.639
 had a

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.400
 good life

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:58.519
 and I've

00:43:58.519 --> 00:43:59.340
 enjoyed living

00:43:59.340 --> 00:44:00.039
 my life

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:01.300
 for Christ.

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.079
 And then

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.440
 he threw

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:05.159
 a question

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:06.599
 back at

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.440
 his skeptic

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:07.780
 friend,

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.200
 his friend

00:44:08.200 --> 00:44:08.720
 who didn't

00:44:08.720 --> 00:44:09.240
 believe.

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:10.860
 And he

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.300
 said to

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.599
 him,

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.300
 what about

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:12.559
 you,

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:12.900
 Fred?

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.639
 What would

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.360
 you say

00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:16.400
 if when

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:16.980
 you die

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:18.300
 you find

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.700
 out there

00:44:18.700 --> 00:44:19.320
 is such

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:19.920
 a place

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.579
 as hell?

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.220
 And there

00:44:24.220 --> 00:44:24.860
 was no

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.960
 response

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.980
 to give.

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.780
 And that's

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.840
 the reality

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.260
 of the

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:31.740
 resurrection.

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:33.039
 That's the

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.700
 difference

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.980
 it makes.

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.159
 Jesus

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:37.559
 came to

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.240
 save his

00:44:38.240 --> 00:44:39.500
 people from

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:40.380
 their sins,

00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:42.440
 to save

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:43.059
 his people

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.980
 from hell

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:45.200
 and to

00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:45.539
 give them

00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:46.179
 the hope

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:47.400
 of heaven

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.940
 and eternity

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:50.320
 with him.

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:52.019
 it is not

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:53.100
 an April

00:44:53.100 --> 00:44:53.740
 fools.

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:55.280
 It's not

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:56.500
 a joke.

00:44:57.640 --> 00:44:58.180
 But do you

00:44:58.180 --> 00:44:58.860
 believe the

00:44:58.860 --> 00:45:00.519
 truth or

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:00.820
 do you

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.980
 believe a

00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:02.260
 lie?

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.820
 The truth

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:05.220
 is he

00:45:05.220 --> 00:45:05.820
 died,

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.380
 he was

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:07.800
 buried,

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:09.000
 and he

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:10.220
 rose on

00:45:10.220 --> 00:45:10.800
 the third

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.160
 day.

00:45:12.120 --> 00:45:13.059
 The lie

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:14.420
 is that

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:14.920
 none of

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:16.140
 that is

00:45:16.140 --> 00:45:16.680
 true.

00:45:18.680 --> 00:45:19.080
 There's a

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.679
 little song

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.039
 that we

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.599
 used to

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.079
 sing at

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:21.539
 a holiday

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.480
 club that

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:22.819
 we used

00:45:22.819 --> 00:45:23.039
 to do

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.739
 in Dumfries.

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.079
 And it's

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 about the

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:26.159
 cross.

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 And it's

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 just a

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:29.599
 simple little

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 song,

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 really one

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:31.480
 verse.

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 And this

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 is what it

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 says.

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 When I

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:36.199
 think about

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:37.019
 the cross,

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 when I

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.059
 think of

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.519
 Jesus,

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 it reminds

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 me of

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 his love,

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 love that

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 never leaves

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 me.

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 who am

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 I that

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 he should

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 die in

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 my place,

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 giving life

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 so freely,

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 when I

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 think about

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:58.659
 the cross,

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 help me

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 to believe

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 it.

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 It's a

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 simple

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 little verse,

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 and yet it

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 speaks so

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 much to

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 us about

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 the love

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 of the

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 Lord to

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 us,

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 in giving

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 his life,

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 love,

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 and asking

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 in prayer

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 that he

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 would help

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 us to

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 believe it.

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 Amazing

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 love,

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 how can

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 it be

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 that thou,

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 my God,

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 should die

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 for me?

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 He died,

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 but he

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 is risen,

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 and may he

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 help us

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 all to

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 believe the

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 truth that

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 there is

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 in that,

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 and not the

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 lie that

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 says it

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 is not

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 true.

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 Let us

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 pray.

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 Our

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 Father in

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:45.900
 heaven,

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 we do

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 thank you

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 for your

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 word and

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 the hope

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 that it

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 gives,

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 for it

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 reminds us

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 that though

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 Christ came

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 to die

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 for our

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 sins,

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 it reminds

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 us too

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 that he

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 is risen,

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 and we

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 pray that

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 today we

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 would be

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 helped to

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 believe in

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 all of

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 these things,

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 to believe

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 in the

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 things that

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 maybe even

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 seem impossible

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 to us,

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 but we

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 thank you

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 that through

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 faith we

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 see all

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 that is

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 possible with

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 God.

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 So continue

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 with us

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 Lord and

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 bless us

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 we pray

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 in Jesus

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 We're going

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 to conclude

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 by singing

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 to God's

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 praise in

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 Psalm 62

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 in the

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 Scottish

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 Psalter

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 version.

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 Psalm 62

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 and we'll

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 sing the

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 first two

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 verses.

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 Psalm 62

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 My soul

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 with expectation

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 depends on

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 God indeed

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 my strength

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 and my

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 salvation

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 doth from

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 him alone

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 proceed.

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 He only

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 my salvation

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 is and my

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 strong rock

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 is he.

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 He only

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 is my

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 sure defense

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 much moved

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 I shall

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 not be.

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 We'll sing

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 these two

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 verses to

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 God's

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 praise.

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 my soul

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 with

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 expectation

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 depends

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 on

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 God

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 indeed

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 my strength

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 and my

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 salvation

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 doth

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 from

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 him

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 alone

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 proceed.

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 He only

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 is my

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 salvation

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 and my

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 strong

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 rock

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 is he.

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 He only

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 is

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 my

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 sure

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 defense

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 much

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 move

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 I

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 shall

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 not

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 leave.

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 After the

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 benediction

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 I'll go to

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 the door

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 to my

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 right here.

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 We'll just

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 close with

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 the

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 benediction.

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 Now may

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 grace,

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 mercy and

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 peace from

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 God,

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 Father,

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 Son and

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 Holy Spirit

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 rest upon

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 and abide

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 with you

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 all now

00:49:34.160 --> 00:49:34.780
 and forever

00:49:34.780 --> 00:49:35.240
 more.

00:49:35.539 --> 00:49:35.860
 Amen.

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:41.400
 Amen.