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 Well, thank you, Tim and the worship team.

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 It's always great to be led into the presence of the Lord through singing,

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! Through the ministry of the word that comes through our singing together

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! And reminding ourselves what the word says, who Jesus Christ is, what he's accomplished for us,

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 and what it means for us as a result of those truths.

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 Those truths aren't truths in and of themselves.

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 They're meant to have a connection to your life.

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 They're meant to lead to change in your heart.

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 And this morning, we will come to John chapter 20.

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 So turn with me to John chapter 20, if you will.

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 If you're a guest with us this morning in the Pew Bible, in front of you, it's on page 906.

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 We're moving now into the resurrection narrative.

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 And any of you who are paying attention through the songs that we were singing

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 would realize that the songs had very much to do about our resurrected Savior

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 and what the resurrected Savior does for us.

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 What the reality of Christ and the new life that he had, the resurrected life of Christ,

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 what it does for you.

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 And through the next several weeks, as we look at the resurrection narrative,

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 I want to be able to make a connection for each of us as we look into the word

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 to know that the resurrection isn't just a truth that stands on its own

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 without having some sort of effect in your life.

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 I want you to recognize this morning, as we maybe show the first slide here,

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 that the resurrection life, the empty tomb,

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 will result in rising faith for those people who are truly followers of him.

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 Now, this morning, we may or may not be able to see all those slides,

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 but you do have in your bulletins and inserts,

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 so you can follow along one of two ways.

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 You can either follow along here as a result of the bulletin insert,

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 and hopefully we'll be able to follow along on the board too,

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 but that may or may not actually take place.

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 So, yesterday as I was looking at the passage,

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 my daughter was sitting next to me and she says,

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 Daddy, it's not Easter yet.

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 What are we doing looking at the resurrection?

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 I want you to know the reality of the resurrection,

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 whether it's in Easter or it's on this day,

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 should connect with our hearts,

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 should lead us to resurrection life,

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 and should lead us to rising faith,

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 as we'll see in our passage before us.

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 Several years ago,

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 as I had just graduated from college

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 and moved to Southern California,

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 I was working full-time at a company there,

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 but also thought I would make some income on the side.

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 So, seeing some friends who were growing up in my hometown of Cedarville,

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 thousands of miles away,

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 and they were beginning the process of building this business,

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 if you remember, it was about the time when all the utilities,

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 the monopolies were beginning to be deregulated and broken apart,

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 and so communication was one of those things that the phone company,

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 AT&T in particular,

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 they were being broken up,

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 and now other people could be part of the game of selling communication.

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 Well, this being at the very beginning of the process,

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 many people in building a business,

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 in selling their communication service,

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 and this kind of pyramid scheme of getting customers,

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 and benefiting from their calls,

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 and making revenue on the people that they signed up,

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 it was really attractive,

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 at least at first,

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 and for people who were go-getters,

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 it was a great investment of time.

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 But as more companies came into play,

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 and as cell phone service began to rise,

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 and now long distance was no longer an issue,

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 the people who had invested so much time

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 in building this communication business

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 were left with something that no one really needed or wanted anymore.

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 So all of that investment left them feeling a bit depleted,

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 a little discouraged,

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 that anyone who had set their hopes on this being a future moneymaker,

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 this was going to be their retirement down the road,

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 now we're left with the reality,

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 the fact that what they were putting their hope in

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 was really not going to play out the way they had anticipated.

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 They were left, probably many of them,

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 with some feelings of hurt,

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 a little betrayal perhaps,

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 a little discouraged about all of the hard work

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 that they had put into this company

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 wasn't going to pay the dividends that they had hoped for.

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 Now, maybe you have had a similar experience,

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 where you've put your hope and confidence in a product,

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 or in a person,

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 and through the course of life,

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 the promises that you were given about that product,

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 or the hope that you had in that individual

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 as being able to deliver for you.

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 Over time, there was this reality check,

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 this gut check,

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 that they really weren't going to,

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 they weren't going to follow through the way you had anticipated.

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 And maybe there was a sense in your own heart of betrayal,

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 a sense of discouragement.

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 How could I have been so foolish

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 to put so much hope in this product,

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 or so much hope in this individual?

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 What was I thinking?

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 How could I have been so silly?

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 I explain this to you because I wonder if maybe that's where the disciples were at this point in the journey.

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 As far as Jesus was concerned,

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 and as far as their discipleship was concerned,

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 they were all in.

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 They had made a significant investment in this ministry.

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 They had left family,

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 and friends,

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 and income,

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 and property,

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 and inheritance,

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 so that they could follow after this one,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who made the claim that He was the Messiah,

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 that He was the one to follow.

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 Imagine, for a moment,

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 the shock that they experienced,

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 the feelings of betrayal,

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 when after this amazing week of Jesus' ministry in Jerusalem,

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 it ends in tragedy.

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 It ends abruptly.

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 It ends in public humiliation for the person that they were following.

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 So much so that every pilgrim in all of Israel

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 had come to Jerusalem for this important festival.

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 The Passover.

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 This was the high point of the Jewish calendar.

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 When all the pilgrims had come,

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 and so Jesus,

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 in ministering to people in Galilee,

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 and people in Judea,

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 and people in Perea,

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 on the other side of the Jordan,

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 and people in Jerusalem,

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 they came,

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 and they knew Jesus.

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 He had taught them personally in their hometown.

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 But here He was,

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 hanging on a cross.

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 Huh.

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 It's a good thing I didn't follow that guy.

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 Look at where His life ended.

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 Look at the tragedy of His life.

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 And the feelings, perhaps,

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 of shame and embarrassment,

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 and being a bit perplexed.

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 How could they have put all of their hope

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 in this one, Jesus?

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 Jesus.

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 But here they are,

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 and we find them in John chapter 20.

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 They show up here at the tomb.

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 And although in their future,

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 as they look down the road,

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 there is no place that is safe for them,

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 not only in terms of potential persecution

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 because of following after Jesus,

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 but also the humiliation of everyone

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 and all the surrounding regions

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 knowing just who they were,

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 through feelings of personal loss

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 and the nagging feeling

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 that the last three years had been wasted,

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 they're still here.

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 They're still here at the tomb.

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 We find them

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 experiencing the benefits of the resurrection

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 as we look at this passage this morning.

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 The empty tomb would make all things new for them.

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 It would make all things new.

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 And this morning as we look at this,

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 I want you to understand

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 that the resurrection leads to rising faith.

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 It leads to rising faith.

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 First, I want you to see

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 that faith is a personal journey.

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 Faith is a personal journey.

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 We find that here in verse 1 and 2.

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 Let me read this for us.

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 It says,

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 Now, on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early,

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 while it was still dark,

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 and saw that the stone had been taken away

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 from the tomb.

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 Period.

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 Now, for any of you who have grown up in church,

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 and for any of you who are familiar

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 with the resurrection accounts,

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 recognize the spotty detail

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 that John gives to us in this moment.

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 One verse to essentially summarize

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 the entire events that are taking place

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 for Mary at the tomb.

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 Keep your finger

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 here in John chapter 20,

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 and turn with me, if you would,

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 over to Luke 24.

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 I want to fill this out for you a little bit

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 so you can see for yourself

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 what is taking place,

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 and so we can ask ourselves the question,

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 what in the world does John have in mind?

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 What is the point

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 of this passage for us?

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 In Luke chapter 24,

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 beginning at verse 1.

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 And we could look at Matthew,

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 we could look at Mark,

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 I have those passages noted for you

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 in your handout,

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 but this morning we only have time

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 to look at one of these

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 three other accounts.

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 It says,

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 But on the first day of the week,

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 at early dawn,

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 they went to the tomb,

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 taking the spices they had prepared.

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 Now, who is the they?

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 Jump down just for a second

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 to verse 10,

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 and you'll see who the they was.

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 Now, it was Mary Magdalene,

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 and Joanna,

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 and Mary the mother of James,

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 and the other women with them

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 who told these things to the apostles.

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 So how many women are we talking about?

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 At least four,

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 and probably many others.

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 That's who shows up to the tomb.

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 Verse 2.

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 And they found the stone

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 rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they went in,

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 they did not find the body

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 While they were perplexed about this,

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 behold,

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 two men stood by them

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 in dazzling apparel.

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 And as they were frightened

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 and bowed their faces to the ground,

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 the men said to them,

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 Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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 He is not here,

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 but he is risen.

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 Remember how he told you

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 while he was still in Galilee

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 that the Son of Man

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 must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day rise?

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 And they remembered his words

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 in returning from the tomb.

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 They told all these things

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 to the eleven

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 and to all the rest.

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 That's verse 1 of John,

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 chapter 20,

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 verse 1.

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 So, you might ask yourself

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 the question,

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 Where are all of the other women?

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 What about the earthquake

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 that we find in Matthew?

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 What about the soldiers

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 that they seem to have stepped

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 around in order to get to the tomb?

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 What about the angels

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 that show up in radiant splendor?

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 And what about the message

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 that the angels deliver

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 to these women?

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 And what about the faith

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 that we seem to find

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 in this group of women

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 in returning to tell the apostles

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 about the news?

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 Why is John

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 seem to be so fascinated with Mary?

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 Why her story?

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 Why is it just Mary

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 that we find here

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 in John's account?

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 Was John uninformed

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 about what had happened?

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 Is John confused

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 in some way?

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 Or does John have

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 a special objective,

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 a focus that he desires

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 to communicate?

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 Well, there's some truths

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 we need to remember

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 when we look at passages

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 like this.

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 We need to understand,

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 first of all,

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 that Scripture is true,

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 not just in concept,

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 but in content.

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 not just in the ideas

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 that it shares,

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 but in the actual words

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 that it uses.

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 Scripture is true.

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 And because it's true

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 that the details

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 of the word

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 can be harmonized.

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 They work together.

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 They don't contradict

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 each other.

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 So the accounts

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 that we find

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 in Matthew

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 and Mark

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 and Luke

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 fill out

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 for us

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 a deeper,

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 fuller view

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 of the events

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 that take place

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 here at the tomb.

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 But John has a reason.

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 What is John's purpose

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 for focusing

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 on Mary?

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 I believe we can find

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 the purpose

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 as we think about

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 his purpose statement

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 we find here

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 in this chapter.

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 We're finally getting

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 to the end.

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 We're finally getting

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 to this purpose statement

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 that John shares with us

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 in John 20, 31.

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 These are written

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 so that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 John wants us,

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 the readers,

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 to come to faith.

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 And he wants you

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 to realize

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 that coming to faith

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 is a personal journey.

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 No one can believe

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 for you.

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 It is something

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 you must believe

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 for yourself.

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 And all throughout

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 the Gospel of John,

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 John brings this point

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 to bear in our hearts.

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 We read several accounts

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 through all of the Gospel

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 that focus on individuals.

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 John is interested

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 in the unique stories

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 of individual people.

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 We find specific stories

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 only in the Gospel of John

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 that concentrate

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 on individuals.

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 In chapter 1,

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 the story of Andrew.

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 In chapter 1,

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 the story of Philip

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 and Nathaniel.

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 In chapter 3,

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 the story of Nicodemus.

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 In chapter 4,

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 the story of the Samaritan woman.

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 Towards the end

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 of chapter 4,

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 the story of the nobleman's son.

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 And then the lame man

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 by the pool of Bethesda.

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 Remember,

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 Jesus walks by

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 all of these sick people,

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 picks out one,

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 and ministers to the one.

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 The woman caught in adultery

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 in chapter 8.

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 The man born blind

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 in chapter 9.

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 The raising of Lazarus

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 in chapter 11.

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 And then this concentration

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 of ministry we find

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 from chapters 13

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 to chapter 17

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 where Jesus focuses in

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 on his disciples.

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 Ministry specifically to them.

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 And here,

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 his focus on Mary Magdalene.

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 John is interested

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 in reinforcing the message.

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 Faith is a personal journey.

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 It can be reinforced

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 by a faith community.

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 But it must be embraced

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 by you personally.

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 So how does Mary respond?

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 Where is Mary

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 in this narrative?

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 What is her conclusion?

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 What does she walk away with?

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 What is Mary's initial conclusion?

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 That is point number two.

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 Let's look at it here

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 in verse 2

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 and see.

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 It says,

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 So she ran

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 and went to Simon Peter

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 and the other disciple

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 and the one whom Jesus loved.

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 And she said to them,

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 They have taken

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 the Lord

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 out of the tomb

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 and we do not know

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 where they have laid him.

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 That's

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 her conclusion.

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 There are so many

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 positive things

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 about Mary Magdalene.

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 We'll look at her story

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 a little bit more

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 in depth next week.

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 So please come back

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 so we can see

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 the rest of the story

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 from Mary Magdalene.

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 It is an exciting story.

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 Here we find

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 she comes up.

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 She shows up

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 immediately after

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 the Passover.

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 The morning after

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 the Passover.

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 She is there when?

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 Look at the text.

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 When does she show up

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 in verse 1?

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 The sun hadn't even

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 come up yet.

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 She is ready

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 to go

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 to minister

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 to her Lord.

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 She has a plan

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 we find from

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 the other

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:29.160
 gospel records.

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 She comes prepared

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 with her friends

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 to tend

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 to the body

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 to anoint it

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 with spices.

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 You may ask

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 yourself the question

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 what is the point

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 of Mary

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 anointing Jesus'

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 body

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 when it had already

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 been done

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 as we saw last week

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 by Nicodemus

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 and Joseph

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 of Arimathea?

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 Well

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 if you remember

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 the urgency

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 of the moment

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 that the Roman

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 soldiers had to

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 break the legs

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 of those criminals

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:02.179
 hanging on the cross

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 because the Sabbath

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.379
 was coming

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.159
 quickly

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 you realize

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 that there was

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 a condensed

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 window of time

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 in which

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 to get the body

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 down

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 to get permission

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.000
 from Pilate

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.119
 to run the body

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 to the tomb

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 to put it in

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 the right place

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 to anoint

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 and prepare it

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.180
 the right way

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:22.180
 wrapping it

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 the way it was

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 supposed to be wrapped

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 get all of that done

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.420
 get back home

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:28.039
 before Sabbath begins.

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 And Mary

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.160
 Magdalene

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:32.859
 the other Mary

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 and several other

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:35.720
 women with her

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:37.319
 only ones

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.440
 to observe this

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.339
 from a distance

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.700
 recognize

00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.799
 that the preparation

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.319
 of the body

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.779
 had not

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.980
 quite been

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:45.059
 to their

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.799
 satisfaction.

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 So they make

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.519
 a personal

00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.139
 investment

00:19:49.139 --> 00:19:51.179
 they go out

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:52.639
 and buy

00:19:52.639 --> 00:19:53.220
 the right

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.819
 spices

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:55.500
 so they can

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.240
 come ready

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.299
 to do it

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:58.039
 the right way

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.819
 to prepare

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.519
 the body

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.859
 the way

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:03.799
 devotion

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.460
 demanded.

00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.539
 These were

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.460
 women who had

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.859
 been devoted

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.319
 to Jesus

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.379
 not only here

00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.359
 in the final

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.839
 moments

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.259
 but they had

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:13.099
 been devoted

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.779
 to Jesus

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.240
 throughout

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.740
 his entire

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.200
 ministry.

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.759
 We find

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.359
 again from

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:17.740
 the other

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.620
 gospel records

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.059
 these are

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.880
 women who

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:20.700
 followed him

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.720
 from Galilee.

00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:24.000
 That's significant.

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:25.819
 Have you missed

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.759
 that in the past?

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.579
 Do you realize

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.599
 that Mary

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.519
 came with an

00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:30.140
 entourage

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:31.420
 of individuals

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:32.200
 along with the

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.660
 rest of the

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.160
 pilgrims

00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:33.779
 and disciples

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.940
 with Jesus

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:36.440
 to Jerusalem?

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.500
 Jerusalem?

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.279
 They were

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.660
 there

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:41.120
 ministering

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.660
 to him

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.900
 in Jerusalem

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.600
 but they

00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.320
 had ministered

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.559
 to him

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.140
 throughout

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:46.380
 his earthly

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.920
 ministry.

00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.820
 We find

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.420
 from Luke

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.180
 chapter 8

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:51.160
 that Mary

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.640
 had made

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.279
 a personal

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.880
 investment

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.440
 she was

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.160
 essentially

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.500
 a financer

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.080
 of

00:20:56.080 --> 00:20:56.900
 Jesus'

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.640
 ministry

00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:00.240
 not only

00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.980
 vested

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.779
 in the process

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.940
 of being a

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.480
 part of his

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.860
 ministry

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.839
 but vested

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.299
 in

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.979
 contributing

00:21:05.979 --> 00:21:06.379
 to the

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.779
 ministry

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.199
 so that

00:21:08.199 --> 00:21:08.379
 it could

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:08.859
 continue.

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.619
 They were

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.139
 among the

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:12.299
 only loyal

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.839
 disciples

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.779
 at the

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.179
 cross.

00:21:15.479 --> 00:21:15.899
 They were

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.319
 the only

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.819
 ones to

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.179
 show up

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.439
 at the

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.799
 tomb

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.579
 when the

00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.019
 body was

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.259
 being

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.759
 prepared.

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:21.919
 And now

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.359
 here they

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.839
 are the

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.839
 first to

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.539
 show up

00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.439
 now the

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:25.779
 tomb

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.339
 is empty.

00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.019
 But what

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.679
 screams

00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.459
 through this

00:21:29.459 --> 00:21:30.979
 text and

00:21:30.979 --> 00:21:31.399
 what you

00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:32.459
 walk away

00:21:32.459 --> 00:21:32.899
 from in

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.219
 reading

00:21:33.219 --> 00:21:33.839
 verse 2

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:35.740
 says what

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.299
 about her

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.879
 faith at

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.359
 this point?

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.439
 Go ahead

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:38.720
 read it

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.339
 for yourself.

00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:40.619
 What does

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.199
 verse 2

00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:42.220
 say about

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:43.019
 Mary's

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 faith

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 in light

00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:45.720
 of her

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.379
 incredible

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.879
 devotion?

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.019
 Her

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.539
 faith was

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 still

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.179
 inadequate.

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 They have

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.119
 taken the

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.439
 Lord out

00:21:54.439 --> 00:21:54.619
 of the

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:54.919
 tomb.

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 We don't

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.759
 know where

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.139
 they have

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.779
 laid him.

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 For all

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.659
 of Mary's

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.439
 devotion it

00:22:01.439 --> 00:22:02.159
 could not

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.980
 lead her

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.240
 to faith.

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.579
 For all

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.240
 of Mary's

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.120
 previous

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:09.259
 faith it

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.839
 could not

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.900
 endure the

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.440
 test of

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.279
 time when

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.339
 hardship hit

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.059
 at this

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 point.

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 She had

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 been a

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.380
 woman of

00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.799
 faith but

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.460
 now faith

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.200
 was fleeting

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.819
 for her.

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 But she

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.079
 becomes a

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:24.299
 catalyst for

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 Peter in

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.740
 John.

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 And again

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.500
 we'll follow

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.019
 her narrative

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.559
 next week

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.539
 where Jesus

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.360
 reinforces

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.259
 faith in

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 her and

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.119
 leads her

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 to true

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 genuine

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.819
 enduring

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.740
 faith.

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 Come back

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.539
 next week

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.939
 for that.

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 The rest

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.000
 of the

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.339
 story.

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 But John

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:45.559
 wants to

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:45.839
 draw our

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.359
 attention this

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.719
 morning to

00:22:47.719 --> 00:22:48.659
 this personal

00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:50.019
 journey of

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.339
 faith.

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 Wherever you

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 are this

00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:55.619
 morning you

00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.359
 are a person

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.839
 of faith.

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 Whether you

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.079
 believe in

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.699
 Jesus or

00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.379
 you choose

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.980
 not to

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.419
 believe.

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:00.939
 You're

00:23:00.939 --> 00:23:01.500
 believing in

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.019
 this world.

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.460
 You're

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.059
 believing in

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.899
 the satisfactions

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.339
 of this

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.899
 life.

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.279
 Where do

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.019
 you stand

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.399
 on the

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.139
 spectrum of

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.759
 faith today?

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.399
 You can't

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.819
 put your

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.899
 confidence in

00:23:11.899 --> 00:23:12.819
 a faith that

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:14.220
 happened sometime

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.819
 in the past.

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.319
 It must be a

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.759
 faith that

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.559
 endures, that

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.259
 lives, that

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:20.839
 continues.

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 I'm reminded

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.799
 of Ephesians

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.720
 chapter 3 where

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.559
 the apostle Paul

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 is praying for

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.480
 the church of

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.779
 Ephesus.

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.000
 He prays that

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.500
 Christ may dwell

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.339
 in their hearts

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.139
 through faith.

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.200
 Is faith

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.139
 flourishing in

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.619
 your life?

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.659
 Faith in

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.480
 Christ and

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.000
 what he's

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.599
 accomplished?

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.599
 Does it

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.960
 spill out in

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.139
 affection for

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.619
 him, in

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.839
 trusting him

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.859
 for what he

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.399
 says?

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.480
 Guiding your

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.359
 decisions by

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.200
 the things that

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.659
 God has said

00:23:53.659 --> 00:23:55.240
 are right and

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.599
 true?

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.599
 guiding your

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.500
 affections by

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.199
 your own

00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:02.000
 personal cravings

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.099
 and desires?

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.980
 Do you realize

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.639
 this morning that

00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.459
 devotion, however

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:09.659
 strong in your

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:11.240
 life, can never

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.879
 lead you to

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.539
 true faith?

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.639
 No matter how

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.939
 disciplined you

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.559
 might be,

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:18.599
 no matter how

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:20.039
 dedicated you

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.899
 think you are,

00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:23.580
 your devotion to

00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.900
 God is inadequate

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:26.380
 to lead you to

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.700
 faith.

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.600
 Coming to

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.280
 church, reading

00:24:29.280 --> 00:24:29.820
 your Bible,

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.259
 loving your

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.600
 spouse, being a

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.180
 good student,

00:24:33.780 --> 00:24:34.440
 giving your money

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.200
 to the poor,

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.300
 being a good

00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:37.420
 neighbor, loving

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.300
 the people around

00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:38.960
 you, having a

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.980
 happy spirit,

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.340
 being generally

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:42.519
 positive in your

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.340
 dealings with

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:45.200
 individuals, being a

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.060
 model citizen,

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.600
 showing up to all

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.839
 the events, even

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.719
 being a part of

00:24:49.719 --> 00:24:50.759
 ministry, your

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.639
 devotion cannot

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.639
 lead you to

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.740
 genuine faith.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.139
 And Mary is

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.019
 coming face to

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.299
 face with that

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.779
 reality.

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.539
 Faith is a

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.339
 personal journey.

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.919
 Are you living by

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.859
 faith today?

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:12.759
 But faith is

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.379
 also reinforced by

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.899
 evidence.

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.199
 Praise the

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:18.599
 Lord that faith

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.579
 can be reinforced

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.459
 by evidence.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.619
 And that's our

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:23.139
 next point this

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.439
 morning.

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:26.319
 We find that in

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.299
 verses 3 to

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.659
 7.

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.719
 Let me read

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:30.240
 that for us.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.079
 It says this,

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:36.079
 So Peter went

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.559
 out with the

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.240
 other disciple,

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.339
 and they were

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.019
 going towards

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.459
 the tomb.

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:41.079
 Both of them

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.459
 were running

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:42.179
 together, but

00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.579
 the other

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:44.779
 disciple outran

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.479
 Peter and

00:25:45.479 --> 00:25:46.019
 reached the

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.740
 tomb first.

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.519
 And stooping to

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.500
 look in, he saw

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.000
 that the linen

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.979
 clothes lying

00:25:50.979 --> 00:25:51.839
 there, but he

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.639
 did not go in.

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.639
 Then Simon Peter

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.759
 came, following

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.579
 him, and went

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.299
 into the tomb.

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:59.059
 He saw the linen

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.819
 clothes lying

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.959
 there, and the

00:26:00.959 --> 00:26:01.939
 face cloth, which

00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:02.439
 had been on

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:03.839
 Jesus' head, not

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.599
 lying with the

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.259
 linen cloths, but

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.279
 folded up in a

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.259
 place by itself.

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.899
 Then the other

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.699
 disciple, who had

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.359
 reached the tomb

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:11.519
 first, also went

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.279
 in, and he saw

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:15.119
 and believed.

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.319
 I want you to

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.939
 understand this

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:21.719
 morning that Jesus

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:23.759
 gives us confirming

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.399
 witnesses.

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.219
 He is not afraid of

00:26:27.219 --> 00:26:28.899
 evidence to

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:30.059
 reinforce his

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.039
 truth claims.

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.119
 witness.

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.599
 The first witness

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.460
 that we see is

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.339
 the witness of

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.279
 the empty tomb.

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.319
 That was a

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.720
 confirming work of

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:42.099
 Christ to state

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:43.519
 categorically, the

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.559
 promises that I

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.240
 have made in the

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.619
 past are promises

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.839
 that you can count

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.119
 on.

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.619
 They have been

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.079
 fulfilled.

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.859
 Something that

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.519
 strikes my

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:55.000
 attention is that

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.000
 Jesus could have

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.500
 risen and left

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.759
 the tomb shut.

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.799
 He could have

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.879
 passed through that

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.819
 rock just as he

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.519
 passed through the

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.379
 door of the

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.940
 upper room.

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:07.240
 But Jesus gives

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.619
 an open invitation

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:10.019
 to anyone who

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.019
 would come and

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.400
 observe.

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.700
 Look in the

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.099
 tomb.

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.240
 It is empty.

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.740
 I have risen from

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.240
 the dead.

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.819
 The evidence is

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.220
 there.

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.440
 Come see for

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.940
 yourself.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.740
 He's happy to

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.640
 put the evidence

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.319
 on display.

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:26.179
 He's happy to

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:27.519
 give witness to

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.259
 the truth that

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.019
 he has proclaimed.

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.599
 He's not afraid

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:34.799
 to give us that

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.859
 confirming witness,

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.899
 the witness of

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.599
 the empty tomb.

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.220
 Jesus had stated

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.059
 on at least three

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.059
 occasions to his

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.460
 disciples and to

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.799
 the public, I

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:46.220
 will go to trial

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:47.619
 by the Jews.

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.720
 I will be handed

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.379
 over to the

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.960
 Gentiles.

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.759
 I will be

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.379
 crucified.

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.159
 And on the

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:53.139
 third day I will

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.779
 rise.

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.720
 And if that

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.599
 had not happened,

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.799
 you would say

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.839
 that Jesus'

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:01.000
 truth claims

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.980
 were a sham.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.279
 But he gives

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:06.679
 clear and

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:08.019
 sufficient evidence,

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.480
 even in this

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.399
 moment, to the

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:11.960
 truth that he

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.599
 had proclaimed.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.460
 The stone is

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.939
 removed.

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.859
 John, who is

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.299
 that other

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.099
 disciple that he

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.799
 refers to,

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.799
 apparently is

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.519
 quicker than

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.759
 Peter, makes it

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.339
 to the tomb.

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.220
 He's looking

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.759
 inside.

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.759
 And he sees

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.759
 the linen

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.440
 clothes that

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.180
 are lying

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.619
 there.

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.299
 Peter, who

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.140
 eventually catches

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.920
 up, does what

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.879
 we would expect

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.559
 Peter to do.

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.779
 He runs right in

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.420
 without giving a

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.039
 second thought.

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.000
 He sees the

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.339
 scene.

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.740
 He checks out

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.460
 the linen

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.980
 clothes lying on

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.000
 that stone table.

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.379
 He sees the

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:44.180
 face cloth that

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.279
 is not where it

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.920
 should be, where

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.759
 the head would

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.980
 normally be

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.480
 placed.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:50.480
 He sees it in a

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.000
 different spot,

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.360
 folded.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.819
 Jesus is

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.240
 gone.

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.180
 The clothes are

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.140
 not strewn out

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.880
 over the floor.

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.120
 They're not

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.200
 torn or cut.

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.700
 The body had

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.240
 not been

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.140
 manhandled in

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.599
 any way.

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.039
 It should have

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.740
 been obvious

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.180
 what had

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.539
 happened.

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.500
 They, of all

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.680
 people, should

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.339
 have known,

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.480
 I know what

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.220
 this means.

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.839
 Jesus is

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.200
 risen.

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.400
 But they're

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.779
 not there.

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.579
 They're not

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.819
 there.

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.660
 It does give

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.519
 some indication

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.160
 that there is

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.660
 rising faith in

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.259
 the heart of

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.620
 John.

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.779
 There seems to

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.640
 be a glimmer of

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.279
 hope for him.

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.620
 It does indicate

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.539
 that he saw

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.220
 and believed.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.700
 We'll look at

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.079
 that in a

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.319
 moment.

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.500
 But not only

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.279
 is there the

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.220
 evidence or

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.200
 the witness of

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.720
 the empty

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.620
 tomb, there

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.380
 is also the

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.420
 witness of

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:49.080
 confirming works.

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.960
 The witness of

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.799
 confirming works.

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.819
 These disciples

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.840
 are not

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.580
 rookies when

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.299
 it comes to

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.799
 time with

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.240
 Jesus.

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.039
 They had

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.559
 spent three

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.920
 and a half

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.559
 years in

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.779
 ministry seeing

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.319
 the power of

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.180
 God flowing

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.460
 through the

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.440
 person of

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.880
 Christ.

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:12.019
 They saw

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.480
 his power over

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.160
 the wind,

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.640
 wind, in the

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.080
 waves.

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:15.900
 They had

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.700
 experienced it

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.340
 for themselves.

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.940
 There they

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.600
 were on the

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.319
 Sea of Galilee

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.440
 rowing for all

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.120
 they were worth

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.140
 for hours in

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.620
 the dark,

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.539
 wondering if

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.799
 they would

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.640
 survive the

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.980
 journey.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.319
 And here

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.000
 comes this

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.140
 figure across

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:30.500
 the lake,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:33.160
 this shadowy

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.819
 figure that

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.799
 looked like a

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.279
 specter.

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.400
 And they know

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.080
 it is Jesus.

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.279
 Jesus.

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.960
 And Jesus

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.259
 with a word

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.299
 in a moment

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:43.000
 brings peace

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.859
 and calm to

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:45.039
 the wind and

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.399
 waves.

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.539
 They see his

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.000
 power.

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:49.480
 The power to

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.679
 trump any of

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.519
 their human

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.159
 energy.

00:30:54.659 --> 00:30:55.480
 Power over

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.839
 wind and

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.199
 waves.

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.240
 Power over

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.939
 the elements.

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.599
 They saw his

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.819
 power over the

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.099
 demons.

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.220
 How many times

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.740
 had Jesus

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.000
 encountered men

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.460
 and women

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.980
 who had been

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.880
 in bondage

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.819
 to the

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.380
 supernatural

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:10.420
 for the

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.319
 duration of

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.940
 their life.

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.500
 Communities

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.000
 who had

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.799
 tried to

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.799
 remove this

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.599
 menace from

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.160
 among them

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:18.839
 had shackled

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.299
 them in

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.680
 chains,

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.480
 had driven

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.140
 them out of

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.799
 their community

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.940
 and yet the

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.859
 menace still

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:25.140
 existed for

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.680
 all of the

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.240
 energy that

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.799
 they had to

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.119
 try to

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.359
 confine and

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.099
 constrain

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.839
 this individual.

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.279
 And Jesus

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.400
 shows up and

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.279
 with a word

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:35.240
 commands the

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.839
 demons to

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.119
 flee.

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.319
 In a moment

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.920
 he exercises

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:41.799
 his superior

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.899
 authority over

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.720
 the supernatural.

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.500
 They had seen

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.200
 the witness

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.759
 of his power

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.599
 over illness.

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.279
 People who

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.200
 had been

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.000
 gripped by

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.879
 illness for

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.660
 their entire

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.299
 lives.

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.759
 I think of

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.379
 the woman who

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:57.759
 had been

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.759
 hunched over

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.220
 for 15 years

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.559
 had tried to

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.720
 access all

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.400
 of the

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.839
 resources that

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.259
 were at her

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.759
 disposal,

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.480
 all of the

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.900
 physicians,

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.680
 all of the

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.240
 help she

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.759
 could get.

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.200
 Actually she

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.600
 had an issue

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.079
 of blood.

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.000
 So remembering

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.579
 the story.

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.500
 And Jesus

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.680
 comes and

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.640
 she touches

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.319
 the hem of

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.779
 his garment

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.539
 and in a

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.299
 moment she's

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.600
 healed.

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.559
 Others who

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.500
 were blind

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.200
 or lame

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.860
 or deaf

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.400
 for their

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.420
 entire lives.

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.059
 And Jesus

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.700
 in a moment

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.539
 with a word

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.879
 demonstrates

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.779
 his authority

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.839
 over their

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.279
 illness.

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.359
 And of course

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.099
 his power

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.119
 over death.

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.680
 Jairus'

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.740
 daughter,

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.139
 the widow's

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:42.779
 son,

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.339
 and recently

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:46.139
 in their

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:47.659
 recent history

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.799
 the resurrection

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.960
 of Lazarus.

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.859
 Who when

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.779
 Jesus raises

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.559
 him says

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.019
 to his

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.519
 disciples,

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.379
 I am glad

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.960
 we were not

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.480
 there so

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.940
 that I

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.559
 could lead

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.099
 you to

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.680
 believe.

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.799
 It would

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.099
 be the

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.860
 moment that

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.180
 they would

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.019
 look back

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.360
 on and

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.880
 remember

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.500
 eventually.

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:07.980
 But they

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.299
 were not

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.980
 there in

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.599
 this moment.

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.660
 Still fresh

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:13.960
 in the

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.420
 people's

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.819
 minds,

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.000
 the resurrection

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.059
 of Lazarus

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.900
 as the

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.640
 triumphal

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.559
 entry took

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.240
 place and

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.860
 all of the

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.400
 people who

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.240
 remembered

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.839
 Lazarus

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.980
 were parading

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.779
 in with that

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.900
 company and

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.980
 Jesus into

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.740
 Jerusalem.

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.519
 with the

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.960
 triumphal

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.240
 entry.

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:31.960
 And even

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.279
 the night

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.019
 before Jesus

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.759
 was crucified,

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.279
 he points

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.660
 to his

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.960
 works in

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.660
 John 14.

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.019
 He says,

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.819
 believe me

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.039
 that I am

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.279
 in the

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.799
 Father and

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.279
 the Father

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.980
 is in me

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.759
 or else

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.420
 believe on

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.039
 the account

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.700
 of the

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.099
 works

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.000
 themselves.

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.400
 Jesus had

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.640
 given them

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.160
 a witness.

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.720
 Jesus'

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.759
 confirming

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.860
 power was

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.640
 undeniable

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.400
 proof of

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.440
 his divinity.

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.680
 proof of

00:33:59.680 --> 00:33:59.799
 his

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.259
 authority.

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.559
 God does

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.400
 that for us

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.759
 as well.

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.320
 He gives

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.280
 us confirming

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.880
 witnesses.

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.400
 The witness

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.579
 of creation

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.420
 to testify

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.440
 to his

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.219
 splendor

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.860
 and glory.

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.800
 The proof

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.559
 of his

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.119
 intervention

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.480
 especially with

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.079
 the people of

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.740
 Israel throughout

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.260
 history.

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.300
 The proof

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.280
 of a changed

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.079
 life.

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.179
 proof.

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.480
 The proof

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.059
 of answered

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.500
 prayer.

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:29.860
 The proof

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.840
 of fulfilled

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.460
 promises.

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.119
 The proof

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.139
 of abounding

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.739
 joy.

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.059
 The proof

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.759
 of enduring

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.480
 peace.

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:39.960
 Jesus is not

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.480
 afraid of the

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.900
 evidence.

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.079
 Jesus is not

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.179
 afraid to

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.699
 help us

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.679
 understand that

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.380
 the truth

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.159
 claims that he

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.199
 makes will be

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.980
 things that he

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.460
 will follow

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.039
 through on.

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.659
 He can be

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.019
 trusted.

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:54.119
 And as we

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.780
 see in verse

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.759
 8, there

00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.460
 seems to be

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.159
 evidence that

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.099
 faith is

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.780
 beginning to

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.900
 rise in

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.800
 John's heart.

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.480
 But what

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.679
 kind of faith

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.539
 does John

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.259
 have at this

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:05.599
 point?

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.099
 What does

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.579
 John believe?

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.820
 What is

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.500
 going on in

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.079
 his mind?

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.239
 Is this

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.079
 saving faith?

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.259
 Or is this

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.980
 something else?

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:21.119
 And as a

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.740
 side note, I

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.139
 just want to

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:23.079
 take a quick

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.260
 detour for a

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.519
 moment.

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.579
 And I want to

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.139
 encourage you

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:27.199
 not only in

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:28.840
 relationship to

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:30.019
 the message

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.840
 today, but I

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.519
 want to encourage

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.139
 you that these

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.719
 are the kinds

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.440
 of questions

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.519
 you should be

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.300
 asking yourself

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.780
 in your own

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.320
 Bible study.

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.500
 Why is this

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.820
 here?

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.519
 Why does

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.539
 John leave out

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.559
 certain details?

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.699
 Why is he

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.780
 focused on

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.360
 Mary?

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.900
 What does it

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.639
 mean that he

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:49.420
 talks about

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.699
 his faith?

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.679
 What is he

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.679
 really believing?

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.920
 And so for

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.679
 this last point,

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.099
 I want to

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.659
 kind of walk

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.259
 you through

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.779
 briefly some

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.400
 of the steps

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.819
 that you can

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.199
 take for

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.159
 yourself in

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:02.039
 arriving at

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.420
 some of the

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.119
 answers to

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:03.799
 big questions

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.400
 in the

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.639
 scripture.

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.980
 Because my

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:08.960
 premise now,

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.559
 this point

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.139
 number three,

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:11.679
 is faith is

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.480
 incomplete

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:14.039
 without the

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.359
 scripture.

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.460
 Faith is

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.059
 incomplete

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:18.539
 without the

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.860
 scripture.

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.759
 You say,

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.940
 now, wait

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.400
 a second,

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.360
 that's not

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.000
 what I see

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.320
 here.

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.559
 That's not

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.099
 what it seems

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.799
 to indicate

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.500
 in verse

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.880
 eight.

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.079
 It seems

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.559
 to indicate

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.199
 that John

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.980
 shows up,

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:33.820
 he sees

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.360
 the tomb,

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.840
 and he

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.420
 believes.

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.460
 But what

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.920
 does verse

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.840
 nine say?

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.980
 for as

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.380
 yet,

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:41.860
 they did

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.180
 not

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:43.079
 understand

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.820
 the

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.360
 scripture,

00:36:45.140 --> 00:36:45.559
 that he

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.320
 must rise

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:46.860
 from the

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.079
 dead.

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.000
 Why does

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.760
 John put

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.400
 that there?

00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:50.360
 Because he

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.820
 wants to

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:52.140
 qualify the

00:36:52.140 --> 00:36:52.640
 kind of

00:36:52.640 --> 00:36:53.500
 faith that

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.140
 he actually

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.820
 had at this

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.220
 point.

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.820
 And it

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.440
 was not a

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:57.940
 faith

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.760
 necessarily

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.900
 in the

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.380
 resurrection,

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.000
 but a

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.579
 faith in the

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.000
 fact that

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.440
 Jesus was

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.059
 just gone.

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:07.320
 commentators

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.759
 are mixed

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.539
 on this,

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:08.900
 and I

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.219
 am going

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.099
 to shake

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:11.340
 probably

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.119
 dangerously

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.719
 all of the

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.079
 things that

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.759
 the commentators

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.619
 are saying,

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:17.099
 because as

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.619
 I study

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.500
 through the

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.980
 gospel,

00:37:19.299 --> 00:37:20.840
 I think

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.199
 there's a

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.440
 different

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:22.579
 conclusion to

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.059
 draw here.

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.320
 So bear

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.920
 with me as

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.579
 I walk

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.159
 this through

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.779
 with you,

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.860
 and I'm

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.179
 going to put

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.559
 it in your

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.099
 hands to

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.820
 decide whether

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.239
 or not you're

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.519
 going to agree

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.159
 with me or

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.619
 agree with

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.299
 the commentators.

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.860
 It's probably

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.460
 safer to agree

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.700
 with the

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.180
 commentators.

00:37:37.620 --> 00:37:38.260
 Faith is

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.680
 incomplete

00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.260
 without the

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.500
 scripture.

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.019
 Why do I

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.440
 say that?

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.519
 What is

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.780
 believing here?

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.539
 I want you

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.880
 to understand

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.559
 the use of

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.980
 the word

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.620
 believing

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.400
 throughout the

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.980
 gospel of

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:49.539
 John is

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:51.220
 not necessarily

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:53.039
 believing to

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.620
 faith in

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.120
 salvation,

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.180
 but believing

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.740
 in the

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.079
 moment.

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.099
 Why do I

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.480
 say that?

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.400
 Let me show

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.700
 you some

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:01.160
 examples.

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.599
 Keep your

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.760
 finger in

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.220
 John chapter

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.780
 20,

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.500
 I want

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.660
 to try

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:05.000
 to walk

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.380
 through this

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.740
 quickly,

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.460
 so bear

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.840
 with me.

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.079
 If you

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.480
 need my

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.740
 notes,

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.200
 I'm happy

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.980
 to give

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.200
 it to

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:09.380
 you.

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.300
 Look

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.680
 with me

00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:10.920
 at the

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.260
 beginning

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.559
 of the

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.840
 book,

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.440
 John

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.660
 chapter 2,

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:15.000
 verse 11.

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.160
 I want you

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:16.599
 to see this

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.140
 for yourself

00:38:17.140 --> 00:38:17.519
 and even

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.220
 circle them

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.160
 as we go

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:19.400
 through.

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.860
 John

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.640
 chapter 2,

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.380
 verse 11.

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:21.440
 verse 11.

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.280
 It says

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.760
 this,

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:27.320
 this,

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.280
 the first

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.579
 of his

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.000
 signs,

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.599
 Jesus did

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.019
 at Cana

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.760
 in Galilee

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:32.160
 and manifested

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:32.740
 his glory

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.160
 and his

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:33.720
 disciples

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.460
 believed in

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.720
 him.

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.599
 This is the

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.280
 wedding at

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.519
 Cana.

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.880
 This is

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.599
 turning the

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.079
 water to

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.420
 wine.

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.300
 And it

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.019
 says that

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.599
 his disciples

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.320
 believed.

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.619
 And yet,

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.140
 if you know

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.960
 anything about

00:38:45.960 --> 00:38:46.780
 the gospels,

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:48.200
 you hear

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:49.600
 Jesus in

00:38:49.600 --> 00:38:50.220
 the background

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:51.180
 saying time

00:38:51.180 --> 00:38:51.680
 and time

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.080
 and time

00:38:52.080 --> 00:38:52.420
 again,

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.380
 oh you

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.380
 of little

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:55.920
 faith.

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:57.120
 Does that

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:58.540
 sound like

00:38:58.540 --> 00:38:59.960
 saving faith

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.380
 to you?

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:01.920
 They were

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.460
 believing in

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.800
 something.

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.140
 They were

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:03.980
 believing that

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.860
 Jesus did

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.600
 actually what

00:39:05.600 --> 00:39:06.560
 he did here,

00:39:06.640 --> 00:39:07.100
 but there was

00:39:07.100 --> 00:39:08.140
 something missing,

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.200
 something

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:11.800
 superficial

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.980
 about their

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.300
 faith.

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.620
 Jump down

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.420
 to verse 23

00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:16.160
 of chapter 2.

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:19.480
 Now,

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.840
 when he was

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.440
 in Jerusalem

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.960
 at the

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.800
 Passover feast,

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.940
 many believed

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.600
 in his name.

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.260
 What happened?

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.980
 Many

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:28.200
 believed

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.980
 in his name

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:31.400
 when they

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.840
 saw the

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.320
 signs that

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.580
 he was

00:39:32.580 --> 00:39:32.920
 doing,

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:33.400
 but

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.540
 Jesus,

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:35.380
 on his

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.720
 part,

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.260
 did not

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.840
 entrust

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.840
 himself to

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.340
 them because

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.720
 he knew

00:39:38.720 --> 00:39:39.160
 all people.

00:39:39.540 --> 00:39:40.019
 Basically,

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.740
 Jesus knew

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.220
 their hearts.

00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:42.340
 Jesus knew

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:43.380
 how bankrupt

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.060
 their faith

00:39:44.060 --> 00:39:44.620
 really was.

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.120
 It was

00:39:47.120 --> 00:39:47.560
 faith for

00:39:47.560 --> 00:39:47.980
 the moment.

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.660
 It wasn't

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:50.240
 faith that

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:51.019
 was enduring.

00:39:51.820 --> 00:39:52.640
 Turn a page

00:39:52.640 --> 00:39:53.940
 over with me

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.420
 to John

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.180
 chapter 4,

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:57.140
 verse 50.

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:58.080
 John 4,

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:58.600
 50.

00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:03.539
 It says

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.980
 this.

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:06.019
 This is

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.880
 Jesus healing

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:08.259
 the official's

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:08.559
 son.

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.259
 It says,

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.039
 Jesus said

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.380
 to him,

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.559
 go,

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.139
 your son

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.699
 will live.

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.519
 The man

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.460
 believed the

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.019
 word that

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.779
 Jesus spoke

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.380
 to him

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.920
 and went

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.159
 on his

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.460
 way.

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:19.940
 But then

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.339
 if you drop

00:40:20.339 --> 00:40:20.699
 down to

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.299
 verse 53,

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:23.380
 you see

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.519
 something else.

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.480
 the father

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.940
 knew that

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.579
 was the

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.320
 hour when

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.019
 Jesus had

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.320
 said to

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.460
 him,

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.780
 your son

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.300
 will live,

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.880
 and he

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.219
 himself

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.699
 believed

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.099
 in all

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.239
 his

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:33.579
 household.

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.460
 What in

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.759
 the world

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.119
 is going

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.460
 on here?

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.719
 I thought

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:36.960
 he was

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.239
 already

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.659
 believing.

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:41.019
 So there

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.559
 is examples

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:42.039
 here of

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.480
 progressing

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.940
 faith.

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.420
 That's my

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:43.719
 point.

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.659
 And as

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:44.960
 you look

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.500
 through the

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.059
 gospel of

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.259
 John,

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.679
 you'll see

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.259
 progressing

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.119
 faith that's

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.920
 taking shape

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.599
 in the hearts

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.719
 of people as

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.420
 they're responding

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.800
 to the

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.199
 moment.

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.420
 They're responding

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.280
 to the stimuli

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.680
 that they

00:40:54.680 --> 00:40:55.519
 have right

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.840
 in front

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.100
 of them,

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.700
 whether it's

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.120
 the words

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:57.519
 of Jesus

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:57.860
 or the

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.620
 works of

00:40:58.620 --> 00:40:59.100
 Jesus.

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.460
 But it's

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:01.280
 not the

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:02.500
 testimony of

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.940
 enduring

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.560
 faith.

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:05.540
 There's

00:41:05.540 --> 00:41:06.500
 also examples

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:07.200
 in the

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.700
 gospel of

00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.260
 John of

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:09.500
 defective

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.160
 faith.

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.920
 Examples of

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.940
 defective

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.240
 faith.

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:13.840
 Turn with

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.140
 me to

00:41:14.140 --> 00:41:14.600
 John chapter

00:41:14.600 --> 00:41:15.540
 7 for

00:41:15.540 --> 00:41:15.780
 one of

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:15.940
 those

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.480
 examples.

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:17.740
 John

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.440
 chapter 7

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.220
 verse

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.940
 31.

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.780
 John 7

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:24.260
 31.

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.900
 Yet,

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:27.080
 many of

00:41:27.080 --> 00:41:27.500
 the people

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.280
 believed in

00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:28.660
 him.

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.660
 They said,

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:29.960
 when the

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:30.640
 Christ appears,

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.340
 will he do

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.920
 more signs

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.220
 than this

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.519
 man has

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.740
 done?

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.160
 Are you

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.760
 kidding me?

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:39.000
 Is he the

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:39.519
 Christ or

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.920
 not?

00:41:40.680 --> 00:41:41.060
 Are you

00:41:41.060 --> 00:41:41.700
 believing in

00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.220
 him as the

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:42.820
 Messiah or

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.200
 what?

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.440
 What a

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.280
 confused group

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:45.900
 of individuals.

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.440
 How about

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.960
 in John

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.640
 chapter 8

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:50.280
 verse 30?

00:41:50.680 --> 00:41:51.340
 Turn a page.

00:41:51.560 --> 00:41:51.960
 John chapter

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.380
 8 verse 30.

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:56.280
 As he was

00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:56.880
 saying these

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.360
 things,

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.680
 many believed

00:41:58.680 --> 00:41:59.260
 in him.

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.760
 Well,

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.280
 that's good.

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.260
 But what do

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.780
 we find?

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.280
 As you work

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:05.760
 your way through

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.280
 the narrative,

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.900
 you find that

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.500
 Jesus actually

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:09.059
 calls them

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.579
 son of the

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:10.800
 devil.

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.300
 And he

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:13.519
 reinforces to

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:13.980
 them in verse

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:15.079
 45 that what

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.840
 they thought was

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.800
 faith was not

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:17.519
 actually faith at

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:17.840
 all.

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.940
 Look at

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:20.400
 John 8

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:20.900
 45.

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.780
 But because

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:22.480
 I tell you

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:22.880
 the truth,

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.380
 you do not

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:23.980
 believe me.

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.780
 Defective

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.180
 faith.

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.980
 Misplaced

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:29.660
 faith.

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.639
 It was not

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.079
 genuine.

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.079
 Okay.

00:42:35.160 --> 00:42:35.840
 So John

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.280
 believes.

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.360
 He believes

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:38.960
 in the

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.559
 evidence

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.280
 immediately in

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.760
 front of him.

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.700
 But I

00:42:41.700 --> 00:42:42.559
 want you to

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.860
 understand that

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.440
 it is not

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.000
 necessarily

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.039
 saving faith.

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.320
 It is faith

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.840
 in the moment.

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:49.559
 faith for

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.460
 the present.

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:51.920
 In seeing

00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.480
 the events

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.640
 and knowing

00:42:53.640 --> 00:42:54.340
 that something

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.220
 quite extraordinary

00:42:55.220 --> 00:42:55.720
 was taking

00:42:55.720 --> 00:42:56.519
 place but not

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.400
 quite knowing

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:58.019
 what.

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:02.620
 And now we

00:43:02.620 --> 00:43:03.539
 find John's

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.180
 emphasis on the

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.660
 scripture in

00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.120
 verse 9.

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.800
 That's our

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.840
 final point this

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.100
 morning.

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.039
 John's

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:09.059
 emphasis on the

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.340
 scripture.

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:10.880
 And we could

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:12.000
 look at myriads

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:12.640
 of passages

00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:13.380
 this morning

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:15.160
 in the gospel

00:43:15.160 --> 00:43:15.760
 of John to

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.300
 point out that

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:16.720
 very fact.

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:17.160
 But I just

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.879
 want to point

00:43:17.879 --> 00:43:18.480
 to a couple

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.019
 that you

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.359
 should be

00:43:19.359 --> 00:43:19.980
 familiar with.

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:21.299
 The first

00:43:21.299 --> 00:43:21.940
 is John

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.599
 1.1.

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.599
 In the

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.759
 beginning was

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:26.279
 the word.

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.139
 The word was

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.639
 with God.

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:28.639
 The word was

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:28.980
 God.

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.420
 We know

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:29.879
 that word

00:43:29.879 --> 00:43:30.420
 is Jesus.

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.460
 Jesus

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.219
 throughout his

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:34.420
 ministry points

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.500
 to faith in

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:36.139
 the father that

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:37.279
 comes through

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:37.879
 him.

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.639
 And thus

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.879
 comes through

00:43:40.879 --> 00:43:41.940
 the word.

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:44.460
 You cannot

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.259
 have faith

00:43:45.259 --> 00:43:46.159
 in God

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.719
 apart from

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:47.159
 Jesus.

00:43:48.279 --> 00:43:48.779
 And thus

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.139
 you cannot

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.839
 have faith

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:50.679
 in God

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:52.059
 apart from

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:53.059
 the word.

00:43:56.339 --> 00:43:57.299
 Just jot

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:57.980
 down John

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.739
 chapter 2

00:43:58.739 --> 00:44:00.259
 verses 20

00:44:00.259 --> 00:44:00.980
 to 23.

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.839
 Again,

00:44:03.319 --> 00:44:04.119
 John points

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.739
 to this

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:05.439
 fact.

00:44:06.439 --> 00:44:07.299
 Jesus is

00:44:07.299 --> 00:44:08.119
 telling them

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.619
 about the

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:09.000
 temple.

00:44:09.439 --> 00:44:10.079
 He says

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:10.480
 that it's

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:10.719
 going to

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.299
 what took

00:44:11.299 --> 00:44:12.239
 46 years

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.699
 to build.

00:44:12.819 --> 00:44:13.059
 He's going

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:13.439
 to be able

00:44:13.439 --> 00:44:14.259
 to destroy

00:44:14.259 --> 00:44:14.719
 it and raise

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:15.039
 it up in

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.480
 three days.

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.739
 They're like,

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:16.119
 huh?

00:44:16.279 --> 00:44:16.860
 How is that

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.099
 going to

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.460
 work?

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.500
 And it

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.980
 says he's

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.619
 speaking about

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:20.679
 his body.

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.840
 But then

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.279
 this in

00:44:22.279 --> 00:44:22.860
 verse 22.

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:23.259
 It says,

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:24.300
 When therefore

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.980
 he was raised

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.519
 from the dead,

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.659
 his disciples

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:28.079
 remembered that

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:28.679
 he had said

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:29.279
 this and they

00:44:29.279 --> 00:44:30.500
 believed the

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:30.960
 scripture.

00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.480
 That is

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.199
 faith.

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.679
 Believing

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:36.900
 the scripture.

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:36.980
 scripture.

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:41.300
 That's why

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:41.780
 John gives

00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:42.059
 so much

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:43.000
 attention to

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.500
 the scripture

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.300
 in the

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:44.860
 upper room

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:45.300
 narrative,

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.019
 in our

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.820
 crucifixion

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.160
 narrative.

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.800
 More than

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.200
 any other

00:44:48.200 --> 00:44:50.059
 gospel record

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.559
 keeper,

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.900
 John gives

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.619
 attention to

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.099
 the scripture.

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:55.000
 In John

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.400
 13,

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:55.680
 18,

00:44:55.740 --> 00:44:56.139
 you have it

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:56.500
 in your

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.880
 notes.

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.240
 It says,

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.559
 but that the

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.440
 scripture will

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.059
 be fulfilled.

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:02.380
 In John

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.900
 17,

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.500
 12,

00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:04.119
 that the

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:05.019
 scripture might

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.720
 be fulfilled.

00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:06.500
 In John

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.000
 19,

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.500
 24,

00:45:07.939 --> 00:45:08.779
 this was to

00:45:08.779 --> 00:45:09.779
 fulfill the

00:45:09.779 --> 00:45:10.159
 scripture.

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:11.139
 John 19,

00:45:11.259 --> 00:45:11.719
 28,

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:12.519
 knowing that

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.459
 all was now

00:45:13.459 --> 00:45:13.919
 finished,

00:45:14.259 --> 00:45:14.939
 said to

00:45:14.939 --> 00:45:16.059
 fulfill the

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:16.459
 scripture.

00:45:16.879 --> 00:45:17.799
 John 29,

00:45:18.279 --> 00:45:19.259
 19,

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.839
 36,

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:20.739
 for these

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:21.500
 things took

00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:22.359
 place that

00:45:22.359 --> 00:45:23.039
 the scripture

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.739
 might be

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:24.219
 fulfilled.

00:45:24.599 --> 00:45:25.239
 And now,

00:45:25.919 --> 00:45:26.459
 in 19,

00:45:26.459 --> 00:45:27.000
 37,

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.439
 again,

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:27.739
 another

00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:28.179
 scripture,

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:28.859
 they will

00:45:28.859 --> 00:45:29.239
 look on

00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:30.079
 him whom

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:31.019
 they have

00:45:31.019 --> 00:45:31.719
 pierced.

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.480
 And now

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.259
 John draws

00:45:34.259 --> 00:45:35.359
 attention to

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:36.519
 something that

00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:37.079
 is missing

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.539
 in his

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.019
 faith.

00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:41.480
 For as

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:41.780
 yet,

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:43.000
 they did

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.820
 not understand

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.960
 the

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.340
 scripture.

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:48.079
 Faith had

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:48.519
 not yet

00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:50.240
 dawned on

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:50.599
 John's

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:50.840
 heart,

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:52.559
 but it was

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.180
 beginning to

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:53.559
 rise.

00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:57.519
 Faith would

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.980
 not be

00:45:57.980 --> 00:45:59.579
 complete until

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:01.519
 Christ initiated

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.960
 the process.

00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:04.920
 That's what

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.500
 we find

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.880
 in our

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:08.079
 study next

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:08.579
 week with

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:08.900
 Mary.

00:46:09.759 --> 00:46:10.400
 That's what

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:11.099
 we find in

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.599
 the gospel

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:12.219
 of Luke

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:13.840
 when Jesus

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.820
 shows up to

00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:15.380
 the disciples

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:15.920
 in the upper

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.440
 room and it

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:16.659
 says,

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.480
 and he revealed

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.599
 to them all

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:19.259
 the things

00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:20.579
 related to the

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:20.840
 scriptures.

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.519
 He opened

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:22.159
 their eyes

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.840
 to see it.

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:23.980
 Finally,

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:25.739
 faith would

00:46:25.739 --> 00:46:26.019
 come.

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:30.500
 the

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:30.880
 resurrection

00:46:30.880 --> 00:46:32.500
 means life

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:33.980
 for those

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.759
 who believe.

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:38.320
 Life for

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.659
 those who

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.079
 believe

00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:39.800
 personally.

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:41.579
 Are you

00:46:41.579 --> 00:46:42.480
 here today

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:43.340
 and you

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:43.500
 have

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:44.320
 personally

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:45.280
 staked

00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:46.159
 your claim

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:47.800
 in the

00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:49.119
 unwavering

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:49.759
 faith in

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:50.159
 Christ?

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:53.239
 faith not

00:46:53.239 --> 00:46:54.000
 just for

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.539
 the moment

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:56.079
 but faith

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:56.980
 that endures.

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.940
 Listen to

00:46:58.940 --> 00:46:59.299
 what Paul

00:46:59.299 --> 00:46:59.799
 says in

00:46:59.799 --> 00:47:00.339
 1 Corinthians

00:47:00.339 --> 00:47:00.879
 1.18.

00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:01.199
 He says,

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:01.739
 For the

00:47:01.739 --> 00:47:02.339
 message of

00:47:02.339 --> 00:47:02.799
 the cross

00:47:02.799 --> 00:47:03.960
 is foolishness

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:04.940
 to those

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:05.559
 who are

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.239
 perishing,

00:47:06.819 --> 00:47:07.739
 present,

00:47:07.899 --> 00:47:08.339
 active,

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.019
 continuous.

00:47:10.339 --> 00:47:10.839
 But to

00:47:10.839 --> 00:47:11.539
 those of

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:12.179
 us who

00:47:12.179 --> 00:47:13.619
 are being

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:14.719
 saved,

00:47:15.299 --> 00:47:16.000
 it is

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.679
 the power

00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:17.480
 of God.

00:47:18.379 --> 00:47:19.019
 Present,

00:47:19.460 --> 00:47:19.980
 active,

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:20.679
 continuous.

00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:22.199
 Not just

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:22.719
 for some

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:23.299
 time in

00:47:23.299 --> 00:47:23.879
 the past

00:47:23.879 --> 00:47:24.480
 but the

00:47:24.480 --> 00:47:25.639
 gospel connects

00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:25.960
 to your

00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:26.699
 heart today

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:27.799
 and tomorrow

00:47:27.799 --> 00:47:28.759
 and enduring

00:47:28.759 --> 00:47:29.359
 for the rest

00:47:29.359 --> 00:47:29.599
 of your

00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:30.019
 life.

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.500
 You see

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.059
 how God

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.539
 changes

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:33.159
 everything

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:33.739
 for you.

00:47:34.899 --> 00:47:35.299
 Changes

00:47:35.299 --> 00:47:35.779
 your

00:47:35.779 --> 00:47:36.480
 parenting,

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:37.059
 changes

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:37.559
 your

00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:39.019
 marriage,

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:39.719
 he changes

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:40.659
 your work,

00:47:40.819 --> 00:47:41.299
 he changes

00:47:41.299 --> 00:47:41.619
 your

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.319
 neighboring,

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:43.000
 he changes

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:44.099
 your priorities

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:44.639
 and how you

00:47:44.639 --> 00:47:44.920
 do your

00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:45.399
 finances,

00:47:45.779 --> 00:47:46.339
 he changes

00:47:46.339 --> 00:47:47.460
 your perspective

00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:48.359
 as a student,

00:47:48.779 --> 00:47:49.339
 he changes

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:50.200
 everything for

00:47:50.200 --> 00:47:50.440
 you.

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:52.160
 Not just

00:47:52.160 --> 00:47:52.940
 for a time

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.840
 in the past

00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:54.220
 but for

00:47:54.220 --> 00:47:54.640
 today.

00:47:57.120 --> 00:47:57.840
 Are you

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.280
 a person

00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:59.180
 of faith?

00:48:00.400 --> 00:48:00.800
 Without

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.840
 faith,

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.579
 it is

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:03.160
 impossible

00:48:03.160 --> 00:48:04.740
 to please

00:48:04.740 --> 00:48:04.980
 him.

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:07.180
 You want

00:48:07.180 --> 00:48:07.460
 to please

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:07.740
 God?

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:10.280
 He makes

00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:10.940
 it possible

00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:11.440
 through

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:12.340
 his son

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:12.920
 Jesus.

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.900
 Not just

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:15.320
 for those

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:15.800
 who don't

00:48:15.800 --> 00:48:16.400
 know Jesus

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.980
 and need

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.480
 to come

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:18.480
 to salvation

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:18.860
 but for

00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:19.340
 those who

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:20.019
 know him

00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:20.680
 and need

00:48:20.680 --> 00:48:21.240
 to remind

00:48:21.240 --> 00:48:21.700
 themselves

00:48:21.700 --> 00:48:22.180
 of that

00:48:22.180 --> 00:48:22.960
 fact

00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:23.740
 day after

00:48:23.740 --> 00:48:24.700
 day and

00:48:24.700 --> 00:48:25.420
 be people

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:26.260
 who are

00:48:26.260 --> 00:48:26.920
 believing.

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:29.280
 Are you

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:29.820
 somebody

00:48:29.820 --> 00:48:31.099
 today

00:48:31.099 --> 00:48:32.420
 who is

00:48:32.420 --> 00:48:32.960
 believing

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:34.220
 in him?

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:35.740
 And is it

00:48:35.740 --> 00:48:36.220
 changing

00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:37.180
 everything

00:48:37.180 --> 00:48:37.680
 for you?

00:48:38.180 --> 00:48:38.639
 Let's pray.

00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:45.119
 Lord,

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.599
 we want

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:46.019
 to be

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:46.440
 people

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:47.019
 who are

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:47.480
 believing.

00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:49.859
 Not just

00:48:49.859 --> 00:48:50.239
 for a

00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:50.539
 moment

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:51.019
 and not

00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:51.259
 just

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:51.799
 because

00:48:51.799 --> 00:48:53.420
 of the

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:53.879
 immediate

00:48:53.879 --> 00:48:54.599
 situation

00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:55.099
 that we

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.879
 see.

00:48:57.259 --> 00:48:58.299
 The evidence

00:48:58.299 --> 00:48:59.079
 of God

00:48:59.079 --> 00:48:59.920
 that shows

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:00.379
 up here

00:49:00.379 --> 00:49:00.819
 and there

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.299
 through our

00:49:01.299 --> 00:49:01.599
 lives.

00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:01.879
 But we

00:49:01.879 --> 00:49:02.719
 want to be

00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:03.259
 enduring.

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:04.859
 We want

00:49:04.859 --> 00:49:05.759
 to change

00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:06.640
 our priorities.

00:49:07.580 --> 00:49:08.080
 Change

00:49:08.080 --> 00:49:08.280
 our

00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:08.960
 perspectives.

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.640
 Change

00:49:09.640 --> 00:49:09.900
 our

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.760
 orientation

00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:11.760
 as people

00:49:11.760 --> 00:49:12.660
 who are

00:49:12.660 --> 00:49:13.400
 not looking

00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:14.160
 to self.

00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:15.160
 We're not

00:49:15.160 --> 00:49:15.640
 looking to

00:49:15.640 --> 00:49:16.760
 please and

00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:17.620
 gratify our

00:49:17.620 --> 00:49:18.800
 own sense

00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:20.060
 of desire

00:49:20.060 --> 00:49:20.660
 but looking

00:49:20.660 --> 00:49:21.320
 to please

00:49:21.320 --> 00:49:21.620
 you.

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:22.220
 Who are

00:49:22.220 --> 00:49:23.260
 seeking first

00:49:23.260 --> 00:49:23.780
 the kingdom

00:49:23.780 --> 00:49:24.160
 of God

00:49:24.160 --> 00:49:24.520
 and his

00:49:24.520 --> 00:49:25.100
 righteousness.

00:49:27.240 --> 00:49:27.900
 May that

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:28.360
 be said of

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:28.540
 us,

00:49:28.680 --> 00:49:28.800
 Lord.

00:49:29.600 --> 00:49:29.980
 We pray

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.320
 in Jesus'

00:49:30.540 --> 00:49:30.700
 name.

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:31.680
 Amen.