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 Thank you.

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 I want us to finish our series in Matthew 28.

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 In Matthew's gospel, I've loved it.

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 I hope you've benefited from it.

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 But Matthew 28, if you've got a Bible, do open it up.

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 You may have come across, I've told you before,

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 the story from Russia before the end of the Cold War.

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 A Baptist pastor is reading his New Testament on the train.

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 And he gets up from his seat to stretch his leg on the train

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 and he leaves the New Testament on the seat.

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 While he's away, a guard comes along, picks it up,

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 reads what it is, opens the window, and throws it out of the window.

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 A month later, a farmer comes to see the pastor

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 and he asks the pastor wonderfully to lead him in becoming a Christian.

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 The pastor was delighted to do so.

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 And when he'd finished, the farmer reached into his pocket

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 and pulled out the pastor's New Testament.

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 And he said, you'll never believe it.

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 I was working in my field a month ago by the railway track

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 and a train went past and this hit me on the head.

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 And I want to say, as I've looked at the resurrection passages

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 and studied them, it's been a little bit like that for me.

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 I've been working away at it and suddenly the reality of what God has done

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 in raising the Lord Jesus from the dead has hit me on the head.

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 And I hope it'll do the same for you.

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 Because the resurrection of Jesus is the center of our faith.

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 The early Christians in Acts called the gospel

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 the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

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 It was the resurrection of Jesus that created the early church

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 and gave it life and fire.

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 And in Matthew 28, Matthew's point is that what the resurrection of Jesus has done

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 is turn everything upside down.

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 The resurrection acts as a huge reversal in the world.

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 And how Matthew does that is he skillfully shows us that

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 it shows this reversal in the life of everyone it touches.

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 The resurrection of Jesus shatters for all time,

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 for all people, the matter of going back to business as usual.

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 The resurrection of Jesus literally creates a new normal.

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 And Matthew's interest is not so much in the kind of mechanics

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 of the actual resurrection, who moved the stone

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 and giving us the evidence and that sort of thing.

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 But Matthew's interest is the massive impact it makes

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 on four different parties.

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 And so the first group that there's this huge reversal in is the women.

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 Can you look at verse 1 with me?

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 Now after the Sabbath, towards the dawn of the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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 And they don't know that a guard has been posted

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 in front of the tomb.

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 They don't know how they're going to roll away the massive stone

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 to get access to the body.

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 But they're in for a huge surprise, aren't they, when they arrive?

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 They discover the guards lying on the ground trembling.

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 The stone is rolled away.

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 And even worse, there is an angel sitting on the stone.

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 And he is no ordinary messenger boy.

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 He is an angel who's come from the presence of God.

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 So look at verses 5 to 7.

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 You see, the angel says,

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 Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus,

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 who was crucified.

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 Matthew is very deliberately telling us again and again,

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 he was crucified.

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 But he's not here if he's risen.

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 As he said, come see the place where he laid.

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 And then go quickly and tell his disciples he's risen from the dead.

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 The stone has been rolled away,

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 not to let Jesus get out,

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 but to let the women see in.

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 We're not left to guess

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 what it means.

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 The angel explains it exactly.

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 He says Jesus, who was crucified,

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 is now risen.

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 He says it twice.

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 He's saying to you and I,

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 they were at the right tomb.

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 He was dead,

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 but he is no longer dead.

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 He is risen from the dead.

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 And it's not reincarnation.

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 Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 And it's impossible for you and I

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 to capture in those simple words

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 the enormous transformation that's taken place.

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 Because for the first time in history,

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 the iron grip of death

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 has been broken from the inside out.

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 Somebody has gone through death

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 to show that he's stronger than death.

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 And the angel says Jesus defeated death.

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 I read of a Muslim student in Africa

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 who became a Christian.

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 And when his friends asked him,

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 why is that?

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 He said, well, it's like this.

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 Suppose you're going down a road

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 and the road forks in two directions.

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 And you don't know which way to go.

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 And there at the fork,

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 there are two men.

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 One dead

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 and one alive.

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 Who would you ask for directions?

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 Well, as the women race off

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 to tell the disciples

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 their imaginations running on ahead of them,

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 they meet the risen Jesus.

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 Verse 9.

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 And he says to them,

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 Greetings.

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 Hi.

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 And they came up and took hold of his feet

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 and they worshipped him.

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 And then Jesus said,

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee

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 and there they will see me.

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 Jesus gives them the most normal

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 and natural hello.

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 If you're in Australia,

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 it would be G'day.

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 If you're in Wales,

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 it would be Shammai.

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 The women,

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 they fall on his feet

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 and they take hold of his feet.

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 And so it's not a vision.

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 It's not a hallucination.

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 It's not an apparition.

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 It is a bodily and physical resurrection.

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 And it's not merely a resuscitation

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 back to life

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 because they didn't worship Lazarus.

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 Do you remember when Lazarus came out of the tomb?

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 They didn't worship him.

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 No, this is a risen Jesus,

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 physically raised from the dead

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 with feet that you can hold on to.

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 And Jesus encourages the women,

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 Do not fear.

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 And he gives them the same job

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 that the angel gave them to do.

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 Go and tell the other disciples.

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 And because of that,

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 their world is upside down.

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 So just look with me

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 at the women over the last couple of weeks.

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 Look at verse 56 of chapter 27.

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 Jesus being crucified.

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 And there are the women,

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 verse 55,

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 following,

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 looking on at a distance.

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 They can't get too close.

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 But they are looking on at a distance,

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 aren't they?

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 And then Jesus is buried.

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 And verse 61,

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 you have this little incident

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 where Mary,

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 Magdalene,

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 and the other Mary,

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 are sitting there,

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 sitting down opposite to the tomb.

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 Verse 55 and verse 61 of Matthew 27,

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 they're on the edge of the action.

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 They're on the periphery.

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 They're helpless.

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 They're forlorn.

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 They're the most powerless.

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 And then you come to Matthew 28,

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 verse 1,

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 and they go,

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 don't they?

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 Mary and the other Mary

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 went to see the tomb.

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 They don't know what to do.

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 Their hopes have been shattered.

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 The bottom has fallen out of their world.

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 But by verse 10 of chapter 28,

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 the women who were on the fringes

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 are now at the center.

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 And their hopes,

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 which have been shattered,

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 are literally raised to life.

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 Their fears have been transformed

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 into joyful confidence.

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 And now they become

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 the first tellers of the good news.

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 Because they are the first witnesses

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 of the resurrection

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 to the risen Christ.

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 It's a complete reversal, isn't it?

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 A total reversal.

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 Their lives have been turned upside down.

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 And it's all based on the fact

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 that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

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 The second group are the guards.

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 I think you've got a sympathy with the guards.

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 They were told, weren't they,

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 it's a very routine exercise.

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 All they had to do was guard a dead body.

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 If you were a policeman,

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 I'm sure it would be a pretty boring job

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 for the evening, wouldn't it?

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 To keep a dead body dead.

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 A massive rock is put in front of the entrance.

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 They seal it with whatever they could find.

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 They are a picture, aren't they?

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 These guards,

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 they are a picture of human authority and power.

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 They are the winners.

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 They are the rulers.

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 They are the ones with the weapons.

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 They are the ones with the capability.

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 And they are the ones that are in command.

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 They are the figures of authority.

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 And they are in control.

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 Then verse 2.

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 Behold, there's a great earthquake.

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 For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven

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 and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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 His appearance was like lightning.

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 And his clothing is white as snow.

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 Angels in our culture are seen as wonderfully reassuring, aren't they?

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 Kind of lightness and,

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 oh, you're an angel.

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 Some of us eat angel delight.

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 We think of angels as reassuring.

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 People talk about guardian angels.

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 Sophie Burnham in a terrible book

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 called A Book on Angels,

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 A Book of Angels,

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 says this,

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 Angels always bring us a calm and peaceful serenity

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 that descends sweetly upon over you.

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 Their message is always,

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 don't worry,

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 things are working out perfectly.

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 You're going to like this.

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 Well, look at verse 2.

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 This angel comes and he brings with him a splintering earthquake.

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 He tosses the stone to one side

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 and then when he comes,

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 he sits on it.

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 It's a lovely picture, isn't it?

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 I grew up in a family of four

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 and there would be fights

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 and how do you know,

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 how do you know those of your own families,

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 how do you know who was the winner of the fight?

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 Well, it was whoever ended up

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 sitting on the other one, wasn't it?

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 That's how you knew the victor.

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 What was the great sign of victory in a fight?

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 That you would sit on your sibling

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 and they would kind of lie there

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 trying to get up

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 but you sat on them

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 because you'd won.

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 Look at the angel here.

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 The only respect he shows

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 is a lovely little picture.

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 He sits on death.

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 Here's a symbol of the closed door of death.

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 The security of the sepulchre

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 and the only respect he pays to it

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 is to sit on it.

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 It's a wonderful picture.

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 And the word for tremble.

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 The word for tremble in verse 4

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 is the same word for earthquake in verse 2.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 The guards are experiencing

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 a quaking of themselves

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 they have their own private earthquake

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 as they see the angel

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 and the angel comes to announce

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 that Jesus is risen

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 and the rocks quake before the angel

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 and those whose job it is

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 to keep Jesus from rising

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 they quake as well.

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 All they had to do

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 do you remember

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 was to keep a dead man dead

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 and with all their power

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 and with all their skill

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 they couldn't do it

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 and instead

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 Matthew says

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 do you see the little detail

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 at the end of verse 4?

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 They became like dead men.

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 The living and the powerful ones

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 become like dead men

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 because the dead man

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 has been raised to life.

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 The living and the powerful ones

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 become like dead men

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 because the dead man

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 has been raised to life.

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 And the resurrection

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 doesn't it?

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 It brings a complete reversal

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 in the values of our world.

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 What we think of

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 ultimately as human power

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 is actually utterly powerless

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 in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 Death

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 is now transformed into life.

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 We don't have time

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 to look at verses 11 to 15

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 but there's a remarkable contrast there.

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 There's a contrast between the joy

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 and the obedience of the women

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 in going to tell

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 and then there's the reluctance

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 of the guards

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 going to the chief priests

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 and telling them what happened.

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 And the response of the priests

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 is to cover up, isn't it?

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 To do whatever they can

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 to cover up.

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 I think it's a wonderful story.

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 Because it tells you and I

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 that the resurrection

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 also faces you and I

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 with a fundamental choice.

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 Like the women.

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 Will we be like the women

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 who fall at his feet

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 and worship him

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 or will we hold on

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 to the illusion of our own power

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 and our own control?

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 And one way is the way

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 of deception and death

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 and the other is

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 the way of life.

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 The resurrection of Jesus

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 turns everything upside down.

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 And not only for the women

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 but for the guards

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 but thirdly,

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 most important of all,

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 for Jesus.

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 Do you notice twice

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 the angel says

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 Jesus has been raised.

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 It's a divine passive.

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 The will of God

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 will not leave him

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 in the grave.

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 But that is not all

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 Matthew wants you to know.

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 So when we look at verse 18,

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 can you see how Jesus speaks

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 after he's been raised

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 from the dead?

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 He says, doesn't he,

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 all authority in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given to me.

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 I think that's difficult

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 for us to kind of register

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 the scope of that statement.

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 The word of authority

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 is not just naked power.

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 It is the right to decide.

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 And it's the freedom to act.

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 It is God's own authority.

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 And God's own authority

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 is now Jesus' authority

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 because God has given it to him.

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 And Jesus is saying, isn't he,

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 my authority is unrestricted

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 and it's unqualified

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 and it's unconditional.

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 My authority extends

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 from the farthest reaches

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 of space

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 into the smallest

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 subatomic particle of matter.

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 And it draws under its canopy

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 all men

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 and all women

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 and all places

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 who've ever lived.

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 And it does not diminish

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 over time

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 and it doesn't weaken

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 in the different circumstances

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 of life.

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 And he says,

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 all authority in heaven

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 and on earth

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 has been given to me

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 over angels,

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 over archangels,

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 over demons,

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 over principalities,

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 over might,

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 over thrones,

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 over the natural world,

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 over the supernatural world.

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 world,

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 Jesus now has

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 the ability

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 and the freedom

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 and the right

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 and that's very important

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 to us.

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 Because there's no area

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 and there's no people

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 and there's no culture

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 and there's no single being

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 in the universe

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 that's outside the authority

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And Jesus could not assert

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 with any more clarity

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 his absolute faultless,

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 consummate sovereignty

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 and dominion

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 and rule and command

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 over all things.

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 And so here is a man

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 who three days before

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 had been crucified.

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 And now he's risen from the dead

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 and he says,

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 all authority is mine.

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 And I think in many ways

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 that's the key point

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 of the chapter.

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 It's no wonder

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 that in verse 9

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 Jesus accepted their worship.

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 And in verse 17

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 they recognize him

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 as Lord and God

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 and he accepts their worship.

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 And he is conscious

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 that the resurrection

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 is the beginning

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 of a new moment.

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 And that new moment

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 is marked by his

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 universal lordship.

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 And if there was any doubt

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 then you come to verse 19

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 and you'll see

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 that he includes himself

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 in the name,

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 not the names,

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 in the name of the one God,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 And that is how God

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 comes to be known

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 from now on.

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 And I think when we come

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 to this point

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 we come to the very heart

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 of the gospel.

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 And so when you look at

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 how did the early church

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 in the book of Acts,

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 how did they tell people

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 about Christianity?

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 How did they teach the gospel?

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 The heart of the Christian message

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 was this.

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 You rejected Jesus

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 as worthless and irrelevant.

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 You thought he was nothing.

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 But God has raised him

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 from the dead

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 and enthroned him

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 from heaven

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 where he is Lord and Christ.

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 Let me show you that.

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 Come with me to Acts chapter 2.

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 Come with me to Acts chapter 2

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 if you've got a Bible with you.

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 Acts chapter 2

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 and in verses 22 to 24

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 Peter is preaching.

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 And he says this.

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 He says,

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 Men of Israel,

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 hear these words.

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 Jesus of Nazareth

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 was a man

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 attested to you

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 by God

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 with mighty works

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 and wonders

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 and signs

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 that God did

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 through him in your midst

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 and you yourselves know.

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 And this Jesus

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 delivered up

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 according to the definite plan

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 and foreknowledge of God

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 you crucified

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 and killed

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 by the hands

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 of lawless men.

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 God raised him up

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 loosing the pangs of death

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 because it was not possible

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 for him to be held by it.

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 Then he speaks about

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 how the resurrection

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 fulfills the Old Testament.

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 And do you see what he's doing?

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 He's saying,

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 you thought Jesus

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 was nothing more

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 than a common criminal

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 or swear words.

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 But God's assessment

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 is very different

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 and the proof of that

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 is the resurrection.

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 Verse 32 to 33

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 comes to his conclusion.

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 And he says,

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 this Jesus

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 God raised up

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 and of all that

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 were witnesses

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 being therefore

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 exalted at the right hand

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 of God

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 and having received

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 from the Father

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 the promise of the Spirit

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 he has poured out this

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 that you yourselves

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 are seeing and hearing.

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 And his conclusion

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 verse 36

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 that all the house

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 of Israel know

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 for certain

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 that God

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 has made him

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 both Lord

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 and Christ

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 this Jesus

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 whom you crucified.

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 It's a really interesting sermon.

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 You could go to Acts 4

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 and see the same thing.

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 You could go to

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 many of the sermons

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 and Acts

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 but notice

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 what he doesn't say.

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 He doesn't say

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 let all the house

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 of Israel know

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 that because Jesus

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 is risen from the dead

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 you can have eternal life

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 and go to heaven.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 It's true

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 but that isn't

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 what Jesus says.

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 That isn't what

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 the preaching

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 and Acts says.

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 He doesn't say this.

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 He doesn't say

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 God loves you

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 very very much

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 and you are really

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 important to God.

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 And God wants

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 the very best

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 for you

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 and that is true.

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 You may hear that.

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 But that isn't

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 how they preached

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 the gospel and Acts.

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 Or you might hear this

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 Jesus died

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 an atoning death

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 for our sins.

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 Please come

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 And again

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 that is true.

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 But it's not

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 how they preached

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 the gospel and Acts.

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 How did they preach it?

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 They said

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 your view of Jesus

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 is exactly

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 the opposite

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 of God's.

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 And the proof

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 of that

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 is the resurrection.

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 And what you think

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 is wrong.

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 And what you've done

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 is wrong.

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 And the one

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 whom you crucified

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 do you realize

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 now rules

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 heaven and earth.

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 We could pick

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 half a dozen sermons

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 in the book of Acts

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 that Christ

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 is the key

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 to God's

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 everything

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 and the proof

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 of that

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 is the resurrection.

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 resurrection.

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 And it's so

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 confrontational

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 isn't it?

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 So, so very

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 confrontational

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 to say what you

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 think of Jesus

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 is wrong.

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 And you've

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 misunderstood

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 who he is.

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 You've got to

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 understand that

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 he is God's

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 king.

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 He is God's

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 enthroned ruler

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 and he is Lord

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 whether you like it

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 or not.

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 Matthew's point

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.980
 in Matthew 28

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.859
 is that the

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.319
 resurrection

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.099
 is a great

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.599
 reversal.

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 It's not just

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:16.819
 that Jesus

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.539
 is alive

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 and stronger

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 than death

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 all that is

00:20:19.459 --> 00:20:20.099
 true praise

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.539
 God.

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 The key

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.819
 significance

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.379
 in Matthew's

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.079
 gospel is that

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:24.219
 Matthew is that

00:20:24.219 --> 00:20:24.799
 Jesus has been

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.599
 given all authority

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.039
 in heaven and

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:26.299
 earth.

00:20:27.719 --> 00:20:28.599
 He is now

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.839
 Lord and

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.599
 Christ and that

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 is the great

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 reversal.

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 So a reversal

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 for the women

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 for the guards

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 and for Jesus

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 and then finally

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.079
 let's come to

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 the reversal

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 for the

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.279
 disciples.

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 We think back

00:20:41.659 --> 00:20:42.379
 to where the

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.059
 disciples were

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 at the start

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.459
 of the

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.679
 Matthew 28

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 and they are

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 scattered.

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 They fled

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 with their

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 tails between

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 their legs

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 and through

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 the words

00:20:51.719 --> 00:20:52.279
 of the women

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 they understand

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 that Jesus

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 is going back

00:20:54.459 --> 00:20:54.980
 to Galilee.

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 And the point

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.959
 of verses 16

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 to 20

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 is that Jesus

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 wants to spell

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 out the

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.459
 implications

00:21:01.459 --> 00:21:02.079
 of his

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.719
 resurrection

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 to his

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 disciples.

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 And here's

00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:06.879
 the central

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.779
 meaning of

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 the resurrection

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 if you're a

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.619
 follower of Christ.

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 It's not just

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 life after death.

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 It is that

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 but it's not

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.759
 just that.

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 It's not just

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 our resurrection.

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 But in

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.559
 Matthew's

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.039
 gospel the

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 key point

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:18.879
 of the

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.339
 resurrection

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.599
 is an

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.179
 occasion

00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:22.879
 for Jesus

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:24.000
 to transfer

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.399
 his mission

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:26.759
 to his

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.319
 church's

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 mission.

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 That's why

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 there's such

00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:31.299
 an emphasis

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.339
 in Galilee.

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.359
 Galilee was

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 the place

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.139
 where Jesus

00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:35.859
 launched his

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.639
 first mission.

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 And that's

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 where he

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 launches his

00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.199
 continuing

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.619
 mission.

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 where his

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 disciples

00:21:42.679 --> 00:21:43.059
 will be

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.399
 the main

00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:43.879
 players.

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 Jesus

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.019
 will

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.619
 continue

00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.159
 his

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.719
 ministry

00:21:46.719 --> 00:21:48.379
 as the

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.679
 risen

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 and

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.339
 ascended

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.599
 Lord.

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 He will

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 continue

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.279
 to rescue

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.799
 people

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 but in a

00:21:53.719 --> 00:21:53.919
 different

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 way.

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 Just look

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.359
 at verse

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 18.

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 When he

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.959
 says all

00:21:59.959 --> 00:22:00.659
 authority in

00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.099
 heaven and

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.419
 on earth

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:01.759
 has been

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.259
 given to

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 me,

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.879
 what's the

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.179
 obvious

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:04.659
 question?

00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.059
 All

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.859
 authority in

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.139
 heaven and

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:08.500
 earth has been

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.819
 given to me.

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.159
 What's the

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.419
 obvious

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.700
 question?

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:09.960
 What are

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.119
 you going

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.299
 to do

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.579
 with it?

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.419
 And the

00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:12.980
 answer is he

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.579
 doesn't say he

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:13.879
 is going to

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.179
 do anything

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.460
 at all,

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:14.799
 does he?

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 So verse

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.519
 18 he

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.960
 says all

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.539
 authority has

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:18.839
 been given

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.200
 to me,

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 therefore you

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.659
 go,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.519
 you go and

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.679
 make

00:22:22.679 --> 00:22:23.159
 disciples.

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.839
 The result

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.119
 and the

00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.939
 consequences of

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.879
 Jesus' risen

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.639
 authority is

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.299
 spelt out on

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.679
 what his

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.460
 church will

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.939
 do on

00:22:31.939 --> 00:22:32.299
 earth.

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.339
 In verses

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.819
 19 to

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 20 in

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.039
 English we

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.579
 have four

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:36.960
 commands,

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 go,

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:37.639
 make

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.220
 baptize,

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.900
 baptize and

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.160
 teach.

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.240
 But in

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.480
 the Greek

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.960
 there's one

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:43.240
 command and

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.700
 that command

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.319
 is make

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.900
 disciples.

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.420
 And the

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.860
 other three

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.380
 are all

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.799
 there to

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.160
 serve the

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.819
 one command.

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.120
 So Jesus'

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.420
 complete authority

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.200
 in heaven and

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.600
 earth is

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.880
 exercised as

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.720
 his people

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.600
 make

00:22:57.600 --> 00:22:58.160
 disciples.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.620
 And so if

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:01.839
 you want to

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.440
 see Jesus in

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:04.779
 action and

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.079
 you want to

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.319
 see what

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.559
 Jesus'

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.559
 authority looks

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:06.759
 like,

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.180
 you see

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.700
 it most

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:09.099
 clearly when

00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.599
 people make

00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.119
 disciples.

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.379
 And the

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.059
 whole idea of

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.740
 making disciples

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.119
 is not

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.240
 kind of

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:16.019
 dreamt up in

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.160
 the 1970s by

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.099
 some American,

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.700
 it comes

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.480
 directly from

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.940
 the risen

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.440
 Jesus.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.900
 It's a really

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:23.619
 precious word,

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.019
 isn't it?

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.960
 It's the word

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.299
 to be used to

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:28.460
 describe Christians

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.379
 and it

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.039
 describes kind

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.579
 of two

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.180
 aspects,

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.960
 two ideas.

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.759
 A disciple is

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.579
 primarily a

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:34.940
 learner.

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.019
 learner.

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.460
 And when you

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.059
 become a

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.660
 disciple of

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:37.940
 Jesus,

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.559
 you become a

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.460
 lifelong learner.

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.759
 You never

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.720
 reach a stage

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:44.000
 as a follower

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.519
 of Jesus where

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.980
 you've learned

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.299
 it all,

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.740
 there's nothing

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.320
 more to learn.

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.600
 Following Jesus

00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.240
 ought to make

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.000
 you more curious

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.039
 in every area

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.640
 of life.

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.340
 And the

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:53.880
 second part of

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.120
 being a

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.740
 disciple is

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.440
 that of being

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.039
 a follower.

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.140
 And that

00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:00.080
 describes our

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:01.279
 personal attachment

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.080
 to Jesus.

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.240
 Jesus.

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:02.960
 We're not

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.579
 learning for

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.879
 the sake

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.460
 of learning.

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.859
 The life

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.119
 of the

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.720
 disciple is

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:07.879
 to be

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.279
 different from

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.639
 every kind

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.099
 of life

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.000
 precisely because

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.679
 of our

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.319
 love and

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.519
 allegiance for

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.819
 Jesus.

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.740
 Basically,

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.500
 we love

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:19.019
 him and

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.439
 we want to

00:24:19.439 --> 00:24:19.859
 know him.

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.159
 It's not

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.799
 primarily an

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.259
 intellectual

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.819
 assignment.

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.759
 It means

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.899
 that as we

00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.419
 live our

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:27.859
 lives, we

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.019
 open up our

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.819
 lives, every

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.379
 area of our

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.019
 life to him

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.579
 and he

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.740
 opens every

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.500
 area of his

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.259
 life to us.

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.000
 But Jesus

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.460
 here doesn't

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.039
 command us to

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.639
 be disciples,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.279
 he commands us

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.639
 to make

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.119
 disciples.

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.839
 That's terribly

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.220
 important.

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.039
 There's loads

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.480
 of confusion,

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:44.900
 isn't there,

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.480
 as to what

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.980
 churches should

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.480
 be doing.

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.559
 This chapter

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.379
 tells us our

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.279
 central purpose

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:54.460
 as disciples

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.359
 of Jesus is

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.619
 to make

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.220
 disciples of

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.680
 the nations,

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:59.200
 to call on

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.579
 people to

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.000
 change their

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.400
 allegiance,

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.379
 to call

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:02.940
 on them to

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.460
 recognize that

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.900
 the one they

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.339
 thought was

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.139
 irrelevant to

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.639
 life is

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.879
 actually the

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.220
 Lord and

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.599
 Christ.

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.960
 To call on

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.279
 them to

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.799
 recognize that

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.339
 he has all

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.900
 authority in

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.379
 heaven and

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.799
 on earth.

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.720
 And Jesus

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.240
 doesn't spell

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.660
 that out in

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.000
 detail, but

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.400
 he does tell

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.000
 us three things

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.519
 it'll involve.

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.200
 He says it'll

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 involve going.

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 That means it

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 will not come

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 naturally to us

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 as a church

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 family.

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 It will need

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 to stir us

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 up.

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 to move us

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 out of our

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 comfort zone.

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 It will be a

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 bother that if

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 you're going to

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 make making

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 disciples a

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 priority, it

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 will be a

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 bother.

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 Secondly, it

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 will mean

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 baptizing with

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 the local body

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 of Christ.

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 We don't

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 become disciples

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 in isolation.

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 You are not a

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 disciple, in

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 fact, unless

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 you're bound up

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 with other

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 disciples.

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 discipleship is

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 all about the

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 church.

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 Thirdly, it'll

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 involve you

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 teaching you to

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 observe all I've

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 commanded you.

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 It's not so that

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 you become some

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 kind of Bible

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 nerd, but that

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 our lives would

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 be recognizably

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 different.

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 So that means

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 there'll be a

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 comprehensiveness to

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 it.

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 means there'll be a

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 comprehensiveness to

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 it.

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 The book finishes,

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 doesn't it, with

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 enormous encouragement.

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 Enormous

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 encouragement from

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 the risen Jesus.

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 Jesus to whom

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 belongs all

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 authority.

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 And he says,

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 your mission as

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 my church is to

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 go into all the

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 world and to

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 make disciples,

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 baptizing them and

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 teaching them.

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 And then he gives

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 this remarkable

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 promise, doesn't

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 he?

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 And he says,

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 at the end of

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 verse 20, I am

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 with you always.

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 At the end of

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 the age.

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 Gospel of

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 Matthew begins,

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 doesn't it, with

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 Jesus coming as

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 Emmanuel, God

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 with us.

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 And Matthew's

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 gospel finishes with

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 him saying to his

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 people, I am God

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 to you.

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 God with you to the

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 end of the age.

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 And I'm not

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 winging my way into

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 heaven, leaving you

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 to do the work.

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 I am deeply

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 invested.

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 I am promising my

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 personal companionship,

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 not just

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 every day,

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 but always.

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 So it doesn't

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 matter what your

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 circumstances are,

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 that you're in.

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 It doesn't matter

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 whether you feel

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 like it.

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 It doesn't matter

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 whether you feel like

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 he's with us or is

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 he not with us?

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 any success or

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 any success?

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 any success or

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 any success?

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 any success or

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 any success?

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 any success or

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 any success or

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 any success?

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 any success or

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 any success?

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