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 well let me give a warm welcome to you all to our church family to family and friends who are

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 gathering to tune in it's great to be able to gather our easter has changed i guess there's

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 never been an easter weekend like this but our message our hope our joy and the risen jesus has

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 not changed now let's read the message of the angels that first easter sunday here it is in matthew 28

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 the angel said to the women do not be afraid for i know that you're looking for jesus who was

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 crucified he is not here he has risen just as he said come and see the place where he lay

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 then go quickly and tell his disciples he has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into galilee

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 there you will see him let's sing a hymn that reminds us of the victory of jesus and the hope

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 in him let's sing kelvin's going to lead us in the hymn in christ alone

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 in christ alone my hope is found he is my light my strength my song this cornerstone this solid ground

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 firm through the fiercest drought and storm what heights of love what depths of peace when fears are still when striving cease my comforter my all in all

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 here in the love of christ i stand

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 in christ alone who took on flesh fullness of god in helpless pain

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 this gift of love and righteousness

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 scorned by the ones he came to save

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 till on that cross as jesus died

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 the wrath of god was satisfied

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 for every sin

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 for every sin

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 on him was laid

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 here in the death of christ i lay

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 there in the ground his body lay

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 there in the ground his body lay

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 light of the world by darkness slain

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 then bursting forth in glorious day

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 up from the grave he rose again

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 and as he stands in victory

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 sin's curse has lost its grip on me

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 for i am his and he is mine

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 and as he is mine

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 bought with the precious blood of christ

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 no guilt in life

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 no fear in death

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 this is the power of christ in me

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 from life's first cry

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 to the final breath

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 jesus commands my destiny

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 the power of hell

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 the scheme of man

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 can ever pluck me from his hand

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 till he returns

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 or calls me home

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 here in the power of christ

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 i'll stand

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 and now let's pray together

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 lord this easter sunday

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 we thank you for the announcement of the angels

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 that jesus who was crucified for our sins

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 to give us the hope of forgiveness

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 the promise of forgiveness

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 when we trust in him

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 that he is not dead

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 that he has risen

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 we recognize that in christ alone

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 there is true hope

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 not just for now but for all eternity

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 lord we recognize as a world

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 that we need hope right now

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 that we as individuals

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 that stand in need of hope

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 and lord we thank you that that is found in the life of jesus

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 we thank you for his perfect love

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 and his obedience

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 we thank you for the mercy and compassion

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 and care that he showed to the helpless

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 and the broken people

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 that he met in his day

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 and we thank you that he is unchanged

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 in his love and kindness

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 and lord we thank you

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 for that death he died

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 as our substitute

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 taking our place

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 and being that sacrifice

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 who would remove sin

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 who would remove the anger of god

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 from us by taking it on himself

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 so that if we put our trust in him

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 trust in him

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 we would have eternal life

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 we thank you for the hope

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 that is in the resurrection

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 the promise of new life

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 the promise of a restored world

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 the hope of jesus returning

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 and making all things new

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 giving hope of a world free of sickness

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 and sorrow and death itself

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 lord we look to you

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 recognizing that you are a god of power

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 and you are a god of mercy and love

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 we are dependent on you

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 and we ask that you would bring help

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 to those who need it

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 we pray once more for our governments

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 both here in edinburgh and down in london

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 we remember especially boris johnson

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 and we pray that you would be with him

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 lord we ask that you would give them all the wisdom

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 that our politicians and leaders need

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 for ruling well in this crisis

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 for making decisions

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 lord we also pray for our nhs staff

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 that we are so thankful for them

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 and for the the sacrifices that they make

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 for the love and care that they show

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 in their different responsibilities

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 and we pray that you would protect them

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 lord we thank you for other key workers

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 in various industries

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 and for the way they are going above and beyond

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 to help us to keep our country moving and functioning

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 and again we pray protection and care

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 lord we pray for the nations of the world

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 and we recognize the struggles that some of the poorest countries in the world will be having

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 with limited health care facilities

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 and with limited budgets and infrastructure

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 lord we pray for the poor and the needy

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 and we ask that you would intervene

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 lord above all

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 and we recognize our greatest need is to be right with you

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 and to enjoy your love in our lives

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 and so we pray that there would be many at this time who would be seeking answers

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 and finding them in jesus

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 that for those who are seeking hope and love and security

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 that they would recognize that that can be found

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 ultimately only in knowing you and in jesus you send

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 so we pray that you'd be with us in the time that we get to spend

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 listening to and thinking about the bible

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 help us to understand and apply what we hear to our lives this easter

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 amen

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 now we're going to read a passage of the bible

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 of the bible this is from john's gospel chapter 20

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 and it's the story of mary magdalene and her experience that first easter sunday

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 so let's hear the first 18 verses of john chapter 20

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 early on the first day of the week while it was still dark

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 mary magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance

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 so she came running to simon peter

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 and the other disciple the one jesus loved and said

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 they have taken the lord out of the tomb

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 and we don't know where they have put him

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 so peter and the other disciple started for the tomb

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 both were running

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 but the other disciple outran peter and reached the tomb first

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 he bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in

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 then simon peter who was behind him arrived and went into the tomb

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 he saw the strips of linen lying there

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 as well as the burial cloth that had been around jesus head

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 the cloth was folded up by itself separate from the linen

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 finally the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went inside

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 he saw and believed

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 and believed

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 they still did not understand from scripture that jesus had to rise from the dead

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 then the disciples went back to their homes

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 but mary stood outside the tomb crying

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 as she wept she bent over to look into the tomb

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 and saw two angels in white

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 seated where jesus body had been

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 one at the head and the other at the foot

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 they asked her

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 woman

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 why are you crying

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 they have taken my lord away she said

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 and i don't know where they have put him

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 at this she turned round and saw jesus standing there

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 but she did not realize that it was jesus

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 woman he said

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 why are you crying

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 who is it you are looking for

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 thinking he was the gardener she said

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 sir

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 if you had carried him away

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 tell me where you have put him and i will get him

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 jesus said to her

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 mary

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 she turned towards him and cried out in aramaic

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 rabboni

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 which means teacher

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 jesus said

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 do not hold on to me

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 for i have not yet returned to the father

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 go instead to my brothers and tell them

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 i am returning to my father and your father

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 to my god and your god

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 mary magdalene went to the disciples with the news

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 i have seen the lord

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 and she told them that he had said these things to her

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 so this easter sunday this is what we're going to think about

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 we're going to think about jesus resurrection

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 and the rising of hope

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 but we need to begin with the day hope died

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 that was the title of a bbc documentary on robert kennedy

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 back in 2018 marking the 50th anniversary of his assassination

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 that's a very striking title

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 it seems like national hope had been pinned on a single person

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 the hope that in bobby kennedy there was hope for unity

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 the end to racism for america

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 i wonder as you look back over your own life

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 have you been there on occasions when hope died

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 perhaps it was the loss of an opportunity

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 perhaps it was the loss of a job

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 perhaps it was the loss of a family member

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 that you loved deeply

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 maybe today i imagine there will be some of us

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 who are feeling fearful

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 feeling hopeless

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 due to covid 19

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 maybe this is the day when you feel hope is dying

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 if we were to ask mary magdalene

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 and to ask the first disciples

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 when was the day hope died for you

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 they would point to the first good friday

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 the day when jesus died on the cross

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 did you recognize that as we began our reading

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 for mary as she first approaches the empty tomb

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 she sees no hope

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 the message she brings back to the disciples

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 is they've taken the lord out of the tomb

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 and we don't know where they have put him

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 for mary and those disciples death had won

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 there was no prospect in her mind of resurrection

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 she saw the empty tomb and she thought this was the work of grave robbers

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 she was not naive

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 they were not expecting a resurrected messiah

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 nobody saw this coming

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 which in many ways points towards its truth

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 this is not something anybody made up

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 before we go any further let's think who was mary

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 the subject of our story here in luke chapter 8

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 another one of the gospel writers luke records that mary

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 had been possessed by seven demons

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 and that jesus had delivered her

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 so jesus has given mary new hope

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 a new life

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 further than that mary is an important eyewitness

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 she was there when jesus died

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 she was there as jesus was buried

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 and now she is an eyewitness to the empty tomb

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 but the question now is

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 where will her hope come from

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 now that her teacher is dead

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 how can she have hope beyond death

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 how can the kingdom of god come now

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 perhaps mary was asking

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 now that the king has died

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 that first easter sunday

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 everything for mary in terms of hope

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 rests on one fact

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 everything for you and for me

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 rests on one fact

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 if we want true hope that will not disappoint

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 the fact resurrection

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 there's a bible writer called david helm

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 and he says the resurrection is hope's burden of proof

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 in other words if hope was in a law court

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 the only way it could claim to be speaking the truth

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 would be if it could present as evidence

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 the reality of a risen lord jesus

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 this easter sunday as we spend time in our homes

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 do you want hope that god is stronger

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 stronger than fear that you face

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 stronger than the virus that's taken hold on our world

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 stronger even than death

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 do you want good news despite all the bad news that surrounds us

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 do you want forgiveness from sin

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 do you want peace of conscience

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 peace with the god who made you

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 this week i came across this from an indian christian by the name of bakit singh

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 he was asked the question what do you preach to those of other faiths

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 so in india many faiths

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 and this christian preacher he said i preach the forgiveness of sins

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 that is what all of us deep down inside are looking for

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 if that list of things is you today if that's what you look for then you need

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 the resurrection to be true

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 not simply i wish it was true because it sounds wonderful

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 it must actually really be true

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 now let's move on and let's see how in mary's story she is prepared for hope

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 i guess many of us know the phrase the green shoots of recovery

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 and we find ourselves looking for them we go to the media looking for them

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 so and we see what's happening in china and wuhan opening up and reports of no new cases

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 or we see in italy the death rate dropping

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 and they stand for us as beacons of hope

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 that we cling to perhaps

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 what are the green shoots of recovery for mary and her hope

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 and so the story of mary so far she's run in grief from the empty tomb

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 to share her news with peter and john

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 peter and john have now run to the empty tomb

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 and they've returned home

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 but then in verses 10 and 11

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 and we find that while they go home mary returns

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 mary stood outside the tomb

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 crying

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 grief is still there but what does she do

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 as she went

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 she bent over to look into the tomb

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 she examines for herself the empty tomb

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 and let me just ask

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 have you ever done that

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 this is a claim about christianity that is so huge

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 that it cannot be ignored

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 on our website

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 our church website you can go to the online services section

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 and you will find a list of resources

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 good books to read

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 videos and articles to access

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 on the internet that that might help you as you explore

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 because this is something again that is too important to ignore

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 or to brush to one side

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 but having said that let's look with mary

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 and see what these two green shoots of recovery are

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 signs to prepare her for living hope for resurrection hope

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 first of all who's present in the empty tomb

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 angels are present

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 she saw two angels in white

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 one at the head one at the foot

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 and they asked her

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 why are you crying

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 who are angels

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 angels are God's

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 messengers so they deliver

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 messages from God

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 they also interpret God's activity

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 in the world

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 angels are at times sent

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 to make sense of

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 out of the ordinary

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 events

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 so we can think about another

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 christian season

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 we can think about christmas

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 think about another mary

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 mary the mother of jesus

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 and the angels that came to her

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 to tell her that

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 though she was a virgin

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 she would conceive by the power of the holy spirit

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 and she would give birth to a child

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 and he would be called jesus

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 and he would save people from their sins

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 that was no ordinary event

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 that was God's activity in the world

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 in the world in a remarkable way

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 for our salvation and hope

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 and angels come to interpret that

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 and here the angels are saying to mary

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 by their presence

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 the empty tomb is God's work

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 not the work of grave robbers

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 God's power has invaded the tomb

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 not grave robbers

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 their question

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 woman why are you crying

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 is challenging mary's interpretation of events

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 are you right

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 about jesus

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 they're asking

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 are you right to believe

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 that hope is dead

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 now for you and for me

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 it is most unlikely

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 that we will have

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 an announcement from angels

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 angels coming to

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 interpret God's activity for us

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 but what we have

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 is we have the bible

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 the bible

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 reveals and interprets

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 God's actions

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 in the world

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 it announces God's plan

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 God's way of salvation

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 in and through the sending of his own son

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 Jesus to become one of us

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 to live perfectly in our place

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 to then die for our sins

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 and then to rise in victory

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 for our salvation

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 so let me encourage you to read

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 and listen to your bible

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 and to be asking the question

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 am I right about jesus

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 in the way that I think

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 about him

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 the second green shoot of recovery

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 is enormous

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 while the angels are present

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 in the tomb

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 Jesus body

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 his body

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 is absent

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 so the angels in verse 12

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 are seated

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 where Jesus body

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 had been

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 now we said earlier

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 that the miracle of the resurrection

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 is crucial

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 it's of vital significance

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 it's too big to ignore

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 it is actually

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 the miracle that is the standing or falling

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 of Christianity

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 Paul understood this

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 Paul the apostle

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 in 1 Corinthians 15

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 he wrote very clearly

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 to say

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 as a Christian

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 he's saying

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 if the resurrection is not true

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 then the message of Christianity is a lie

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 plain and simple

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 more than that

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 God is a liar

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 because God said he would raise his son from the dead

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 if Jesus is still dead

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 then we are lost

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 in our sin

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 there is no hope of us having a way back to God

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 Christian faith is useless

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 and of all people in all the world

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 we are most to be pitied

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 and that shows us just how important the resurrection is to the Christian faith

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 so it is crucial for us to think about this reality

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 why is the tomb of Jesus empty

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 so every group at the time of Jesus knew the tomb was empty

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 so there were the Jewish leaders and they hated Jesus

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 and they arranged for Jesus to be handed over to the Romans to be killed

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 they knew the tomb was empty and they paid off the Roman guards

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 and they began to spread the lie

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 that the disciples had stolen Jesus' body away

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 so they knew the tomb was empty

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 so they knew the tomb was empty

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 the Romans who had killed Jesus

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 they had set guards at the tomb

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 so they also knew that the tomb was empty

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 and the first followers of Jesus knew that the tomb was empty

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 particularly when Jesus appeared to them in a real physical glorified body

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 so we need to think

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 that the empty tomb is a fact

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 even the most skeptical

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 non-Christian historians recognize the empty tomb is a fact

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 what makes the best sense of that?

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 if his body was stolen

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 why did no enemies produce that stolen body

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 with all the power at their disposal

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 knowing that they could halt Christianity dead in its tracks

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 why did they not produce the body?

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 and it's fascinating to look at the development of the church

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 and to think how do you explain

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 for example the transformation of Mary

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 blinded by grief and sorrow and tears

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 then full of joy

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 how do we explain the transformation of the disciples

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 fearful in hiding

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 having run away from Jesus

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 when he was arrested

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 because they thought it was the end of their hope

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 how do we then explain them

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 preaching powerfully and boldly

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 and being willing to die for Jesus

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 how do we account for the transformation of a man like Paul

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 who spent some of his adult life

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 as a great opponent of Jesus

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 hated Jesus, hated the church

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 spent his life trying to kill Christians

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 imprison Christians and end the Christian church

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 how do we account for him then speaking for Jesus

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 and establishing churches

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 he said he met Jesus on the road to Damascus

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 and that changed everything for him

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 how do we account for the empty tomb?

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 well the empty tomb and the angels

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 are preparing Mary for hope

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 that first Easter Sunday

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 so let's see together

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 hope rising

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 hope rises

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 because Jesus is alive

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 we're still not quite there yet

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 verse 14

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 having spoken to the angels

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 Mary turned round and saw Jesus standing there

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 but she didn't realise that it was Jesus

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 she thought he was a gardener

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 perhaps because it was still dark

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 perhaps because she was blinded by tears

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 perhaps because she had no prospect of ever seeing Jesus again

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 she fails to recognise him

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 but note the compassion of Jesus

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 even before he's recognised

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 woman he said why are you crying?

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 who is it you're looking for?

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 here is Jesus and he has come to help her

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 in her grief and her pain and her confusion

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 the risen Jesus there to help and to transform

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 now already before Jesus died

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 he had used the reality of resurrection

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 to speak comfort to his disciples

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 he said to them

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 don't be troubled

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 I'm going and returning to my father

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 to my father's house

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 I'm going to prepare a place for you

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 I'm going to come back and I'll take you to be with me

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 where I am

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 and he said I won't leave you on your own

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 I won't leave you as orphans

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 I'll send the Holy Spirit

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 so I'll come to live in your heart

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 because he would rise from the dead

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 so Mary initially hope doesn't come from seeing Jesus

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 because she can't recognise his identity

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 how does hope come to life in Mary?

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 we need to go to verse 16

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 Jesus said to her

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 Mary

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 and she turned and cried out

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 teacher

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 she hears his voice

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 here is where hope comes from

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 she hears his voice

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 Jesus had described himself earlier as the good shepherd

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 the good shepherd who calls his sheep by name

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 they know him

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 they know his voice and they listen to him

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 Jesus has died for his sheep and risen again

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 and so here is how hope rises for Mary

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 and listen to these wonderful words of hope

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 for grieving and fearful disciples

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 she says to Mary

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 don't hold on to me for I've not yet returned to the Father

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.160
 you don't need to hang on to me

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 you won't lose me

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 this is part of my journey

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.160
 returning to glory

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 go instead to my brothers and tell them

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 I'm returning to my Father and your Father

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 to my God and your God

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 ascending to the glory of heaven

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 ascending to his Father

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.160
 Jesus promises

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 that's the same journey

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:51.160
 that his disciples will make

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.160
 his followers will have access

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.160
 to God

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 they can call God

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 we can call God Father

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.160
 through faith in Jesus

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 we can know our identity as part of God's family

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.160
 through faith in the risen Jesus

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 because death has been defeated

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 in the resurrection

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.160
 Jesus victory

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.160
 power of sin has been broken

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 Jesus has shown that death could not hold him

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 it had no claim on him because he is sinless

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 he came to deal with our sin

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 to take our sin

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 so now

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 by trusting in Jesus we have all these privileges

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 the privilege of access

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 the privilege of God's love and God's joy

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 and God's hope

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 so what a different message

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 Mary now brings to Peter, John and the other disciples

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 verse 18

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 she comes running in this time

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 I have seen the Lord

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 so church begins on Easter Sunday

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 because now their saviour is alive

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 for you and for me

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 where does lasting hope

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.160
 come from?

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 maybe this virus has been showing to us

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 it doesn't come in your well

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 it doesn't come in your hell

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 lasting hope is not found in your work

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 or in your leisure

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 we can't root all our hope and security

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 in our politicians

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 in our medical officers or vaccines

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 rather

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 it's the resurrection of Jesus alone

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 that gives true and lasting hope

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 both for your life now

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 and for your eternal future

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.160
 because through the whole message of Easter

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.160
 the cross of Jesus and his resurrection

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.160
 there is forgiveness of sin

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:35.160
 there is peace with God

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.160
 there is life with God

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.160
 promised when our faith is in him

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.160
 access to God's perfect love

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:43.160
 to that always and forever love

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.160
 that we long for

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 and we're so sad when we lose love

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:49.160
 here is one love that will never be taken from him

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:52.160
 in the cross and the resurrection

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:55.160
 we have this path to enjoying life with God

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:59.160
 Jesus said the life of one of his followers

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:01.160
 one of his followers will be suffering now

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.160
 and we know that

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:08.160
 but by faith it is promise of glorious resurrection life

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:11.160
 there is promise of life in the new heaven and the new earth

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.160
 when everything is made new even us

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:17.160
 so as we finish why does the resurrection give hope

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.160
 it gives hope because one

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.160
 our great enemy has been defeated

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:24.160
 C.S. Lewis in his book Miracles said this

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:28.160
 Jesus has forced open a door that has been locked

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.160
 since the death of the first man

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:34.160
 he has met, fought and beaten the king of death

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.160
 everything is different because he has done so

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:40.160
 this is the beginning of the new creation

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:45.160
 the resurrection gives hope too because God's purpose has been fulfilled

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:49.160
 John in a few verses after writes this

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 these things that he has written and recorded are written

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 that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ

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 God's chosen anointed saviour

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 the son of God

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 and that by believing you may have life in his name

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 believing in the risen Lord Jesus is the pathway to eternal life

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 is the demonstration that God's saving plan has been fulfilled

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 and you can be part of that by trusting in Jesus

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 and the resurrection also gives hope

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 because it says to us God is with us

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 and with us always

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 if you feel today

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 hope dying

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 trust in Jesus

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 if you are facing fear

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 and struggling with loneliness

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 then understand that by faith in Christ

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 though you are lonely you are never alone

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 what hope is there for a suffering world

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 there is hope in the resurrection

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 that Jesus the son of God

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 he has entered into our broken world

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 he's entered into our suffering

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 he's gone into death itself

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 and he's come through the other side

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 promising that where he goes

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 his people will follow

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 perfect love and love and life and joy

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 and will be ours so trust in him today

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 make him your living hope

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 he will not disappoint

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 and now we're going to sing another couple of songs

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 continuing the theme of hope because of the resurrection

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 first of all we're going to sing from Psalm 16

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 and then we're going to sing the power of the cross

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 and again we're very grateful to Cailin for leading us in this

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 the Lord my God

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 I'll praise the Lord my God

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 whose counsel guides my choice

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 and even in the night my heart recalls instructions voice

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 before me

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 I'll praise the Lord my God

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 I'll praise the Lord my God

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 whose counsel guides my choice

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 and even in the night my heart recalls instructions voice

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 before me constantly

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 I set the Lord alone

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 because he is at my right hand

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 I'll not be overthrown

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 therefore my heart is glad

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 my tongue with joy will sing

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 my body too will rest secure

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 in hope unwavering

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 for you will not allow

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 my soul in death to stay

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 nor will you leave your Holy One

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 to see the tombs decay

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 you have made known to me

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 the path of life divine

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 bliss shall I know at your right hand

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 joy from your face will shine

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 the Lord my God

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 O to see the dawn of the darkest day

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 Christ on the road to Calvary

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 by sinful men

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 torn and beaten then

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 nailed to a cross of wood

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 this the power of the cross

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 This the power of the cross

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 Christ became sin for us

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 To the blame

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 O'er the wrath we stand forgiven at the cross

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 O to see the pain written on your face

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 Bearing the awesome weight of sin

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 Every bitter thought

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 Every evil deed

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 Crowning your blood-stained brow

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 This the power of the cross

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 Christ became sin for us

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 Took the blame

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 Bore the wrath

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 We stand forgiven at the cross

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 Now the daylight flees

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 Now the ground beneath

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 Quakes as its maker

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 Bows his head

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 Curtain torn in two

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 Dead are raised to life

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 Finish the victory cry

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 This the power of the cross

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 Christ became sin for us

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 Took the blame

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 Bore the wrath

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 We stand forgiven at the cross

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 Oh to see my name

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 Written in the wood

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 For through your suffering

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 I am free

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 Death is crushed to death

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 Life is mine to live

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 One through your selfless love

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 This the power of the cross

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 Son of God

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 Slave for us

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 What a love

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 What a cost

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 We stand forgiven at the cross

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 What a love

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 What a cost

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 We stand forgiven at the cross

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 Now let me close in prayer

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 May the grace

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 Of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 And the love of God

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 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

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 Be with us all

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 Amen

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 May God bless you

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 Bless you richly this Easter Sunday

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 to do