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 It's such a great reminder of the life that we have in Christ.

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 And I know we have a lot of visitors with us, so no matter what brought you today,

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 whether it was to check a religious box like Christmas, or maybe you were drug here by your family or your friends,

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 and you'd rather be somewhere else,

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 maybe just start going through the motions of,

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 I'm just here on Sunday, and this is just what we do, but your heart's really kind of cold

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 and just needs to be revived. I pray that God's Word would do that for you this morning.

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 And it's really interesting, when you read the Gospels,

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 a lot of the people that Jesus encounters, a lot of people that Jesus changes,

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 are people who seemingly run into Him by accident.

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 That wasn't a plan, it just sort of happened.

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 And Jesus changed them forever.

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 So no matter why you came today or why you're here,

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 perhaps there's more that lies in store for you than expected this Easter.

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 But I want to read over the story of the resurrection here in John

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 with the hope that it will have a great bearing on your soul today.

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 That as we read it, the Holy Spirit would use the Word of God

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 to convict you, to challenge you,

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 to awaken you to your need for a risen Savior in your life,

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 to remind those of us who do belong to Christ

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 that it's not just a Jesus of the past that we worship,

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 but one that's living, active, and who is returning one day.

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 But particularly, why is resurrection so important?

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 I kind of want to bring it to your attention

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 by confronting our greatest fear.

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 And that fear would be death.

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 The modern mood is to live life as if death was not waiting for us at the end.

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 We do all we can to ignore the thought of death, to avoid it.

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 A lot of us, like I said, we eat healthy, we exercise,

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 we try to sleep well, take medication, whatever it may be.

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 But not only can we not defeat death,

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 we just can't seem to escape it.

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 Everything around us, we live in a world that's just decaying before our eyes,

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 and we with it.

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 We can't really outrun death.

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 Death makes us uncomfortable because it makes us feel weak, vulnerable, and unable.

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 It confronts how small and how little our strength is.

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 But we are not very powerful at all.

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 So death is the enemy that wins at every turn.

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 No matter who we are, it catches us.

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 And some of us have been able to avoid it a lot of our lives.

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 As a young boy, I began being acquainted with the idea of death

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 as I've watched two of my great-grandparents die,

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 three of my grandparents, my uncle,

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 and then a couple years ago, my own father.

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 I'm thankful to say that all six of these people were believers in Christ.

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 That's why the hope we have of resurrection.

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 And so, as we confront the idea of death,

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 as we find ourselves running from it, avoiding it, ignoring it,

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 the Bible, unlike us, confronts it head-on.

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 It doesn't try to get around the issue at all.

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 If you read the earlier chapters of the book of Genesis,

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 right in the beginning of the Bible,

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 right after chapter 3, after the fall,

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 you'll see all these references, this phrase is just repeated,

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 and he died, and he died, and he died,

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 which was not a part of the original plan, right, of mankind.

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 But we, myself, and you, we have sinned and rebelled against God.

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 But have you ever stopped and thought about the question,

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 why death?

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 Like, why is death the answer or the consequence?

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 Don Carson, a guy I respect and appreciate a lot,

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 a pastor up in Canada, he wrote,

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 But why death?

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 And he said,

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 Death is God's limit on creatures whose sin is they want to be gods.

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 Death is God's limit on creatures whose sin is they want to be gods.

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 By death, we learn that we are mortal,

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 that we are not God at all.

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 Death is God's determination to set a limit

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 on the arrogance of man.

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 We think and live as if we were God.

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 Like, I will declare what's right.

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 I will live the way that I want to live,

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 regardless of what God says.

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 And in our own day, even just insane things,

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 where people think that they are God,

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 they can, like, declare

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 what's right from wrong,

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 declare what gender they are,

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 declare all sorts of manner of things

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 that just say that,

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 hey, I am omnipotent,

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 and I can decide what I want to do.

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 But death declares otherwise.

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 It says that we are not invincible.

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 We are mortal,

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 and we will taste death

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 because of sin.

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 We live our lives, right,

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 just thinking that we can somehow avoid it.

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 But death is something that man,

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 you and I included,

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 we have freely bought on ourselves.

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 You and I, right,

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 by our sin and rebellion against God.

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 And the Scripture speaks of physical death,

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 which we all will face, probably,

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 as well as, more importantly,

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 spiritual death.

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 Sin brought about spiritual death in us.

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 That's Ephesians chapter 2.

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 And so, this is why I want to confront

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 the idea of death today.

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 This is why resurrection is so important

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 to the life of the follower of Jesus.

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 And we're going to look at John's account.

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 All right?

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 But John was a disciple of Christ,

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 but he wasn't just an eyewitness.

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 He was a very close observer

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 of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

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 And he wrote in chapter 19, verse 35,

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 he says,

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 He who saw it has bore witness.

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 His testimony is true.

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 And he knows that he is telling the truth

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 that you may believe.

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 And earlier on,

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 if we want to just connect the dots here,

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 in chapter 19,

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 verses 1 through 37,

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 it speaks of the crucifixion of Jesus.

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 This is where,

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 it's more than just an innocent man

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 dying on a cross.

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 There is more than meets the eye.

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 In the spiritual realms,

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 Jesus is bearing the wrath of God,

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 standing in our place,

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 taking our punishment that we deserve,

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 and bearing the just wrath of God

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 on our behalf,

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 though he was innocent.

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 And so,

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 Jesus was fulfilling on the cross

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 a substitutionary work

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 that was foretold by the prophet Isaiah.

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 But he was wounded

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 for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 And upon him was the chastisement

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 that brought us peace.

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 And by his stripes,

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 we are healed.

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 Spoken 700 years before that event,

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 Christ is fulfilling that prophecy,

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 the punishment of our sins.

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 And John uses the phrase,

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 the king,

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 referring to Jesus

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 almost 13 times in his gospel.

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 And isn't it such a fitting description?

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 Jesus walks through this gospel

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 in the most royal

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 and dignified manner

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 amidst the unimaginable,

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 unjust suffering,

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 torture,

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 ridicule,

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 and persecution.

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 He handles it just like a king.

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 And so,

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 he appears to us

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 on the outside,

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 weak and vulnerable

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 and dying.

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 In reality,

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 he is God's king.

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 And all throughout

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 these last few chapters of John,

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 it's undeniable

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 that Jesus is in control.

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 Even if it seems like

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 he's not on the outside.

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 He told Pilate,

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 Pilate told him,

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 I have the power

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 to release you.

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 I have the power

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 to set you free

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 or to not execute you.

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 And Jesus basically told him,

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 you have no power

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 whatsoever

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 except what's been granted

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 to you

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 from above.

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 Jesus was totally in control

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 of his life,

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 his death,

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 and now his resurrection.

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 So,

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 he is the king.

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 So,

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 that's where we're going to get

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 some of our points from today.

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 But before we get into our text,

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 it is important for us to remember,

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 I'm just going to make a note of this,

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 but you'll understand why.

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 The resurrection is so important.

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 If Jesus had just remained in the tomb,

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 if he had simply just died on the cross,

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 the work of salvation

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 would be in vain.

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 All that he said,

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 all that he promised,

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 all that he did would be in vain.

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 He would just be another dead Messiah.

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 But Jesus had to be vindicated.

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 Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15,

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 if Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is futile,

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 and you are still dead in your sins.

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 It's a very scary thought.

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 So,

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 we can't,

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 isn't it amazing

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 that so much of

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 what we talk about

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 in the church

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 and in the Christian life

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 is just,

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 just alone on the cross,

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 which is vital and important,

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 but it wasn't really so

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 in the early church.

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 They spoke of the resurrection

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 just as much

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 as they spoke about the cross.

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 So,

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 it challenged us today

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 to speak of the resurrection

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 in everyday life

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 and how different

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 it would impact us.

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 So,

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 as we look at

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 the resurrection of Christ

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 here in chapter 19

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 and end of 20 of John,

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 we'll just kind of do it

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 scene by scene.

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 But we'll start

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 in chapter 19,

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 verse 38,

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 and this is point number one.

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 There's just three points.

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 Point number one,

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 the king is buried.

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 The king is buried.

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 19,

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 verse 38,

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 After these things,

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 Joseph of Arimathea,

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 who was a disciple of Jesus,

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 but secretly for fear

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 of the Jews,

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 asked Pilate

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 that he might take away

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 the body of Jesus.

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 And Pilate gave him permission.

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 So,

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 he came and took away

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 his body.

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 Nicodemus also,

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 who earlier had come

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 to Jesus by night,

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 came bringing a mixture

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 of myrrh and aloes,

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 about 75 pounds in weight.

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 So,

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 they took the body of Jesus

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 and bound it in linen cloths

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 with the spices,

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 as is the burial custom

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 of the Jews.

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 Now,

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 in the place

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 where he was crucified,

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 there was a garden.

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 And in the garden,

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 a new tomb,

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 in which no one

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 had yet been laid.

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 So,

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 because of the Jewish

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 day of preparation,

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 since the tomb

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 was close at hand,

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 they laid Jesus there.

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 So,

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 let's stop

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 and make some observations.

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 So,

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 first,

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 it mentions these two men,

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 Joseph of Arimathea

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 and Nicodemus.

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 Joseph was a wealthy member

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 of the Jewish ruling council,

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 according to Matthew 27.

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 And he humbly asked Pilate

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 for the body,

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 for Jesus' body.

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 And it says in Luke,

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 chapter 23,

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 it says about Joseph,

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 he was a member

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 of the council,

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 a good and righteous man

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 who had consented

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 to the decision

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 and action.

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 And he was looking

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 for the kingdom of God.

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 This man went to Pilate

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 and asked for the body

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 of Jesus.

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 So,

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 it implies here

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 that Joseph

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 was indeed

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 a believer.

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 In fact,

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 he's called

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 as much

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 a rich man

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 from Arimathea

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 named Joseph

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 who also

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 was a disciple

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 of Jesus.

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 And then secondly,

00:12:20.800 --> 00:12:21.480
 Nicodemus,

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 the reluctant

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 but believing

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 Pharisee,

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 a member

00:12:27.060 --> 00:12:28.080
 of the Sanhedrin.

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 He was the one

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 who spoke to Jesus

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 in John chapter 3.

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 And later

00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:33.740
 in the Gospel of John,

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 he confronted

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 the Pharisees

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 unjust,

00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:37.839
 seeking to trap

00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:38.219
 Jesus.

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 He said to them

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 in Jesus' defense,

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 does our law

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 judge a man

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 without first

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 giving him a hearing

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 and learning

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 what he does?

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 So,

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 we see that eventually,

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 more than likely,

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 Nicodemus came

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 full circle

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 and became

00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:55.079
 a true believer

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 of Christ.

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 And then we see

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 there's preparation

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 for the body

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 in these verses.

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 The final burial

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 preparations,

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 the final ones,

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 were left undone

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 due to the Jewish

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 day of preparation,

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 which was

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 beginning of

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 the Sabbath,

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 when all work

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 had to cease,

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 especially dealing

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 with a burial.

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 Right?

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 So,

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 they did minimal

00:13:18.819 --> 00:13:19.639
 preparation

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 on the body

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 and they rushed

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 it into the tomb.

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 About 75 pounds

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 of spices

00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:26.620
 they used.

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 Myrth,

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 which is like

00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:28.939
 this gummy

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 resin that they

00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:30.659
 would grind down

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 to powder

00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:31.579
 and sort of

00:13:31.579 --> 00:13:31.979
 throw it over

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 the body

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 to kind of

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 stifle

00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:34.459
 the smell.

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 linen cloth

00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:36.800
 that were just

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 wrapped around

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 the body.

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 And then it says

00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:40.780
 the tomb,

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 which is more

00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:42.580
 than likely

00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.740
 either rock-hewn

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 or some sort

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 of natural

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 cave that

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 existed that

00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:48.000
 made it like

00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:48.519
 a vault

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 where a big

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 heavy stone

00:13:50.280 --> 00:13:50.860
 would be rolled

00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.780
 over the entrance.

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 And all of this,

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 believe it or not,

00:13:54.420 --> 00:13:55.120
 happened that the

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 scripture would be

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 fulfilled.

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 The Old Testament

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 scripture of

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 Isaiah 53

00:13:59.800 --> 00:14:01.340
 foretelling of

00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:02.000
 the burial

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.960
 of the Messiah.

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 It says,

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 they made his

00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.580
 grave with the

00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.160
 wicked and

00:14:06.160 --> 00:14:06.700
 with the rich

00:14:06.700 --> 00:14:07.420
 man in his

00:14:07.420 --> 00:14:07.899
 death.

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 Although the

00:14:09.660 --> 00:14:10.639
 suffering servant

00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.500
 mentioned in

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.720
 Isaiah was

00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.660
 condemned as a

00:14:13.660 --> 00:14:14.019
 criminal,

00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.639
 there's the

00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.340
 with the wicked

00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.759
 part,

00:14:16.300 --> 00:14:17.019
 he was buried

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.780
 in the expensive

00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:19.340
 tomb belonging

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.040
 to that rich

00:14:20.040 --> 00:14:20.500
 man,

00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:21.259
 Joseph.

00:14:22.040 --> 00:14:23.160
 So amazingly,

00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.560
 right,

00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:24.200
 we see these

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.700
 things being

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:26.379
 fulfilled before

00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:26.940
 our eyes.

00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.420
 This gets us

00:14:27.420 --> 00:14:28.800
 to point number

00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:29.100
 two,

00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:29.680
 which we start

00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:30.560
 in chapter 20.

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 Point number

00:14:31.699 --> 00:14:32.019
 two,

00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:32.579
 the empty

00:14:32.579 --> 00:14:33.599
 tomb of

00:14:33.599 --> 00:14:34.039
 the king.

00:14:34.979 --> 00:14:35.519
 The empty

00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:36.299
 tomb of

00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:36.699
 the king.

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 This is

00:14:37.959 --> 00:14:38.819
 verses 1

00:14:38.819 --> 00:14:39.439
 through 18.

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 We'll start

00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.119
 with just a

00:14:41.119 --> 00:14:41.679
 piece of it.

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 It says,

00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:43.399
 Now on the

00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:43.979
 first day of

00:14:43.979 --> 00:14:44.419
 the week,

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.339
 Mary Magdalene

00:14:46.339 --> 00:14:46.959
 came to the

00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.679
 tomb early,

00:14:48.099 --> 00:14:48.719
 while it was

00:14:48.719 --> 00:14:49.479
 still dark,

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:51.000
 and saw that

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.719
 the stone had

00:14:51.719 --> 00:14:52.199
 been taken

00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:53.059
 away from

00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:53.519
 the tomb.

00:14:54.479 --> 00:14:55.679
 So she ran

00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:56.419
 and went to

00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:57.219
 Simon Peter

00:14:57.219 --> 00:14:58.439
 and the other

00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:59.059
 disciple,

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.219
 the one whom

00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.080
 Jesus loved,

00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:01.639
 and said to

00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:01.940
 them,

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:02.680
 They have

00:15:02.680 --> 00:15:03.440
 taken the

00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:04.259
 Lord out

00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:04.540
 of the

00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:04.860
 tomb,

00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:05.300
 and we do

00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:05.879
 not know

00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:06.279
 where they

00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:06.740
 have laid

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.019
 him.

00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.300
 So Peter

00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:08.820
 went out

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:09.139
 with the

00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:09.840
 other disciple,

00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.000
 and they

00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.560
 were going

00:15:11.560 --> 00:15:12.200
 toward the

00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:12.560
 tomb,

00:15:13.160 --> 00:15:13.580
 both of

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.220
 them running

00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:14.779
 together.

00:15:15.340 --> 00:15:15.700
 But the

00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.399
 other disciple

00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:17.360
 outran Peter

00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:17.960
 and reached

00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.379
 the tomb

00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:18.940
 first.

00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.259
 And stooping

00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.620
 in,

00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:22.120
 he saw

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:23.440
 linen cloths

00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:24.240
 lying there,

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.360
 but he did

00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:26.040
 not go in.

00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.799
 Then Simon

00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.500
 Peter came

00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.379
 following him

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:30.120
 and went

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.559
 into the

00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:30.919
 tomb.

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.039
 He saw

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:33.059
 linen cloths

00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.939
 lying there,

00:15:34.599 --> 00:15:34.959
 and the

00:15:34.959 --> 00:15:35.699
 face cloth

00:15:35.699 --> 00:15:36.139
 which had

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.639
 been on

00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.099
 Jesus'

00:15:37.339 --> 00:15:37.740
 head,

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.159
 not lying

00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.620
 with the

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.500
 linen cloths,

00:15:40.599 --> 00:15:41.019
 but folded

00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.799
 up in its

00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:42.360
 place by

00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:42.860
 itself.

00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:44.519
 Then the

00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:44.740
 other

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.219
 disciple,

00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:46.519
 who reached

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:46.860
 the tomb

00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.319
 first,

00:15:47.459 --> 00:15:48.379
 also went

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:48.759
 in.

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.240
 He saw

00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.519
 and believed.

00:15:52.719 --> 00:15:53.179
 For as

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:53.719
 yet he did

00:15:53.719 --> 00:15:54.539
 not understand

00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.039
 the scripture,

00:15:55.719 --> 00:15:56.139
 that he

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.959
 must rise

00:15:56.959 --> 00:15:57.659
 from death.

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:58.719
 And the

00:15:58.719 --> 00:15:59.379
 disciples went

00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:00.620
 back to

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.199
 their homes.

00:16:02.199 --> 00:16:02.759
 So we

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.199
 see that

00:16:03.199 --> 00:16:04.439
 Mary Magdalene

00:16:04.439 --> 00:16:05.299
 reports on

00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:05.839
 the empty

00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:06.399
 tomb.

00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:07.399
 It was the

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:07.959
 first day of

00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.360
 the week,

00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:09.279
 which we

00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:09.659
 would call

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.120
 Sunday,

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.519
 but the

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.019
 Jews didn't

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:12.519
 name their

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.000
 days,

00:16:13.079 --> 00:16:13.559
 they numbered

00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:14.259
 their days.

00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:15.419
 This is why

00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:15.679
 it's the

00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.500
 first day of

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:16.819
 the week,

00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.099
 which we

00:16:17.099 --> 00:16:17.459
 would call

00:16:17.459 --> 00:16:18.019
 Sunday.

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.799
 Mary Magdalene

00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:20.419
 is the one

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:20.939
 that Jesus

00:16:20.939 --> 00:16:21.659
 healed of

00:16:21.659 --> 00:16:22.059
 demonic

00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:22.659
 possession,

00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.639
 and she

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.259
 just followed

00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.939
 Jesus out

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.439
 of joy

00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:26.100
 and gratitude

00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.720
 for what

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.019
 he had

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.279
 done,

00:16:27.340 --> 00:16:27.980
 even followed

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.460
 him to

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:28.779
 the foot

00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.000
 of the

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.500
 cross.

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:30.700
 When a

00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:30.919
 lot of

00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:31.159
 the other

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:31.559
 disciples

00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.179
 were hiding,

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:32.840
 she actually

00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:34.019
 went to

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:34.319
 the foot

00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:34.559
 of the

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:34.980
 cross,

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.399
 and that's

00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.220
 seen in

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.159
 Matthew 28.

00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:39.019
 John also

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.700
 implies,

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.080
 right here,

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:41.340
 that she

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.840
 got there

00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.120
 while it

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.659
 was still

00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.279
 dark.

00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:44.879
 So low

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.580
 visibility,

00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.259
 but explains

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.580
 that this

00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.580
 large stone

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:48.879
 had been

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.799
 rolled back,

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:50.819
 right,

00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.399
 by the

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:51.840
 angel of

00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.299
 the Lord,

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.379
 which

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.939
 revealed that

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.560
 the soldiers

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.020
 that had

00:16:55.020 --> 00:16:55.400
 been there

00:16:55.400 --> 00:16:55.860
 had already

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.260
 gone.

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.640
 They had

00:16:56.640 --> 00:16:57.180
 fled the

00:16:57.180 --> 00:16:57.440
 scene.

00:16:57.540 --> 00:16:57.920
 So she's

00:16:57.920 --> 00:16:58.860
 seeing the

00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:00.020
 aftermath of

00:17:00.020 --> 00:17:00.880
 the resurrection.

00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.560
 Have you

00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:02.960
 ever thought

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.620
 about this?

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:05.720
 The stone

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.320
 being rolled

00:17:06.320 --> 00:17:06.820
 away,

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:09.220
 that wasn't

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.620
 so that

00:17:09.620 --> 00:17:10.100
 Jesus could

00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:10.620
 get out.

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.440
 That was

00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.080
 for us

00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:14.140
 to say

00:17:14.140 --> 00:17:14.460
 that he

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 actually has

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 been risen.

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 As we'll

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 see in a

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 little while,

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 Jesus appears

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 to his

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 disciples when

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 they were

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 behind locked

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 doors.

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 So Jesus

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 and his

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 resurrection

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 body didn't

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 need the

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 stone removed,

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 but the

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 fact that it

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 would be

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 there for

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 our faith

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 that he

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 is gone,

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 he's no

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 longer here.

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 So they

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 fled,

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 the soldiers

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 fled to

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 save their

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 own skin

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 and conspired

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 with the

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 chief priest

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 to cover it

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 up.

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 That's in

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 Matthew 28

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 verses 11

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 through 15.

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 So Mary

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 runs and

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 tells the

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 other

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 disciples.

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 So just

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 imagine what's

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 going through

00:17:48.820 --> 00:17:49.340
 her mind

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 right now.

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 But the

00:17:50.879 --> 00:17:51.480
 thought of

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 resurrection

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 is not

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 on her

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 mind.

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 She thinks

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 that just

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 something has

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 happened.

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 She thinks

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 that someone

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 has taken

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 his body.

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 So what

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 is going

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 on?

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 Could be

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 what she

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 is thinking.

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 But she

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 tells Peter

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 and John,

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 says they

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.720
 ran to the

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 tomb right

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 away to

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 explore what

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 Mary had

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 said.

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 I think

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 it's really

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 funny that

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 John mentions

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 that he

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 outran Peter

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 twice.

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 So either

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.539
 his brotherly

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 way of just

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 saying he

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 was faster

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 than Peter

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 or he

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:19.920
 was just

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 immensely

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 eager.

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 Or perhaps

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.440
 Peter was

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:22.759
 just a

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 bigger guy

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 and not

00:18:23.820 --> 00:18:24.279
 as nimble

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 as John.

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 Who knows?

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 But just

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.300
 the detail

00:18:27.300 --> 00:18:27.660
 of the

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 account.

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 But upon

00:18:29.080 --> 00:18:29.720
 arriving at

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 the tomb,

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 John went

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.140
 in and

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 Peter

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 saw it.

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 And the

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 Greek actually

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 means they

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 peeped in.

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 And at

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 first it was

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 Peter.

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 Peter saw

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 it.

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 And when

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 he saw

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 it, he

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 was confused.

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:42.920
 He was

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.460
 bewildered.

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 He was just

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 like, what

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:45.620
 is going

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.019
 on?

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 John stayed

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.299
 there and

00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:49.980
 looked a

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.839
 little closer

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 and first

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.379
 observed that

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:53.819
 he said he

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 saw the

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.660
 linen cloths

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 lying there.

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 The Greek

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 seems to

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.480
 suggest that

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.099
 the garments

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:01.839
 had not been

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.379
 just thrown

00:19:02.379 --> 00:19:02.940
 around all

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.279
 over the

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.680
 place.

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 And if

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:04.879
 you were

00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.319
 like taking

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:05.980
 off clothes

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.180
 and you

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.700
 just threw

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.839
 the linen

00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:08.460
 cloths

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.940
 everywhere,

00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:09.539
 strewned

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.480
 out, but

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.759
 they were

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.920
 laying exactly

00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.440
 where the

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.980
 body had

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.579
 Jesus had

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.099
 been laid.

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 It's almost

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.000
 as if the

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.519
 body just

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.899
 withdrew

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:18.579
 itself from

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.159
 the wrappings

00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:19.480
 and it

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.099
 just collapsed

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.500
 where it

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.879
 was.

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 That's like

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.079
 what it's

00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.599
 implying.

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 That's just

00:19:23.159 --> 00:19:23.619
 crazy.

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 Crazy.

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 And also

00:19:27.699 --> 00:19:28.500
 it's all

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.019
 the head

00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.500
 cloth,

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:29.839
 right?

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.819
 Just rolled

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.220
 up and

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.819
 sitting over

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.779
 by itself

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.299
 somewhere

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:34.779
 else.

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.319
 Right?

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.599
 Nice and

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:37.899
 neat.

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:40.039
 And again,

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.839
 the body

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.299
 just seemed

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.619
 to have

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.139
 withdrawn

00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:42.699
 itself.

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.599
 So secondly,

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.899
 the face

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.419
 cloth put

00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:45.859
 over by

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.279
 its own

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.500
 in a

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.679
 different

00:19:46.679 --> 00:19:47.059
 place.

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:47.319
 And it

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.679
 says that

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.119
 John,

00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.480
 seeing this

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.219
 astounding

00:19:50.219 --> 00:19:50.839
 sight,

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.919
 saw and

00:19:52.919 --> 00:19:53.439
 believed.

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.439
 It was

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:55.359
 like sufficient

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.219
 for him to

00:19:56.219 --> 00:19:56.779
 at least

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:58.219
 believe that

00:19:58.219 --> 00:19:58.740
 Jesus had

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.139
 risen from

00:19:59.139 --> 00:19:59.579
 the dead.

00:20:00.719 --> 00:20:01.480
 But then it

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.019
 says that they

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.599
 still did not

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.539
 understand the

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:03.819
 scripture,

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:05.199
 so it must

00:20:05.199 --> 00:20:05.859
 imply that he

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.279
 at least

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.859
 believed that

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:07.319
 Christ had

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.599
 risen,

00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:08.199
 even though he

00:20:08.199 --> 00:20:08.719
 didn't fully

00:20:08.719 --> 00:20:09.719
 know what

00:20:09.719 --> 00:20:10.759
 that implied.

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:12.140
 and it

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:13.160
 says that

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.660
 they didn't

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.200
 know the

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.579
 scriptures,

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.079
 the Old

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:15.460
 Testament

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.220
 scriptures that

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.240
 spoke of

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.859
 the Messiah

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.900
 and how he

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.700
 would rise

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.539
 from death.

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.079
 Right?

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.680
 So just a

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.200
 quick thing

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:24.779
 for us to

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.339
 think about,

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.519
 will you be

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.400
 found faithful

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.140
 or will you

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.940
 be found in

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.920
 unbelief when

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.720
 God fulfills

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.299
 his word?

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.839
 Are you

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:37.640
 surprised or

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.339
 caught off guard

00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.839
 when God

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.940
 actually fulfills

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.400
 one of his

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.740
 promises?

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:40.900
 promises?

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.079
 Do you

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.960
 patiently wait

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.799
 in faith for

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.240
 God to

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.980
 deliver on

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.599
 his promises?

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.039
 This is a

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.960
 lesson for us.

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.079
 It says they

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.759
 didn't know the

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.039
 scriptures.

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.400
 They didn't

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.879
 believe the

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:53.140
 scripture.

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:53.779
 Right?

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.900
 And now this

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.779
 is being fulfilled

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.680
 right in front

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.099
 of them.

00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:58.460
 But see,

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.500
 this is very

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.940
 important.

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.759
 The resurrection,

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.539
 this could go

00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:01.980
 on forever,

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.720
 I'll just make

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.299
 it really brief,

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.319
 but the

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.079
 resurrection is

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.660
 needed because

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.579
 it vindicated

00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.079
 Jesus.

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.920
 It showed,

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.539
 it proved,

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.200
 it declared

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.039
 Jesus to be

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.759
 true and

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.160
 right.

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.360
 Right?

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.319
 That he was

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.059
 indeed the

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.640
 son of God

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.039
 and all the

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.580
 claims that

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.279
 he made.

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.360
 Again,

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.819
 he would just

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.340
 be another

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.319
 dead Messiah.

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:22.039
 It says in

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.840
 Romans 1,

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.120
 verse 3,

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.319
 Jesus was

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:26.120
 declared to be

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.840
 the son of

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.580
 God in

00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.059
 power,

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.440
 according to

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.240
 the spirit of

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.160
 holiness by

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.100
 his resurrection

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:33.279
 from the

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.600
 dead,

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.000
 Jesus Christ,

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.720
 our Lord.

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:35.759
 Lord.

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.079
 So Jesus

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:38.019
 didn't become

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.600
 the son of

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.200
 God at

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.839
 the resurrection.

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.299
 The resurrection

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:41.860
 was the

00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.720
 powerful demonstration

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.779
 that he was

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.319
 indeed,

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.100
 eternally,

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.279
 the son of

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.620
 God.

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:47.900
 And so

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.380
 after this

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:48.839
 account,

00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.200
 all the other

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.920
 disciples went

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.259
 home,

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.660
 but Mary

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.440
 lingered.

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.660
 We don't

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.059
 know why

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.559
 exactly,

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.140
 maybe to

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.519
 grieve,

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:56.860
 or maybe

00:21:56.860 --> 00:21:57.160
 because she

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.759
 was exhausted,

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:58.140
 because I

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.460
 just think

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.819
 about the

00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.100
 back and

00:22:00.100 --> 00:22:00.519
 forth.

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.700
 So she's

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.059
 just sitting

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.400
 there,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.620
 same thing

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:04.140
 they're thinking,

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.880
 what is going

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.280
 on?

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.180
 Look at

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.740
 verse 11.

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:07.860
 It says,

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.480
 Mary stood

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.280
 weeping outside

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:09.920
 the tomb,

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:11.220
 and as she

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.660
 wept,

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.640
 she stopped

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.280
 to look into

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:13.780
 the tomb,

00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.700
 and she

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.260
 saw two

00:22:16.260 --> 00:22:17.060
 angels in

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.400
 white,

00:22:18.020 --> 00:22:18.660
 sitting where

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.300
 the body of

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:19.920
 Jesus had

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.280
 lain,

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.580
 one at the

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:22.160
 head and

00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.600
 one at the

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:22.900
 feet.

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.480
 They said

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.740
 to her,

00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.080
 woman,

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.400
 why are you

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.760
 weeping?

00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:28.420
 She said

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:28.800
 to them,

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.260
 they have

00:22:29.260 --> 00:22:30.020
 taken away

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.780
 my Lord,

00:22:31.260 --> 00:22:31.700
 and I do

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.380
 not know

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.520
 where they

00:22:33.520 --> 00:22:33.960
 have laid

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.220
 him.

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.100
 So,

00:22:36.300 --> 00:22:36.700
 we see

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.380
 Mary here,

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.240
 brokenhearted,

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.860
 confused,

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.200
 didn't leave

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.640
 the tomb

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.120
 until she

00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.680
 found out

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.340
 what happened

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:44.340
 to Jesus'

00:22:44.540 --> 00:22:44.960
 body.

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.100
 And they

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.460
 asked her,

00:22:46.520 --> 00:22:47.300
 why are

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:47.820
 you weeping

00:22:47.820 --> 00:22:48.620
 when she

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.140
 encounters

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.060
 these majestic

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:52.300
 beings?

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.880
 And Mary

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.720
 answers again

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.320
 that they

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:55.680
 did not

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.280
 understand

00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:56.900
 the scriptures.

00:22:57.520 --> 00:22:57.860
 So the

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.420
 appearance of

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.020
 the angels

00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.560
 throughout the

00:22:59.560 --> 00:22:59.940
 life of

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.240
 Christ,

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:00.580
 at his

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:01.100
 temptation,

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.380
 at his

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.780
 birth,

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:04.020
 now at his

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.599
 resurrection,

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.000
 they were

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.400
 even with

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.639
 him in

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.019
 the garden

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.180
 of

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.720
 Gethsemane.

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.500
 So it's

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.259
 just consistent

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.940
 with the

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.579
 ministry of

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:09.980
 Jesus.

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.259
 But imagine,

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.039
 try to,

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.619
 being in

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.400
 her place,

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.920
 heart pumping,

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.660
 shock,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.279
 adrenaline running

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.680
 through your

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.019
 body,

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.519
 and asking,

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:19.859
 is this

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.799
 really happening?

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.920
 Did Jesus

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.039
 actually do

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.420
 what he was

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.000
 going to say

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.559
 he did?

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.500
 And then

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.480
 immediately,

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.379
 verse 14,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.119
 having said

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.519
 this,

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.240
 right away,

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.799
 she turned

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.379
 around and

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.940
 saw Jesus

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.460
 standing,

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.799
 but she

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.159
 did not

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:38.039
 know that

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.279
 it was

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.619
 Jesus.

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.019
 And Jesus

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.440
 said to

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.720
 her,

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:41.899
 woman,

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.000
 why are

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.559
 you weeping?

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.819
 Whom are

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.319
 you seeking?

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.299
 Supposing him

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.759
 to be the

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.279
 gardener,

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.859
 she said to

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.039
 him,

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.440
 sir,

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.539
 if you

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.980
 have carried

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.539
 him away,

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:52.039
 tell me

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.019
 where you

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.519
 have laid

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.799
 him,

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.119
 and I

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.639
 will take

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.220
 him away.

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.480
 And Jesus

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.900
 said to

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.180
 her,

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.299
 Mary.

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.339
 She turned

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.700
 and said

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.160
 to him

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.140
 in Aramaic,

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.480
 Rabboni,

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.500
 which means

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:04.980
 teacher.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.819
 Jesus said

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.079
 to her,

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.600
 do not

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.039
 cling to

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.339
 me,

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.420
 for I

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.680
 have not

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.259
 yet ascended

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.620
 to the

00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:10.940
 Father.

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.220
 But go

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.600
 to my

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:13.220
 brothers and

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.559
 say to

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:13.839
 them,

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.960
 I am

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.360
 ascending

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:15.839
 to my

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.640
 Father and

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:16.839
 your

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.240
 Father,

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.259
 to my

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.059
 God and

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.240
 your

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.680
 God.

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.299
 So

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.920
 suddenly,

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.299
 right,

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.839
 she whips

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.299
 around and

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.720
 saw Jesus

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.460
 standing there,

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.420
 and she

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.740
 didn't

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.279
 recognize

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.440
 him,

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.640
 but he

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.039
 asked the

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.240
 same

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.620
 question

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:27.860
 that the

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.140
 angels

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.460
 asked,

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:28.819
 why are

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:28.940
 you

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.279
 weeping?

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.160
 She

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.420
 didn't

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.900
 recognize

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.220
 Jesus,

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.640
 maybe because

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:32.860
 it was

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.600
 early dawn,

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.420
 still outside,

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.860
 maybe the

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.680
 tears blurred

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.299
 her vision,

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.860
 didn't expect

00:24:37.860 --> 00:24:38.400
 to run into

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.920
 Jesus,

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.980
 but maybe

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.400
 even his

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.880
 resurrected

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.740
 body looked

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.019
 a little

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.539
 different,

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.539
 not for

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:45.799
 sure,

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.120
 we don't

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.440
 know,

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.299
 but what

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.860
 any cause,

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.340
 Mary didn't

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.940
 recognize him

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.720
 at first until

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.360
 she said

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:50.980
 his name,

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.860
 her name,

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.440
 said Mary,

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.180
 and then

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.039
 he recognized

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.500
 I've heard

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.840
 him say

00:24:56.840 --> 00:24:57.259
 my name

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.680
 before,

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.120
 this is

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.440
 him,

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.000
 right,

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:01.259
 very clear

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.680
 that when

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.640
 Jesus calls

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:02.860
 us,

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.299
 he calls

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.600
 us

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.299
 personally,

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.380
 that we

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.920
 know his

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.160
 name,

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.700
 Jesus said

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.100
 that earlier,

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.840
 my sheep

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:09.400
 know my

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.880
 voice,

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:10.900
 I call

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.259
 them and

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.559
 I give

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.220
 them eternal

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.960
 life,

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.240
 and then

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.680
 he says,

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.160
 go and

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.700
 tell them

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.700
 that I'm

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.160
 ascending

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.820
 to the

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.160
 Father,

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:18.660
 right,

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.580
 Jesus wanted

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:20.960
 them to know

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.320
 that he was

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.680
 going to go

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:21.940
 back,

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.140
 so he

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.320
 said,

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.720
 go and

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.299
 tell the

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.660
 others

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.740
 what you've

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.000
 seen,

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.380
 go and

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.680
 tell them

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.120
 that I

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.779
 am indeed

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.500
 alive,

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.120
 and so

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.400
 we keep

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.799
 going,

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.640
 we get to

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.160
 number three

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.440
 here,

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.920
 this is the

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.519
 last point,

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.840
 the king

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.759
 appears to

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.299
 his hiding

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.920
 disciples,

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.480
 the king

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.080
 appears to

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.559
 his hiding

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.059
 disciples,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.680
 this is in

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:40.980
 verse,

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.759
 sorry,

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.120
 in verse

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:42.620
 18,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.740
 Mary Magdalene

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.240
 went and

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.779
 announced to

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.279
 the disciples,

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.759
 I have

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.740
 seen the

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.120
 Lord,

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.200
 and that he

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.779
 had said

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.420
 these things

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.960
 to her,

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.180
 on the

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.619
 evening of

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.099
 that day,

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.559
 the first

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:54.859
 day of

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.240
 the week,

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.839
 the doors

00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:56.759
 being locked

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.799
 were the

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.379
 disciples,

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.700
 were for

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.259
 fear of

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.839
 the Jews,

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.359
 Jesus came

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.019
 and stood

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.839
 among them

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:06.139
 and said to

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.359
 them,

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.220
 peace be

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.700
 with you,

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.119
 and when he

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.519
 had said

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.819
 this,

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.299
 he showed

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.779
 them his

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.480
 hands and

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.099
 his side,

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.359
 then the

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.079
 disciples were

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.980
 glad when

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.339
 they saw

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.879
 the Lord,

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.440
 Jesus said

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.700
 to them

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.000
 again,

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.220
 peace be

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.720
 with you,

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.000
 as the

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.519
 father has

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.039
 sent me,

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.640
 even so

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.059
 I am

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.339
 sending

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.759
 you,

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.120
 and when

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.360
 he had

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.960
 said this,

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.720
 he breathed

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.160
 on them

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.539
 and said

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:27.980
 to them,

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.420
 receive the

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.180
 Holy Spirit,

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.539
 if you

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.120
 forgive the

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.559
 sins of

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.839
 any,

00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:33.360
 they are

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.720
 forgiven,

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.160
 if you

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.740
 withhold the

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.079
 forgiveness

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.740
 from any,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.519
 it will be

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.120
 withheld,

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.799
 and so,

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.059
 let's walk

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.640
 through this

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:43.140
 quickly together,

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.259
 so these

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.799
 fearful

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.440
 disciples,

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:45.860
 like they

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.839
 ran away,

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.380
 when Jesus

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.300
 was arrested,

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.660
 they fled

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.140
 the scene

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.580
 and left

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.180
 Jesus to

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.960
 be alone,

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.260
 to face

00:26:53.260 --> 00:26:53.760
 all of

00:26:53.760 --> 00:26:54.700
 this alone,

00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:56.400
 it says

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.660
 that they

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.460
 ran and

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.820
 fled,

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.520
 they forsook

00:26:58.520 --> 00:26:58.960
 him in

00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.060
 Matthew chapter

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.600
 26,

00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.960
 so they

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.340
 were not

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:02.720
 brave,

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.180
 they were

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.560
 weak,

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.480
 their faith

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.000
 was weak,

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.400
 let's not

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:06.960
 be quick to

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.380
 judge,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.400
 because we

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.780
 don't know

00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.120
 what we

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.320
 would have

00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:10.580
 done,

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.820
 we hope

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.380
 that we

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.740
 would have

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.440
 stuck with

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.800
 Christ,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.060
 but don't

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.400
 be too

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.820
 quick to

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.440
 judge the

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.420
 disciples who

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.920
 ran away

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.340
 in fear

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:18.620
 of their

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.140
 lives,

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.160
 but they're

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:21.259
 hiding behind

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.340
 locked doors,

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.140
 feeling afraid,

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.100
 confused,

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.900
 bewildered,

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.000
 and especially

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.519
 after hearing

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.860
 Mary,

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.340
 like what

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.920
 is going

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.360
 on?

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.160
 So they're

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.920
 traumatized,

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.200
 and they're

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.880
 fearful of

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.120
 what's

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.460
 happened,

00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:34.620
 but Jesus

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.460
 appears to

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:35.600
 them,

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.080
 I love that,

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.519
 just sort

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.279
 of behind

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.660
 the locked

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.019
 doors,

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.279
 he just

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.680
 sort of

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.140
 appears,

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:39.600
 standing

00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:39.960
 there,

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.160
 talking to

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.320
 them,

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.480
 and he

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.660
 says,

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.200
 peace,

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.559
 be with

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.799
 you,

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.480
 be still,

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:45.960
 rest

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.420
 easy,

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.819
 all is

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.120
 well,

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.500
 because I

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.700
 mean,

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.660
 obviously they

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:49.840
 would have

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.340
 been frightened,

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:50.779
 they would

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:50.980
 have been

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.400
 scared,

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.740
 as would

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.160
 all of

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.420
 us if

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.759
 we saw

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.660
 something so

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.440
 supernatural,

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.160
 because it

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.759
 really is

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.019
 me,

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.319
 I'm alive,

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.759
 touch me,

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.720
 look,

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.519
 see my

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.200
 hands and

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.140
 my feet,

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.519
 and he

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.279
 reminds them

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.539
 of the

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.120
 events of

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.740
 the cross,

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.819
 that he

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.380
 was the

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.799
 crucified

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.840
 sacrifice,

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.680
 but now he

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.000
 is the

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.019
 risen Lord,

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.079
 that he

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.720
 has overcome

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.460
 the world

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.160
 and secured

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.200
 their place

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.440
 in heaven,

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.859
 and then he

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.220
 says to

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.460
 them,

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.519
 he breathes

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.079
 on them,

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.139
 it says,

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.879
 receive the

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.599
 Holy Spirit,

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.940
 now we

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.279
 know if we

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.579
 read the

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:26.900
 book of

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.180
 Acts,

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.619
 the Holy

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.359
 Spirit came

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.779
 on them

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.680
 at Pentecost,

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.359
 almost 40

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.079
 days later,

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.319
 so this is

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.180
 best understood

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.740
 as a kind

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.279
 of active

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.779
 parable

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.180
 pointing

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.700
 forward

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.879
 to the

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.319
 full

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:38.660
 endowment

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.200
 of the

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.879
 Holy Spirit,

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.639
 the pledge

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.000
 of the

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.299
 Spirit,

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.419
 Spirit,

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.740
 and then

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.559
 lastly,

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.039
 in this

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.419
 section,

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.680
 he commissions

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.980
 them,

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.339
 he says,

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.940
 the Father

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.180
 sends me,

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.619
 so I

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.200
 now am

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.559
 sending

00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.960
 you to

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.460
 go out

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:51.899
 into this

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.399
 dark,

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.319
 dying world

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.639
 and to

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.419
 proclaim the

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.180
 message of

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.599
 forgiveness

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.339
 of sins

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:57.700
 and reconciliation

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.980
 with God

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.799
 through the

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.119
 Savior.

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.480
 The message

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.819
 of the

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.440
 gospel has

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.720
 to go

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.240
 forth to

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:05.019
 all ethnos,

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.879
 all nations,

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.700
 all peoples,

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.379
 and so

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.299
 watch with

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.220
 great anticipation

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.919
 in the

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.200
 years,

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.660
 to come

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.180
 to see

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.840
 how God

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.220
 is going

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.799
 to reach

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.620
 the unreached

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.620
 of the

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:16.980
 world.

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.480
 And though

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.120
 the initial

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.880
 establishment of

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.240
 the church

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.819
 fell to the

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.240
 apostles,

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.880
 I hope that

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.319
 you feel

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.880
 that weight

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.059
 to advance

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.640
 the name

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.160
 of Christ,

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.640
 the kingdom

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.160
 of Christ,

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.440
 no matter

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.819
 where you

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.960
 are in

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.480
 your life

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.980
 to those

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.200
 who are

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.700
 around you.

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.380
 It continues

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:30.860
 to this

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.220
 day.

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.680
 So then

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.340
 we'll wrap

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.640
 it up,

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:33.980
 we'll keep

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.340
 going in

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.920
 verse 24

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.539
 and we'll

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.420
 land the

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:36.720
 plane.

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.799
 Can't leave

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.220
 this out.

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.059
 Now Thomas,

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.580
 one of the

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.039
 twelve,

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.019
 called the

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.440
 twin,

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.480
 was not

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.099
 with them

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.659
 when Jesus

00:29:44.659 --> 00:29:45.059
 came.

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.339
 So the

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.960
 other disciples

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.559
 told him,

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:47.879
 we have

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.539
 seen the

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:48.899
 Lord,

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.279
 but he

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.680
 said to

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:49.980
 them,

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.379
 unless I

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.220
 see his

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.799
 hands in

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.159
 the mark

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.420
 of the

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.779
 nails,

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.039
 and place

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.680
 my finger

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.119
 into the

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.500
 mark of

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.019
 the nails,

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.099
 and place

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.779
 my hand

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.279
 into his

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.759
 side,

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.839
 I will

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.619
 never believe.

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.039
 That might

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.460
 be a lot

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.899
 of us

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.740
 saying that.

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.039
 eight

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.740
 days later,

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.000
 his

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.420
 disciples

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.819
 were

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.339
 again

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.059
 inside,

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.000
 and

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.319
 Thomas

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.640
 was

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.920
 with

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.220
 them.

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.640
 Although

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.279
 the doors

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:12.579
 were

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.099
 locked,

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.079
 Jesus

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.880
 came and

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.400
 stood among

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.859
 them and

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.079
 said,

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.920
 peace be

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.420
 with you.

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.740
 And then

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.279
 he said to

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.759
 Thomas,

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.500
 put your

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.380
 finger here

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.440
 and see

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.140
 my hands.

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.579
 Put out

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.240
 your hand

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.839
 and place

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.140
 it in

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.859
 my side.

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.440
 Do not

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.259
 disbelieve,

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.200
 but believe.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.380
 And

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:31.700
 Thomas

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.180
 answered

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.519
 him,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.000
 my

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.519
 Lord

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.500
 and

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.700
 my

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.140
 God.

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:37.080
 Jesus

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.519
 said to

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.799
 him,

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.900
 have

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.059
 you

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.559
 believed

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:39.880
 because

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.080
 you

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.240
 have

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.539
 seen

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.819
 me?

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.400
 Blessed

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.640
 are

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.140
 those

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.860
 who

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.019
 have

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.299
 not

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.799
 seen

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.160
 and

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.340
 yet

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.840
 have

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.700
 believed.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.500
 Man,

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.400
 eight

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.680
 days

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.059
 later,

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.100
 right,

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.660
 Thomas

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.039
 was like,

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:52.340
 I don't

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.700
 buy it,

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.059
 guys,

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.600
 unless I

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.100
 can see

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.400
 him and

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.660
 touch

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:54.880
 him,

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.140
 as

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.360
 y'all

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.680
 did.

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.100
 He

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.360
 probably

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.700
 kicked

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.120
 himself.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.539
 Imagine

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.880
 like an

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.259
 event you

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.559
 would not

00:30:59.559 --> 00:30:59.819
 want to

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.220
 miss out

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.379
 on,

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:00.599
 like,

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.460
 I

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.759
 missed

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:01.960
 it.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.439
 So

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:03.879
 Jesus

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.759
 appears

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:04.960
 to

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.319
 him,

00:31:05.939 --> 00:31:06.539
 especially,

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.159
 right,

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.799
 and shows

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.099
 him.

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.039
 Thomas

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.279
 had

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.679
 known to

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:10.859
 have been

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.299
 loyal,

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.539
 but

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:11.960
 sometimes

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.799
 pessimistic.

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.740
 And

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:13.939
 Jesus

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.339
 doesn't

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.779
 rebuke

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:14.960
 him.

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.139
 He

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.439
 doesn't

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.700
 like,

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:15.799
 you

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:15.980
 know,

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.319
 to

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.579
 say,

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:16.899
 come

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.200
 on,

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.639
 Thomas.

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:17.899
 He

00:31:17.899 --> 00:31:18.159
 just

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:19.480
 simply,

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.039
 humbly

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.319
 shows

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.480
 him

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.039
 compassion

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.039
 and

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.359
 offers

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.859
 proof

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.039
 of

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.240
 his

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.799
 resurrection.

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.240
 And

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.519
 so

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.439
 Thomas'

00:31:26.659 --> 00:31:27.339
 response

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.619
 is

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.279
 astounding.

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.299
 what other

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.839
 response

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.200
 could you

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.899
 have to

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.420
 someone who

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.879
 has risen

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.399
 from the

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:32.700
 dead?

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:33.940
 He

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.440
 understood

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.139
 more.

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.740
 He's

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.099
 standing,

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.960
 God in

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.399
 flesh,

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.079
 standing right

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.579
 in front of

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:39.720
 him,

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.299
 the crucified

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.920
 Christ,

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.420
 but now

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.399
 the risen

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.700
 Lord.

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:42.940
 And his

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.599
 response is,

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.379
 my Lord

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.660
 and my

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.160
 God,

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.660
 declares

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.299
 that Jesus,

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.240
 the man in

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.619
 front of him,

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.460
 is divine,

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.500
 risen from

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.000
 the dead.

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.039
 God.

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.319
 And so

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.599
 does a

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.180
 passage like

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.539
 this just

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.920
 give you

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.420
 chills?

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.119
 Does it

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.480
 make you

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.200
 joyful and

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.900
 inspire hope?

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.299
 Does it

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.339
 terrify you,

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.799
 fearful?

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.500
 What

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.099
 Jesus say

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.380
 to you

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.640
 today,

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.059
 why are

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.180
 you

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.619
 crying?

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.259
 Stop

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.440
 your

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.859
 doubting

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.059
 and

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.579
 believe.

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.400
 Because

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:11.519
 a lot

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.779
 of us

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.440
 live life

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.740
 in that

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.079
 sort of

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.460
 defeat,

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.839
 as if

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.099
 Jesus

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.619
 had just

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:14.880
 stayed

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.160
 in the

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.440
 tomb.

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.259
 So

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.019
 how does

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.240
 this

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.759
 impact

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.980
 us?

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.119
 We

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.359
 learn

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.700
 something

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.000
 very

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.400
 important

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.759
 here

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.539
 about

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.759
 the

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.160
 nature

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.500
 of

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.900
 faith.

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.660
 We've

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:23.799
 been

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.180
 taught

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.460
 by

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.039
 society

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.240
 that

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.640
 seeing

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.019
 is

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.519
 believing.

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.319
 Very

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.740
 clearly

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.099
 Jesus

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.500
 says

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.680
 that

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:29.779
 it

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:29.880
 is

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.259
 not.

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:30.980
 You

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.119
 don't

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.339
 have

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.500
 to

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.779
 see

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.200
 Jesus

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.460
 in

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.619
 the

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:32.980
 flesh

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.160
 to

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.500
 believe

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.660
 in

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:33.900
 him.

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:34.819
 None

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:34.940
 of

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.140
 us

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.460
 have.

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:36.680


00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:38.700
 Jesus

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.180
 states

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.359
 that

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.559
 just

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.940
 seeing

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.180
 him

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.420
 isn't

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.940
 necessary

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.380
 for

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.799
 belief,

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.200
 but

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.420
 faith

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.599
 in

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.859
 God

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.160
 doesn't

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.500
 depend

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.660
 on

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:44.900
 seeing

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.099
 him,

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.259
 but

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.660
 trusting

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:45.680
!

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:45.880
 in

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.039
 this

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.420
 person

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:46.680
 and

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:46.900
 his

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.339
 work

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.240
 for

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.480
 our

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.880
 behalf

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.140
 by

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.539
 faith

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.759
 is

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.180
 sufficient

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.460
 for

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.200
 salvation.

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.420
 And so

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.119
 Peter wrote

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.240
 in 1 Peter 1

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.319
 verse 8,

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.720
 so I

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.000
 imagine that

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.859
 Peter remembers

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.440
 this scene

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.519
 and he's

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.019
 like using

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.660
 it as a

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.079
 reference.

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.220
 He remembers

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.299
 what Jesus

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.099
 told Thomas.

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.459
 1 Peter

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:08.179
 chapter 1

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:08.759
 verse 8,

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.759
 though you

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.259
 have not

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.659
 seen

00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:11.000
 him,

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.159
 you

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.500
 love

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.799
 him.

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:13.959
 Though

00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.099
 you

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.379
 do not

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.619
 see

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:14.819
 him

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.219
 now,

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.480
 you

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.919
 believe

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.119
 in

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.419
 him

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.259
 and

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.719
 rejoice

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:17.939
 with

00:33:17.939 --> 00:33:18.099
 the

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.339
 joy

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.519
 that

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.679
 is

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.539
 inexpressible

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.779
 and

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.219
 filled

00:33:20.219 --> 00:33:20.559
 with

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.179
 glory,

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.219
 obtaining

00:33:22.219 --> 00:33:22.480
 the

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:22.839
 outcome

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.459
 of your

00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:23.859
 faith,

00:33:23.959 --> 00:33:24.099
 the

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.579
 salvation

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.059
 of

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.240
 your

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.699
 souls.

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.419
 So,

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.240
 blessed

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.819
 are those

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.159
 who have

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.459
 not

00:33:30.459 --> 00:33:30.819
 seen

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.000
 me,

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.219
 Jesus

00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:31.719
 says,

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.299
 and yet

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.719
 will

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.959
 believe.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.459
 In 1

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.960
 Corinthians

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.920
 chapter 15,

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.500
 I'll read

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.799
 you just

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.279
 a section

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.660
 of this,

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.200
 but Jesus

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:40.600
 appeared

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:43.160
 to many

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.600
 people

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.340
 other than

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.160
 the disciples,

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.840
 all according

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.180
 to the

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.480
 scriptures,

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.259
 all according

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.600
 to the

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.039
 fulfillment

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.640
 of what

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.120
 God had

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.460
 spoken

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:50.960
 hundreds

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.480
 and hundreds

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.880
 of years

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.279
 earlier.

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.840
 Paul wrote

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.180
 in 1

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.539
 Corinthians

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.120
 15

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.860
 verse 3,

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.740
 For I

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.120
 delivered

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.519
 to you

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.079
 as first

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.759
 importance

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.640
 what I

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:01.100
 also

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:01.880
 received,

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.019
 that Christ

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.600
 died

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.500
 for our

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.819
 sins

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.000
 in

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.400
 accordance

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.859
 with

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.119
 the

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.440
 scriptures,

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.779
 that he

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:07.980
 was

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.380
 buried

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.719
 and then

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:08.840
 he

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.019
 was

00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:09.460
 raised

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.599
 on

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:09.739
 the

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.000
 third

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.400
 day

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.940
 according

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.559
 to

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.880
 the

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.219
 scriptures,

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.500
 that he

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.940
 appeared

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.739
 to Cephas,

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.960
 then to

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.579
 the twelve,

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.860
 then he

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.400
 appeared to

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.840
 more than

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.719
 five hundred

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.320
 brothers

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.139
 at one

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.579
 time,

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.940
 most of

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.320
 whom are

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.079
 still alive,

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.219
 though some

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.719
 have fallen

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.420
 asleep,

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.659
 then he

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.159
 appeared to

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.679
 James,

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.739
 then to

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.159
 all the

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.579
 apostles,

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.840
 and last

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.320
 of all,

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.820
 as to

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.599
 one untimely

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:33.960
 born,

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.579
 he also

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.059
 appeared

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.260
 to

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.599
 me.

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.280
 So,

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.119
 amazingly,

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.039
 back in

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.559
 this day,

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.199
 he says he

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.659
 appeared to

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.000
 all these

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.220
 people,

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.559
 and a lot

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.720
 of them

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.000
 are still

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.360
 alive,

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.800
 go ask

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:42.960
 them,

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.320
 they saw

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.639
 him,

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.539
 and then

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.340
 Paul clues

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.920
 himself at

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.300
 the very

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.559
 end,

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:48.980
 and then

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.480
 finally he

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.920
 appeared to

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.420
 me on

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.019
 the Damascus

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.420
 road,

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.400
 right?

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.880
 So,

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.480
 some quick

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.059
 application,

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.500
 and then we'll

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.119
 wrap it up.

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.579
 Each one of

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.960
 these could be

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.300
 their own

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.579
 sermon,

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.840
 but I'll

00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.159
 wrap it up

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.379
 really

00:34:59.379 --> 00:34:59.719
 quickly,

00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:01.619
 but because

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.159
 Jesus is

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.719
 alive,

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.339
 we can be

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:04.980
 sure of

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.460
 our eternal

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.940
 life.

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.619
 Every now

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.039
 and then a

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.579
 Bible writer

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.179
 may tell

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:10.859
 you why

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.259
 they wrote

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.699
 the book.

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:13.119
 At the end,

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.639
 look at

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.440
 chapter 20,

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.059
 verse 30.

00:35:17.279 --> 00:35:18.139
 Now Jesus

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.699
 did many

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.440
 other signs

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.719
 in the

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.219
 presence of

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.799
 the disciples,

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.159
 which are

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.679
 not written

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.099
 in this

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.420
 book,

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.559
 but these

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.119
 are written

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.739
 so that you

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:26.659
 may believe

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.279
 that Jesus

00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.839
 is the

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.259
 Christ,

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.239
 the Son

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.799
 of God,

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.799
 and that

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.579
 by believing

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.059
 you may

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.819
 have life

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.779
 in His

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.159
 name.

00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:35.960
 So does

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.359
 the thought

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:36.839
 of death

00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:37.500
 scare you?

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:37.879
 Does the

00:35:37.879 --> 00:35:38.539
 consequences,

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.659
 the thought

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.199
 of facing

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.059
 the consequences

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.460
 of your

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.139
 own sin

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.379
 frighten

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:43.639
 you?

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.239
 You can

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:46.719
 know by

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.259
 believing

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.659
 and throwing

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.079
 your life

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.679
 completely

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.139
 in the

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.699
 risen Son

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.279
 of God

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:51.440
 that He

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.940
 will save

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.079
 you,

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.379
 He will

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:52.699
 deliver

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:52.920
 you.

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.259
 It says

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:54.339
 He will

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.819
 give you

00:35:54.819 --> 00:35:55.239
 eternal

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.920
 life.

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.099
 If you

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.759
 believe in

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:57.960
 His

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.839
 crucifixion,

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.159
 His

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.980
 paying the

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.440
 price for

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.019
 your sin.

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.519
 So that's

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.799
 the hope

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.319
 we have

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:03.599
 when we

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.239
 pass away

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.500
 that we

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:04.799
 will be

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.399
 raised.

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.539
 Right?

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:06.940
 Jesus

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:08.899
 said around

00:36:08.899 --> 00:36:09.539
 the death

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.440
 of Lazarus,

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.699
 I am

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.539
 the resurrection

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.219
 and the

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.599
 life.

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:14.539
 Whoever

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.319
 believes in

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:15.519
 Me,

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.059
 though he

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.599
 die,

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.539
 yet shall

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.159
 he live.

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.359
 And everyone

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:19.980
 who lives

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.539
 and believes

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.839
 in Me

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.339
 shall never

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:21.679
 die.

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:22.920
 Do you

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.579
 believe this?

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.559
 So because

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.039
 of a living

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.500
 Savior,

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:26.980
 we can

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.399
 taunt

00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:27.960
 death.

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.319
 Saying as

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.759
 it says in

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.219
 1 Corinthians

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.699
 15,

00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.299
 death is

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:31.940
 swallowed up

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.719
 in victory.

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.159
 Oh death,

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.639
 where is

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.199
 your victory?

00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:35.899
 Oh death,

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.659
 where is

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.239
 your sting?

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.579
 Secondly,

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:40.960
 you can be

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.719
 assured that

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.259
 Christ will

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.759
 return.

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:43.819
 He has

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.420
 fulfilled His

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.239
 word so

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.639
 far,

00:36:45.779 --> 00:36:46.619
 every bit

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.039
 of what He

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.420
 said.

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.779
 The entire

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:49.399
 New Testament

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:50.399
 entirely depends

00:36:50.399 --> 00:36:50.639
 on the

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.279
 assumption that

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.699
 Jesus is

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.219
 alive,

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.440
 living,

00:36:53.879 --> 00:36:54.460
 reigning at the

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.940
 right hand of

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.360
 the Father

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.639
 and that

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.059
 He one

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.740
 day will

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.400
 return.

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.320
 1 Thessalonians

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.119
 chapter 4

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.780
 verse 14

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.420
 through 17

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.860
 mentions that

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.500
 because Jesus

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.000
 is risen,

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.519
 He will

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.179
 return.

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.519
 And when He

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.700
 comes back,

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.039
 He's coming

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.760
 back to save

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.200
 those who

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.559
 have hoped

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.960
 in Him

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.960
 and to

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.700
 judge those

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:13.240
 who have

00:37:13.240 --> 00:37:14.019
 rejected Him.

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.059
 To judge

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.639
 and to make

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.039
 war.

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.360
 It says that

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.700
 He will

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.740
 judge the

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.360
 world and

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.000
 righteousness

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.380
 in Acts

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.880
 17.

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.099
 So that

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.659
 gives us

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.300
 authority

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.099
 unlike anyone

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.500
 else.

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.079
 Like why?

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.380
 Why is

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:28.920
 Jesus a big

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.159
 deal?

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.659
 Because He's

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.119
 alive,

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.420
 He's

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.880
 returning,

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.260
 and you

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.760
 will have

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.159
 to reckon

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.659
 with Him

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.840
 one day,

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.800
 either as

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.199
 His friend

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.659
 on His

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:38.199
 terms or

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.960
 enemies on

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.539
 your terms.

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.679
 Then lastly,

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.780
 because He

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.179
 lives,

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.659
 because of

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.219
 the resurrection,

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.639
 we can

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.480
 possess as

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.079
 followers of

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.579
 Christ the

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.940
 greatest

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.780
 motivation for

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.099
 living.

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:52.039
 You don't

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.559
 have to spend

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.280
 your days and

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:53.960
 years searching

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.659
 for the right

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.300
 thing to live

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.940
 your life for.

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.820
 All things

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.400
 are in vain.

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.880
 All things

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.360
 will perish

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.019
 and fail.

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.800
 But if we

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.820
 wrap up our

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.619
 whole life in

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.300
 following the

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.920
 living Christ,

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:05.059
 we can even

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:06.199
 recklessly throw

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:07.300
 our lives away

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:08.000
 for Christ.

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.079
 And it will

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.739
 not be in

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:09.980
 vain.

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.480
 Right?

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.139
 We can live

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.480
 for Him,

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.000
 sharing the

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.579
 gospel with

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.000
 the dark

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.400
 and dying

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.260
 world around

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:15.760
 us,

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.940
 because we

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:18.539
 live for

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.880
 an unconquerable

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.940
 immortal.

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.739
 Savior.

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.179
 You don't

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.719
 have to live

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.219
 your life

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.840
 filled and

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.619
 paralyzed with

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.000
 fear,

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.639
 anxiety,

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:27.860
 depression.

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.300
 You don't

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:28.800
 have to,

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.539
 because Christ

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.300
 is alive.

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:31.739
 Think about

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.119
 this.

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.239
 All the

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.199
 disciples ran.

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.539
 They were

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.420
 afraid of

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.719
 death.

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:35.980
 They were

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.440
 afraid of

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:37.360
 facing punishment.

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.199
 What happened?

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.460
 You know,

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.019
 we all know

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.699
 how most of

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.199
 them died.

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:42.900
 They all

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.800
 died martyrs.

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.739
 What changed

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:45.960
 them?

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.679
 What made

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.000
 them into

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.579
 this fearless

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:49.239
 band of

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.820
 followers who

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.760
 declared Christ

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.520
 boldly,

00:38:52.040 --> 00:38:52.520
 almost a

00:38:52.520 --> 00:38:53.480
 complete 180

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.220
 in a short

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.600
 amount of

00:38:54.600 --> 00:38:54.980
 time.

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.940
 They knew

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.680
 that Jesus

00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:58.400
 was living,

00:38:59.020 --> 00:38:59.380
 and they

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.940
 were happy

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.620
 to live and

00:39:00.620 --> 00:39:01.000
 die for

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.240
 Him.

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:02.280
 Bold witnesses.

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:03.920
 So in

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.520
 other words,

00:39:06.040 --> 00:39:06.660
 in one of my

00:39:06.660 --> 00:39:07.500
 own fathers and

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.840
 one of my

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.500
 grandfathers'

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.500
 favorite old

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.040
 hymns,

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 because He

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 lives, I

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 can face

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 tomorrow.

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 Because He

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 lives, all

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 fear is

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 gone.

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 Because I

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 know He

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 holds the

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 future.

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 life is

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 worth living

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 just because

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 He lives.

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 So, let's

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 pray together.

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 Let's go.

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