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 Please take out your copy of God's Word.

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 Turn to the Gospel according to Mark chapter 16.

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 We have been for quite some time in our verse-by-verse exposition of Mark's Gospel account in the Passion Week,

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 this final week of Jesus' life.

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 In fact, since the beginning of chapter 11, Mark is accounting this,

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 which Clay started out for us on September 7th of last year.

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 We've been working our way through it.

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 We've seen the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem on Monday.

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 Yes, you heard me correctly.

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 Palm Monday.

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 The cleansing of the temple on Tuesday.

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 The teaching and confrontations with Jesus on Wednesday.

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 The prophecy and Last Supper on Thursday.

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 And then the betrayal, arrest, the six various trials,

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 the suffering, the crucifixion, and burial on Friday.

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 And we haven't talked about it at all because it wasn't in our text,

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 but there is also the silence of Saturday.

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 There is a rather famous motto of the Protestant Reformation,

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 which is in Latin, of course,

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 which is post tenebrous lux,

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 which means after darkness, light.

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 And they meant it in various ways.

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 They were coming out of what would have been called the Dark Ages,

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 separating from, reforming Catholicism.

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 But they also meant it for what Christ has done in the world.

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 The darkness of sin being pierced by His sacrifice on the cross.

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 And certainly today, we have much to celebrate in that.

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 After the darkness of Christ's suffering, crucifixion, and burial,

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 we have the light of the resurrection.

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 And today we get to look at that.

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 What a glorious thing to do in chapter 16, verses 1-8.

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 This is likely the end of Mark's narrative.

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 Some of your translations may not include a verse 9-20,

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 although most do, but we'll put it in brackets

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 and give some explanation to the fact that

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 very few of the early manuscripts contain verses 9-20.

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 Most scholars agree that verses 9-20 were not in the original text.

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 And there's much contention about whether or not

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 our ending, verse 8, is in fact Mark's intended ending or not.

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 We have to use verses 9-20 with a great deal of caution.

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 Certainly, denominational practice should not be formed on those verses.

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 And I will say to you today, I'm thankful that this is my closing of Mark's gospel account.

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 But we are going to look at verses 9-20,

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 and Clay is going to pick up that gauntlet and tackle that for us next week.

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 Likely mostly to talk about bibliography and how it is we arrive at

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 what is the scripture and what isn't the scripture.

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 So, for our kind of study proper,

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 this will be the closing of Mark's gospel account.

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 For fun, I looked back.

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 We began our sermon series through Mark's gospel account

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 on September 22nd of 2013.

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 That's 81 Sundays ago.

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 I can't say with certainty that we've done anywhere near that many sermons.

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 I know we've taken a couple of breaks, at least four for sure, this past February.

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 But we've been at this for quite some time.

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 And what a wonderful, glorious way to end it now with the resurrection.

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 I'm so very thankful for this text of Scripture, Mark's gospel account.

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 And so very thankful for the opportunity to preach it to you over this past year and a half.

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 Because in so many ways, my heart has been rent in two as we've studied Mark together.

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 It has been pierced and divided.

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 It has been impressed upon me the high cost of discipleship

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 and the subsequent glories thereof.

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 The beautiful nature of following Christ,

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 that it's going to mean suffering in this world, but glory beyond.

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 Mark's purpose for writing of this narrative has been so carefully applied to my being

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 by the transforming work of the Spirit of God.

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 And I hope that this has been true for you as well.

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 If you're a guest with us, I know you haven't heard all of this.

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 But for those of you who have been here regularly,

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 I really hope that Mark's gospel account has worked in you in the way that it's worked in me.

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 And if you are a guest with us this morning, I hope this closing will do the same.

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 So let's read together.

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 Mark 16, verses 1-8.

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 When the Sabbath was passed,

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 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Siloam brought spices,

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 so they might go and anoint Him.

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 And very early on the first day of the week,

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 when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.

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 And they were saying to one another,

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 Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?

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 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back.

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 It was very large.

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 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side,

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 dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

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 And he said to them,

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 Do not be alarmed.

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 You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified.

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 He has risen.

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 He is not here.

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 See the place where they laid Him?

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 But go tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee.

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 There you will see Him, just as He told you.

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 And they went out and fled from the tomb,

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 for trembling and astonishment had seized them.

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 And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

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 This is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Now, this morning, I do not wish to play the apologist

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 compounding for you the facts concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 Although there are many,

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 and I would encourage you, if you are a skeptic to any degree,

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 to take a good look at them.

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 This morning, by faith,

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 I and I hope you accept the reality of such an event,

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 this resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 So much hangs on the historic veracity as we will soon see.

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 But for the skeptic this morning,

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 let me read just a short quote from Charles Spurgeon,

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 the Prince of Preachers, who said,

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 the resurrection is a fact better attested

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 than any event recorded in any history,

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 whether ancient or modern.

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 And I hope for the skeptic in you that may allow your mind to rest enough,

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 give some assumption to the reality of this event

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 to see what it is that has been made possible by it.

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 Let's notice together a few things before we get into the doctrine of the resurrection.

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 Let's notice a few things about Mark's telling of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 If you look at the synoptics as well as John,

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 there's a lot of variance in the tellings.

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 And so, let's look at Mark's account,

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 and I'll pull together some of the others for you as well.

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 And we notice first,

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 the women that go when the Sabbath was passed.

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 To begin with,

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 we need to be clearly thinking about the amount of days that have passed

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 since Jesus was crucified.

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 And for some, this becomes problematic

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 because He was crucified on Friday,

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 and He was resurrected on Sunday,

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 which from our estimation is only two days.

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 But He has predicted over and over again

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 that after three days, He would rise.

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 So just as a note to you,

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 you must know that the Jews would have counted as a part of a day,

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 a full day.

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 So Friday would have been day number one

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 when He was laid in the tomb.

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 Saturday day number two.

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 The end of Saturday would have been sundown on Saturday.

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 Sunday begins,

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 and it's on this day that He's resurrected.

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 And so three days,

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 and He is risen.

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 So it's when the Sabbath has passed.

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 Saturday, the day of rest.

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 It would seem that the women were unable to properly adorn His body,

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 able to take the spices that would have been given.

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 Not that He would have been embalmed the way

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 the pharaohs of old would have been embalmed in Egypt,

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 but it was a process they went through,

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 a way of preserving the body a little bit longer,

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 mostly to show honor to the one who was being buried.

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 There was a great deal of rush

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 about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,

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 making sure that He was dead and put in the tomb

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 before sundown on Friday when the Sabbath began

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 and the Jews could do no work at that time.

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 And so it would seem that He wasn't properly embalmed at that time.

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 And so when the Sabbath is over,

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 they have gone,

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 they have bought these spices,

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 and now they're coming to anoint Him.

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 Very early, verse 2 says,

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 on the first day of the week.

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 And Mark, as he's so glossary sometimes,

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 includes very few details,

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 in this case wants us to be sure to know

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 that it's when the sun had risen.

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 It's early, early morning on Sunday.

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 And they go to the tomb,

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 and they're not very prepared,

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 I'll have you note,

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 when they go to the tomb,

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 because on their way to the tomb,

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 they're wondering how in the world

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 they're going to even access the body of Christ.

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 This very large stone, Mark tells us,

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 has been rolled in front of the tomb.

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 And they say,

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 who will roll away the stone for us?

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 But when they get there, verse 4,

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 they see that the stone has already been rolled back.

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 Mark doesn't give us much else.

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 It leaves a lot to be assumed on our part.

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 But Matthew records in 28, verse 2 of his Gospel account,

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 And behold, there was a great earthquake,

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 for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven

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 and came and rolled back the stone.

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 And sat on it.

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 So God Himself sent a messenger

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 to roll away the stone

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 to prepare for them to come and see

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 that their Savior was, in fact, risen.

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 It's very significant that it's women that go,

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 and they're the first ones to see this,

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 and that all of the accounts record

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 that this is the case.

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 For two reasons.

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 First, they were witnesses to His life.

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 You can see that in chapter 15, verse 41 of Mark.

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 To His death.

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 Chapter 15, verse 40.

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 To His burial.

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 Chapter 15, verse 47.

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 And now, His resurrection.

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 These women have been given privy

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 to see all of these events together.

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 It's as if it taps it all off.

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 That their testimony might be able to carry across

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 all of the major events of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

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 His life, death, burial, and now His resurrection.

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 Secondly, they're women.

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 Significant.

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 The significance of the women is that they are women.

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 And to us, this isn't very telling,

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 but certainly, in this day, it would have been.

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 Let me read you a little bit from Sinclair Ferguson's commentary on Mark.

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 He writes,

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 Mark tells us that it was the women

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 who first discovered the empty tomb

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 and who heard the first announcement of the resurrection.

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 To our 20th century Western minds,

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 that may seem unremarkable.

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 But in the context of first century Palestine,

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 it was highly significant.

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 For women were often treated as second-class citizens.

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 Their testimony would be inadmissible in a court of law.

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 As witnesses, they had no standing.

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 No one who wanted to fabricate a convincing account

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 of the resurrection in first century Palestine

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 would have dreamed of doing it in this way.

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 These were not the witnesses for this day.

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 They did not carry with them the credibility

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 to speak to this.

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 So if someone were simply making this up,

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 they would not have included this detail about the women.

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 Later, we see in John's account

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 that John and Peter go and see the empty tomb.

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 This is where they would have begun

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 if they weren't committed

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 to sharing the whole story with their readers.

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 There's a great deal of beauty in the Gospel

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 and this extension of God to women of this day

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 that they might be the first witnesses

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 of such an event.

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 To just kind of cap that off for you,

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 Josephus, who's a Jewish historian,

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 in his book entitled Antiquities of the Jews said,

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 But let not the testimony of women be admitted

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 on account of the levity and boldness of their sex.

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 And ladies, I don't know if that's offensive to you or not,

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 but there certainly is a degree of both things

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 which we love about you.

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 And we see that they enter the tomb in verse 5.

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 I'm trying to backpedal off that, but I can't.

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 So we will move on.

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 In verse 5, we see that they enter the tomb.

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 They see a young man sitting on the right side.

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 Very little detail again from Mark.

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 A young man seated on the right,

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 dressed in a white robe,

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 and they are alarmed.

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 Who is this man?

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 Why should they be alarmed?

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 Again, Matthew's account gives us a bit more detail

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 in chapter 28, verses 3 and 4.

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 Matthew writes,

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 His appearance was like lightning

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 and his clothing white as snow.

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 And for fear of him,

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 the guards trembled and became like dead men.

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 They passed out is what that means.

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 This is a phrasing that would have been used in this day.

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 So presumably, the women,

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 when they show up to the tomb,

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 they're not alone.

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 There's this man sitting there

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 who's like lightning,

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 but also the guards are passed out on the ground

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 because he was such a fearful sight.

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 And he says to them,

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 as so many angelic appearances start in this way,

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 do not be alarmed.

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 Do not be alarmed.

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 You seek Jesus of Nazareth

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 who was crucified.

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 And then this most wonderful,

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 most emphatic statement,

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 He has risen.

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 He is not here.

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 Listen to the same telling from Luke 24,

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 verses 6 and 7.

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 Luke records,

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 He is not here,

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 but has risen.

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 Remember how He told you

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 while He was still in Galilee

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 that the Son of Man

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 must be delivered in the hands of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day rise.

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 So in Luke's account,

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 this angel gives to them

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 a remembrance of the things that Jesus said.

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 And they're saying to them,

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 the things that Jesus has said

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 would come to pass,

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 have.

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 Do not be alarmed.

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 He told you this would happen.

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 And He does it a number of times

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 in Mark's account.

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 Mark 8, 31,

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 9, 31,

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 and 10,

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 33-34.

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 If you've been here,

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 we've gone through those

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 and repeated them a number of times.

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 Let me read to you

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 just Mark 9, 31,

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 where Jesus says,

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 the Son of Man

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 is going to be delivered

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 into the hands of men

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 and they will kill Him.

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 And when He is killed,

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 after three days,

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 He will rise.

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 So,

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 the previous prophecy

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 has already come to pass.

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 Jesus has been delivered

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 into the hands of men

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 and they have killed Him.

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 And now,

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 it's fulfilled

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 that after three days,

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 He has risen.

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 And the angel gives a command to them,

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 but go.

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 Do not be alarmed.

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 This thing has happened

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 that's supposed to come to happen.

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 Verse 7,

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 but go.

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 Tell His disciples and Peter

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 that He is going before you

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 to Galilee.

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 There you see Him

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 just as He told you.

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 But just as He told you

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 is found in Mark 14, 28.

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 It's a little detail

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 that's easy to miss,

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 but Jesus says,

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 but after I am raised up,

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 I will go before you

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 to Galilee.

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 We'll go back

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 to the place of preparation,

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 the place in which

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 He gathered up the disciples,

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 the place where most

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 of His ministry took place.

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 Kind of the home turf

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 is where they would gather together

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 once again

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 before Jesus finally ascends

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 and sends them on their mission

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 to establish the church

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 and to change the world.

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 But they leave.

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 Mark's record is very brief

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 at this point.

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 They leave the tomb.

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 They flee from it.

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 And for trembling and astonishment,

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 they say nothing to anyone,

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 for they were afraid.

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 We have noted on a number of occasions

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 Mark's particular way

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 in which he records the failures

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 of those who were close to Jesus,

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 pressing at us all through

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 his Gospel account

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 to be disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but showing all along

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 how very difficult

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 and challenging

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 this is.

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 We know of Mark's life

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 that he deserted

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 Paul and Barnabas.

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 Paul wanted nothing

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 to do with him after that.

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 In fact,

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 that was the conflict

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 that called Paul and Barnabas

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 to part ways.

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 And Barnabas wanted

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 to take his cousin,

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 John Mark,

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 along with him

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 on this next stage

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 of their journey.

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 And Paul wanted nothing

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 to do with the deserter.

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 But we get to see later on

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 in multiple texts

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 that now this Mark

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 is now serving alongside

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 and likely imprisoned

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 with Paul

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 in a number of places.

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 He himself

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 has been this

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 restored deserter.

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 We see it to be true

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 of Peter

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 and the way in which

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 he tells Peter's story.

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 And we know that

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 Peter is restored.

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 And he seems to do it again here.

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 He seems to hang the ladies out

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 that they didn't do

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 what they were asked to do

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 by the angel of the Lord,

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 at least not

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 in his telling.

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 In other tellings,

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 we see that they do go

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 and they do share

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 with the disciples.

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 But at this moment in time,

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 they say nothing

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 because they are so

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 very afraid.

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 And it would seem

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 that this is the way

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 that Mark concludes

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 his Gospel account

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 of the life, death,

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So we should take some time.

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 We would do well

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 to reflect upon

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 the doctrine

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 of the resurrection

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 or the things

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 that are possible

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 because of

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 the resurrection

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So,

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 you had your exegesis

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 now for your doctrine.

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 Firstly,

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 Jesus' resurrection

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 is the guarantee

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 of our regeneration.

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 Now, regeneration

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 is an act of God

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 in which we are given

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 new spiritual life.

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 to borrow the language

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 of John 3,

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 to be born again.

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 In John 3,

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 Jesus says

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 that we must

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 be born again

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 to see

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 the kingdom of God.

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 That our

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 image-bearing

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 capacity

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 has been spoiled

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 by sin.

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 By very nature,

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 we are not acceptable

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 to God.

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 And so we must be

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 born again.

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 We must be

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 made new

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 to be found acceptable

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 and to be part

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 of His kingdom.

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 We're once not

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 a people,

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 but we need to be

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 made a people.

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 We're not citizens.

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 We need to be

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 citizens

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 And this requires

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 regeneration.

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 Ezekiel 36,

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 26 and 27,

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 the Lord says this,

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 and I will give you

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 a new heart

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 and a new spirit

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 I will put within you

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 and I will remove

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 the heart of stone

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 from your flesh

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 and give you

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 a heart of flesh.

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 And I will put

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 My Spirit within you

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 and cause you

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 to walk in My statutes

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 and be careful

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 to obey My rules.

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 This is regeneration.

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 And what He's doing

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 in such beautiful language

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 is saying that our hearts

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 apart from Christ,

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 apart from His intervening work

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 in our lives,

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 are hearts of stone,

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 cold,

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 hard,

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 against the things

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 of God.

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 But He will take that

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 out of us

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 and He will put in us

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 a heart of flesh,

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 a heart that beats

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 for Him.

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 He will make us new.

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 He will give us

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 His Spirit

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 and cause us,

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 move us

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 to keep His statutes

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 and to obey

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 all of His rules.

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 And the text there

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 gives us a clue.

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 How is it that God

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 works this change in us?

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 What is the means

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 by which He accomplishes

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:53.059
 this work?

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 John 3.8 says

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 that regeneration

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 is a work

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 It's one of the great works

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 that God accomplishes

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 by that part of the Trinity

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 known as

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 John 3.8 says

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 the wind blows

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 where it wishes

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 and you hear it sound,

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 but you do not know

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 where it comes from

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 or where it goes.

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 So it is with everyone

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 who is born

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 of the Spirit.

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 So Jesus' resurrection

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 is incredibly important to us

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.659
 because He made a promise

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 to the apostles

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 to send the Spirit

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 to them.

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 He needed to be alive.

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 He had said all these things

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 to them.

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 What a sad, sad day

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 for them

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 from their perspective,

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 from their side of the cross.

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 His death was

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 because all of the things

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.879
 He had said

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 would come to pass

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 had yet to.

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 How is it possible

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 that He would do the things

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 He said He was going to do

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 if He's dead

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 and buried

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 and in a tomb?

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 John 16.7 says,

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 Nevertheless,

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 I tell you the truth.

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 It is to your advantage

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 that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away,

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 the Helper,

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 He's referring to the Holy Spirit

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 there,

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 will not come to you.

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 But if I go,

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 I will send Him to you.

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 Jesus is telling His disciples

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 before His death

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.180
 that His death, burial,

00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.079
 resurrection,

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.960
 and ascension

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 is necessary

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.720
 that the Spirit of God

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 would come.

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 I have at many points

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.539
 in my life

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.799
 wished that Jesus

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.899
 would be here now

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.480
 with us.

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 Of course,

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 I long for His second coming

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:28.319
 when He'll finish His work.

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 But in the meantime,

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.879
 wishing that He

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:32.940
 would be here with us.

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.879
 But He says

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:35.339
 it's to our advantage

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.359
 that He goes away.

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:38.799
 We have a better thing.

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:41.599
 It's better to be a Christian now,

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.019
 to have new hearts

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.839
 and the Spirit of God

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:45.139
 working within us,

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:46.720
 than to have walked with Him

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.960
 in those days.

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.720
 That's hard for me

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:50.380
 to get my mind around.

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.579
 It's something to certainly

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:53.519
 meditate upon.

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.180
 It's a better thing

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:57.000
 to have the resurrected

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.000
 and ascended Jesus Christ

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 and been granted

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.579
 the promised Holy Spirit.

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:05.160
 1 Peter 1.3

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:08.200
 helps tie this thought together.

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.519
 Peter writes,

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.059
 Blessed be the God and Father

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:12.620
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 According to His great mercy,

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 He has caused us

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.960
 to be born again

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:19.579
 to a living hope

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.819
 through the resurrection

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:22.279
 of Jesus Christ

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.279
 from the dead.

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.740
 Now, Peter sees

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:26.640
 that this was a necessary thing.

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.339
 The resurrection of Jesus Christ

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.759
 must have taken place

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:31.799
 in order to guarantee

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.839
 our regeneration.

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.180
 So that was firstly.

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.859
 Jesus' resurrection

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.799
 is the guarantee

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.059
 of our regeneration.

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.539
 Secondly,

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.839
 Jesus' resurrection

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.900
 is the guarantee

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:44.140
 of our justification.

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.240
 Now, justification

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.039
 justification is

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.859
 the right legal standing

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.380
 before God.

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 Justification is

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.960
 the opposite

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.900
 of condemnation.

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 To state it in the negative,

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.980
 to be justified

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.660
 before God

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:02.380
 is to not be guilty

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:04.200
 of the sins

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.480
 that are ours,

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:07.079
 that ultimately belong to us,

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.039
 that we own,

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.980
 is to have those dismissed,

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.279
 stricken from the record.

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 That's to state it in

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.580
 the negative.

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 And I don't mean

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:17.120
 in a bad way.

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:17.660
 Right?

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.680
 Stated in the positive,

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.720
 to be justified

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:23.480
 is to be declared

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:25.019
 righteous.

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.220
 righteous.

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:29.000
 In the perfect life

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.039
 and death,

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.420
 suffering,

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:33.460
 death,

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.200
 and resurrection

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.139
 of Jesus Christ,

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.480
 we have given to us

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.019
 both

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:41.220
 the effect of Jesus'

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.000
 passive

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.319
 and His active obedience.

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.259
 His passive obedience

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.940
 being the suffering

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.559
 of His life

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.420
 and His death.

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.480
 His active obedience

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.539
 being all of the righteousness

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.619
 that He exhibited

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:53.000
 before

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.920
 in His living.

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.519
 Right?

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.819
 That we're not just found

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.000
 neutral before God,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.539
 having our sins dismissed,

00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:00.079
 but that we're found

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.140
 righteous before God

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.000
 because we have

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.960
 Christ's righteousness.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.240
 Christ's propitiation says,

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.779
 thank you,

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.099
 He appeased God's wrath

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.160
 with His death.

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:09.960
 Right?

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.940
 Christ's propitiation says

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:12.859
 He appeased God's wrath

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.759
 when His death,

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.440
 the wrath that was due us,

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.539
 we have failed

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.299
 in every way

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.599
 to keep God's moral law.

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.680
 If you're not found

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.759
 in Christ today,

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.519
 please know that

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.539
 this is true of you.

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.920
 It's true of all of us.

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:25.079
 The great meta-narrative

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.740
 of humanity

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.579
 is that we all have sinned

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:29.299
 and we all fall short

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.500
 of the glory of God.

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.940
 There is none righteous.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.200
 No, not one.

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.960
 We have all failed

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.200
 to meet His standard.

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:39.379
 It's impossible to do so

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:41.200
 because of our sin nature.

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:43.619
 So there is infinite wrath

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.599
 due to us.

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:46.480
 But because of Christ's sacrifice,

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:48.420
 because Christ took the wrath

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.440
 of God on our behalf,

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:51.360
 we have been given

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:54.259
 a dismissal note for that.

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.460
 1 John 2.2 says,

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.920
 He is the propitiation

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:58.240
 for our sins

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:59.480
 and not for ours only,

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.620
 but also for the sins

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.779
 of the whole world.

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.940
 So Christ's propitiation,

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.860
 He appeased God's wrath

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.400
 with His death.

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.180
 Christ's imputation,

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.660
 we are granted

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:09.400
 His righteousness.

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.640
 Romans 10.4,

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:12.500
 For Christ is the end

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.640
 of the law for righteousness

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:16.340
 to everyone who believes.

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.660
 It doesn't mean

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.600
 that there's not a standard

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:20.100
 we are still to live to.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:22.180
 This is not cheap grace.

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.259
 Grace is costly

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:26.220
 in that it requires your life.

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.820
 That we are meant

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.880
 to pursue God

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.940
 with all that we have.

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:30.880
 We are still meant

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:33.220
 to fulfill the moral law of God,

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:34.420
 but when we fail

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:36.300
 and we will,

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:39.560
 we still have His righteousness.

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:40.920
 We get to wear it.

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.980
 I get to put it on

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:43.000
 as a cloak.

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.340
 And as I endeavor

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:45.480
 by God's grace

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:47.240
 to live to His righteous standard,

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.980
 my failures are covered

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.880
 by His goodness to me

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:52.039
 in Christ.

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:56.099
 Romans 4.22-25,

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:58.259
 after a rather lengthy discourse

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.779
 about Abraham's faith

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.099
 in God's promise,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.980
 says this,

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:05.079
 That is why his faith

00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:06.579
 was counted to him

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.620
 as righteousness.

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:09.079
 We're talking about Abraham.

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.480
 But the words

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.319
 that was counted to him

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.859
 were not written

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:13.420
 for his sake alone,

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:15.980
 but for ours also.

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:18.079
 It will be counted to us

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.079
 who believe in Him

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.420
 who raised from the dead

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.460
 Jesus our Lord,

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.579
 who was delivered up

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.380
 for our trespasses

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.000
 and raised

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.460
 for our justification.

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.500
 You see Paul

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:29.460
 wrapping those ideas together.

00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:30.660
 Us being given

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.660
 our justification.

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.720
 Our sins dismissed.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.180
 Us taking on

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.380
 the righteousness of Christ

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:38.059
 because of the One

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.220
 who raised Jesus

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.500
 from the dead.

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:42.900
 So Jesus' resurrection

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.759
 is the guarantee

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.400
 of our regeneration.

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.799
 Jesus' resurrection

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.539
 is the guarantee

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:49.740
 of our justification.

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.160
 And thirdly,

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.680
 Jesus' resurrection

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.599
 is the guarantee

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.819
 of our resurrection bodies.

00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:00.000
 This is a bit briefer point,

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:02.920
 but an equally glorious one.

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.880
 Jesus was the first recipient

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:08.720
 of a new body.

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.480
 This transformed state.

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.520
 You know,

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.660
 there are other men

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.920
 who had been resurrected.

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.940
 Take Nicodemus

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.880
 as the example for that.

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:21.520
 But 1 Corinthians 15.20

00:29:21.520 --> 00:29:22.500
 says,

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.400
 but in fact,

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.980
 Christ has been raised

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.440
 from the dead.

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.940
 The first fruits

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.480
 of those

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.180
 who have fallen asleep.

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:32.900
 So He's the beginning

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.519
 of something.

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:37.320
 The first fruits.

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.279
 He's the beginning

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.620
 of this new type

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:42.160
 of transformed body.

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.799
 And we will be recipients

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:47.360
 of the same type of body

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.100
 which will have

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:49.680
 no more disease,

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.960
 sickness,

00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.600
 suffering,

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.440
 death.

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.840
 There's much conjecture

00:29:55.840 --> 00:29:56.960
 about exactly what this

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.820
 will look like.

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.640
 I have absolutely no idea.

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:02.160
 I'm going to guess

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:04.120
 maybe my 18-year-old self.

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:05.019
 I'm going to go back

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.759
 to that

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.440
 because life hurt

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.220
 a lot less

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.500
 in those days.

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.400
 Take my 18-year-old self

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.640
 and take out type 1 diabetes

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.519
 and that I think

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:18.160
 might be my resurrected state.

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.380
 We don't really know,

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.680
 but we know that we will have

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.420
 transformed bodies,

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.580
 that they will be without

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:24.340
 all the suffering

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.880
 and the disease

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.799
 and the sickness of the world

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:28.060
 and that they will not die.

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:30.240
 So to say that Jesus' resurrection

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.919
 is the guarantee

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:32.419
 of our resurrection bodies

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.960
 is to say that we will live

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:36.480
 with Him forever.

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.740
 Praise God.

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:40.720
 1 Corinthians 15.42

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.259
 Paul says,

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.200
 So it is with the resurrection

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.139
 of the dead.

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.799
 What is sown

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:47.259
 is perishable.

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.259
 He's using this analogy

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:50.059
 of the way that seeds

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:52.000
 bring forth something else.

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:53.319
 The way a seed goes

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.799
 into the ground

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.399
 and it dies,

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.820
 but then it brings forth

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:57.500
 a different type

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:59.900
 of vegetable or fruit.

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.820
 What is sown

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.560
 is perishable.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.080
 What is raised

00:31:03.080 --> 00:31:05.019
 is imperishable.

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.920
 So Jesus' resurrection

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.620
 is the guarantee

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.360
 of our regeneration,

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.100
 our justification,

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:12.880
 and our resurrection bodies.

00:31:14.080 --> 00:31:15.500
 We have been changed by God,

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:17.540
 made righteous in His sight,

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:19.420
 and will live with Him forever

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:21.380
 because Jesus lived

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.680
 the perfect life.

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.960
 He died to bear our sin,

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.860
 and He was raised

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:28.180
 to glory.

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.360
 So what?

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.900
 What do we do

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.380
 with these types of doctrines?

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:40.160
 I hope firstly,

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:42.120
 not as a point of application,

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.039
 but I hope firstly

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.360
 that those kinds of truths

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.700
 just warm your heart.

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:47.060
 That you're just given

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:49.360
 cause to celebrate

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:51.000
 who God is to us

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.119
 in the personal work

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.200
 of Jesus Christ.

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:55.359
 That you want to exalt His name

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.720
 because of what He's done

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.299
 on your behalf.

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:59.859
 It really should be enough.

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.900
 But all the same,

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.500
 Jesus' resurrection,

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:06.519
 as I mentioned before,

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:08.220
 supplies to us

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.660
 the Holy Spirit.

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.539
 Let me read to you again

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.900
 John 16, 7.

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.240
 Nevertheless,

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.019
 I tell you the truth,

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.859
 it is to your advantage

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.539
 that I go away.

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.880
 For if I do not go away,

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.079
 the Helper will not come to you.

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.680
 But if I go,

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:19.559
 I will send Him to you.

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.980
 All of us

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.859
 who have placed our faith

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.519
 in Jesus Christ

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.679
 are given the gift

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.819
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.259
 We have Him.

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:28.119
 He abides within us.

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.559
 And I know that's trippy

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.240
 to think about.

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.879
 But He does.

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.759
 All the same.

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.759
 We are given Him

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.419
 as a seal

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:37.879
 and as a helper.

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.799
 So firstly,

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.859
 Jesus' resurrection

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:44.119
 supplies by the Holy Spirit

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.480
 the surety

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:47.940
 of your salvation.

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:50.259
 the sure knowledge

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.960
 of your justification

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:53.039
 before God

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:55.700
 and your eternal state

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:57.400
 of your future

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:59.420
 resurrection body.

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.980
 I think it would be good

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.559
 if you turned with me

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.660
 to 1 Corinthians 15.

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:06.759
 The classic resurrection chapter.

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:16.339
 Some people might try

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.579
 to not preach a sermon

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.920
 on Easter Sunday

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:20.079
 using 1 Corinthians 15.

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:21.819
 It's rather difficult to do.

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.839
 It would seem that a number

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:29.140
 of the Corinthian believers

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.960
 or otherwise

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.879
 those that were part

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.519
 of the church

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:34.180
 believe that it is not possible

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.740
 that a person

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.339
 could be raised

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.759
 from the dead.

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.259
 And Paul is addressing that

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:39.099
 here in chapter 15

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:40.679
 in such a wonderful way.

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.639
 Let's begin

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.759
 at verse 1 and 2.

00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:43.939
 Now I'd remind you,

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.299
 brothers,

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.679
 of the gospel

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:46.959
 I preach to you

00:33:46.959 --> 00:33:48.259
 which you received

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.299
 in which you stand

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:51.619
 and by which you are being saved

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.179
 if you hold fast

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.679
 to the word

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.619
 I preach to you

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.799
 unless you believed

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.439
 in vain.

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.299
 So let's just note

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.879
 he's saying,

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.859
 now it reminds you

00:33:58.859 --> 00:34:00.119
 of the gospel I preach

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.500
 by which you are being saved.

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.819
 And then he goes on

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.240
 to elaborate

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.179
 in the rest of the chapter

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.519
 about this gospel

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.140
 he preached.

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.840
 What is it that he had come

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:09.559
 and preached to them?

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.240
 Earlier on

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:12.340
 in the book of 1 Corinthians

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.800
 he said,

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.440
 I came and I knew

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.240
 nothing among you

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.059
 except Jesus Christ

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.740
 and Him crucified.

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:19.380
 Which includes

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.619
 the resurrection.

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.900
 He elaborates on that

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.980
 later on in that chapter.

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:25.780
 So 1 Corinthians 15.12-19.

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:28.039
 Now if Christ is proclaimed

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:29.159
 as raised from the dead,

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.920
 how can some of you say

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.019
 that there is no resurrection

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.699
 of the dead?

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.259
 But if there is no resurrection

00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:35.820
 of the dead,

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.119
 then not even Christ

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.420
 has been raised.

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.519
 And if Christ has not been raised,

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.920
 then our preaching is in vain

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.340
 and your faith is in vain.

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.840
 We are even found

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.199
 to be misrepresenting God

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.159
 because we testified

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.980
 about God

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.320
 that He raised Christ

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.000
 whom He did not raise

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.719
 if it is true

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.940
 that the dead are not raised.

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.159
 Are you tracking his logic

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.619
 through that?

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:57.119
 For if the dead are not raised,

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.480
 not even Christ

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.559
 has been raised.

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:01.679
 And if Christ has not been raised,

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:03.360
 your faith is futile

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.980
 and you are still

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.360
 in your sins.

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.960
 Then those also

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.699
 who have fallen asleep

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.779
 in Christ have perished.

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.599
 If in Christ we have hope

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:13.039
 in this life only,

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.920
 we are of all people

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:16.539
 most to be pitied.

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:18.320
 So the resurrection

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.039
 of Jesus Christ

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.079
 by the Spirit

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.759
 gives us this surety

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.920
 of our salvation.

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:24.299
 If it didn't happen,

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:27.599
 we are fools.

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:29.839
 We are absolute fools.

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.839
 What are you doing

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.639
 with this mourning

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.319
 if Jesus Christ

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:33.019
 has not been raised

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.519
 from the dead?

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:35.319
 Go do something else

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:36.299
 because this is a waste

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:37.259
 of your time.

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.860
 That's stated in the negative.

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.599
 We are fools

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:41.219
 if Christ has not been raised.

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.920
 Don't leave.

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.299
 I'm thankful

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:44.259
 that He has been.

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.480
 Stated in the positive,

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.119
 we have not believed

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.699
 in vain

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:51.219
 because He,

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.059
 in fact,

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.659
 has been raised.

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.839
 We are not fools.

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:56.719
 We are wise

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.819
 for having believed

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.679
 this thing.

00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:00.699
 2 Corinthians 1.22 says,

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:02.419
 God has also put

00:36:02.419 --> 00:36:03.459
 His seal on us

00:36:03.459 --> 00:36:04.319
 and given us

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.019
 His Spirit

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:06.519
 in our hearts

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.879
 as a guarantee

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:09.759
 of these sure realities

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:11.959
 that we may be found in Him.

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.899
 So Jesus' resurrection

00:36:12.899 --> 00:36:14.759
 supplies by the Holy Spirit

00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.859
 the surety of our salvation

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.500
 and secondly,

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:18.079
 the power

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:20.179
 for your sanctification.

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.179
 The power

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.219
 for your sanctification.

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:24.219
 Let me draw your mind

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:25.980
 back to the doctrine

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:28.579
 that the resurrection

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.500
 guarantees

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:31.519
 your regeneration.

00:36:31.859 --> 00:36:33.299
 The power for that

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:34.759
 comes from the resurrection.

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:35.419
 Your regeneration.

00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:36.859
 That you have been changed.

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.839
 That you have been made

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:39.819
 a new creation.

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.779
 The term sanctification

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:44.099
 has two elements to it.

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.219
 One is that

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.079
 once we are found

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.799
 in Christ,

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:48.439
 we have been set apart.

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.379
 We have been

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.300
 sanctified.

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.960
 We have been

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:53.119
 separated in status.

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.440
 We are a new type

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.380
 of individual.

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:57.519
 But it also carries with it

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.280
 this element

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:59.079
 that we are still

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.940
 in the process

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.800
 of being made

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:02.099
 into those people

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:03.320
 for the glory of God.

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.039
 That all throughout

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.599
 our lives

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.720
 we will be made

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:07.420
 in greater and greater degree

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:09.800
 more like Christ.

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:11.640
 So this is the type

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.500
 I'm talking about.

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.260
 That power

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:14.280
 for our sanctification.

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.480
 We have been made new.

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.180
 Therefore,

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.559
 we have the ability

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:19.140
 to proceed

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.420
 to strive

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:22.440
 after righteousness.

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.339
 After all,

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.679
 Paul says in Philippians 1.6

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.579
 and I'm sure of this,

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.900
 that he who began

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.639
 a good work in you

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.739
 will bring it to completion

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.739
 at the day

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.879
 of Jesus Christ.

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:34.259
 God has saved us

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:35.559
 and God will

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:37.379
 perfect us.

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.299
 Romans 8.11

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:40.239
 Paul writes,

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:41.199
 that the Spirit of Him

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.940
 who raised Jesus

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.440
 from the dead

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.179
 dwells in you.

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:45.039
 He who raised Christ Jesus

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.539
 from the dead

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.960
 will also give life

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.420
 to your mortal bodies

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.680
 through His Spirit

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:51.180
 who dwells in you.

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.940
 We have been given

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.220
 the Spirit of God

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:55.480
 that we might live

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.480
 to God.

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.820
 And there are far too many

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.960
 people today

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.519
 who profess

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.360
 the name of Christ

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.559
 and there's zero

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:05.220
 evidence of it

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.800
 in their life.

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:07.220
 None whatsoever.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.880
 What does Jesus say

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:10.400
 about vines

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.680
 that don't bear fruit?

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:13.200
 They'll be trimmed away

00:38:13.200 --> 00:38:13.840
 and thrown

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:15.320
 into the fire.

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:16.600
 A good tree

00:38:16.600 --> 00:38:18.220
 bears good fruit.

00:38:19.080 --> 00:38:20.440
 It is necessary

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:22.920
 that having been saved,

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.860
 the evidence of this

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:26.059
 is that we live

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:27.300
 for God.

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.840
 And the Spirit

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:29.000
 gives us the power

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.860
 to do so.

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.720
 It gives us the power

00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:34.620
 to resist sin.

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.400
 Beloved,

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:38.059
 we do not have

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.900
 to sin

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.980
 any longer.

00:38:40.080 --> 00:38:40.880
 We've been set free

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.200
 from it.

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.900
 We're no longer

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:43.720
 slaves to it.

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:46.159
 Romans 6, 9-11.

00:38:46.779 --> 00:38:48.099
 We know that Christ

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:49.299
 being raised

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.039
 from the dead

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.899
 will never die again.

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.859
 Death no longer

00:38:53.859 --> 00:38:54.799
 has dominion

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.519
 over Him.

00:38:56.439 --> 00:38:57.079
 For the death

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.719
 He died,

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:59.019
 He died to sin

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:00.539
 once for all.

00:39:00.939 --> 00:39:01.599
 But the life

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.359
 He lives,

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.399
 He lives

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:04.539
 to God.

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.480
 You see this?

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.259
 He died a death

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:07.839
 to sin.

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.539
 Now,

00:39:08.799 --> 00:39:09.699
 being raised,

00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:10.619
 He lives to God.

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.279
 Verse 11,

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:13.019
 so you also

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.040
 must consider

00:39:14.040 --> 00:39:14.720
 yourselves

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:16.080
 dead to sin

00:39:16.080 --> 00:39:17.900
 and alive to God

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:20.200
 in Christ Jesus.

00:39:20.660 --> 00:39:21.780
 You have been given

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.860
 the ability

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:24.460
 to keep God's standard

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.900
 now.

00:39:25.600 --> 00:39:26.200
 Will you?

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.920
 It's not likely.

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.560
 It's not likely.

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.380
 But you can

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:33.120
 and you should.

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:35.300
 We've also been given

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:36.000
 the power by the Spirit

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.580
 to be obedient.

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:39.519
 to not only do

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.880
 the things

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.420
 that we're not

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:41.119
 supposed to do,

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.860
 but to do the things

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.559
 that we are

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:44.559
 supposed to do.

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.139
 Paul again,

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:47.099
 Colossians 3,

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:48.039
 1 and 2.

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.659
 If then

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.719
 you have been

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.799
 raised with Christ,

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.940
 seek the things

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:54.199
 that are above

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.639
 where Christ is,

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:56.840
 seated at the right

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.460
 hand of God.

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.819
 Set your minds

00:39:58.819 --> 00:40:00.039
 on things that are above,

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:01.619
 not on things

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:02.960
 that are on earth.

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.059
 We have been given

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.880
 the ability

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.880
 in Christ

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.860
 by His Spirit

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:08.480
 because of

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.519
 the resurrection

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.640
 to live

00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:12.500
 in this way.

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.079
 Beloved,

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.660
 there is such a

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:16.320
 great mission

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:17.480
 set before us

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.720
 as the people of God.

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.940
 The exaltation of God,

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:21.960
 declaring the supremacy

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 of Christ

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 in all things

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 to all peoples.

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 We've been given

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 the power to do this,

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 to resist sin,

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 to be obedient to this.

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 To be the disciples

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 that Mark is calling us

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 to be all

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 throughout the text.

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 To give up

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 all things

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 for the sake

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and the gospel

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 of the kingdom

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 of God.

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 I'll repeat to you

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 the motto

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 of the Reformers

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 post-Tenebrous Lux.

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 They meant it

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 certainly for their

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 reform from Catholicism

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 coming out of

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 the dark ages,

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 the wonderful

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 translations of

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 Bibles that were

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 taking place.

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 So much light

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 in that sense.

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 They meant it

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 also in terms

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 of the way

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 in which a dark

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:10.400
 heart is turned

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 to God

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 that the light

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 of the gospel

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 would penetrate it.

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 And I would say

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 to you this morning

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 that this very same

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 motto should be

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 true of us

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 today.

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 That those ways

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 in which we have

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:25.280
 not pursued God

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.980
 in light

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 of the glorious

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.000
 truth of the

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.460
 resurrection

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.840
 of Jesus Christ,

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 we should allow

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 the light of the

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 gospel to penetrate

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 those dark places

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 in our hearts

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 as well.

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 If you don't

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.740
 know Christ,

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 your fate is

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 eternal damnation.

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 And you need to

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 hear that.

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 You need to be

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 warned of the

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 judgment that is

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 to come.

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 God is a good,

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:52.639
 loving God.

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 He's also a just,

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 condemning God.

00:41:56.480 --> 00:41:57.900
 He has a standard

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 that none of us

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.920
 have held

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.800
 and we must

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.460
 have Christ's

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:02.860
 righteousness

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.860
 on the day

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 of judgment.

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 So please,

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 I plead with you,

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:08.699
 if you have not

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.260
 placed your faith

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:09.780
 in Christ,

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.800
 allow the light

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.320
 of the gospel

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.599
 to dawn in your

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.320
 hearts for the

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.039
 first time

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.940
 this day.

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 The call of the

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:17.079
 gospel is not

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.940
 to walk an aisle

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:19.320
 and repeat after me.

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 The call of the

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.460
 gospel is to

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 repent,

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.920
 turn from your

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.179
 sin,

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.440
 and believe

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:25.860
 in the person

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 and work.

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 His life,

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.720
 death,

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.360
 burial,

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.200
 resurrection,

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:31.460
 ascension of

00:42:31.460 --> 00:42:32.059
 Jesus Christ.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Amen.

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