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 I find myself week after week being encouraged by the singing here, especially when we're singing about our Savior and what He accomplished for us in the cross.

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 He gives power to us through His Spirit and through His Word.

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 And He gives that to us. He invites us in. He welcomes us to participate in fellowship with Him that will lead us to power.

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 Well, this morning as we are making our way, continue to make our way through the Gospel of John, we come to this next narrative, this next event in the series, in the story.

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 Last week we saw that the empty tomb leads to rising faith.

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 However inadequate it is in the moment, it's still faith that God begins to initiate in the hearts of His people.

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 And this morning we're going to see that the empty tomb leads to rising hope.

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 Do you need hope this morning?

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 Are there difficulties in your life? Are there pressures that are weighing down on you today?

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 Are there sins in your life that would lead you to lose hope in the wonder of Christ's ability to meet you where you are and to help to move you to the place where you want to be?

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 Maybe you're tired just for yourself in knowing the sin in your life and you're just frustrated with yourself.

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 And if you're frustrated with yourself, how could God ever love you when you can't even love yourself?

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 Is there hope for you today?

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 I want you to know through this story, the story of Mary, there is hope for you today.

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 I think one of the difficulties in coming to this story is that any of us who've grown up in the church,

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 we're reminded of the great heroes of the faith.

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 We love the children's stories that we get in Awana, we get in Sunday school, we get in church time,

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 and now we have on our little phone apps, and any of you who watch Veggie Tales with your kids and Bible stories,

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 just the accessibility of the Bible stories, and it's a wonderful thing.

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 But the common theme that comes to light in all of these stories are men and women of extraordinary faith,

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 men and women who seem to have it all together,

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 men and women who are doing the amazing in the power of God,

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 men and women who never seem to falter,

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 men and women who just shine in moments of darkness and difficulty.

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 We think of the story of Noah and his boys in building the ark.

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 Great story of faith.

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 Or we think about the story of Abraham and his willingness to offer his son Isaac.

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 We think about the story of Joseph and his brothers,

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 and there he is being elevated to the second position in all of the land of Egypt.

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 Or the story of David and Goliath.

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 Or the story of Daniel and his friends facing the lions and facing the fire, the fiery furnace.

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 Those are the stories that come to the forefront.

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 And maybe it's not necessarily because our teachers have done a bad job

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 at trying to develop the scene of the scripture for us and help us see the good and the bad.

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 But as children, what we grab onto are the heroes of the faith that never seem to falter.

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 And so we carry these concepts with us.

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 And we begin to wonder,

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 if we're not like David,

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 or if we're not like Abraham,

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 then is there really hope for me?

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 Is it really worth me trying to run this race

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 because I always seem to fall flat on my face?

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 Is there any hope?

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 And so we import into the rest of the scripture

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 these ideas that we have as children.

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 And we begin to wonder,

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 if there really is any intersection points in the word

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 that it can really deal with the issues of life.

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 Can it really meet me where I'm at?

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 Can it really help me overcome the crisis that I face?

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 And I want you to know this morning

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 that one of the joys of verse-by-verse teaching

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 is we come not only to the mountain peaks of the scripture,

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 but we also hit the valleys.

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 And this morning we'll get a chance to look at some valleys

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 for this woman, Mary Magdalene.

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 Enter her story

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 and see how Christ met her where she was.

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 And as we look at the story of Mary,

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 we can see Mary was a real person.

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 Mary can identify with me.

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 I can identify with Mary.

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 And because of what Christ accomplished in her life,

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 Christ can do the same for me.

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 There is hope this morning because of the empty tomb.

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 So if you need hope today,

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 this is the story for you.

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 So look with me, if you would,

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 at John chapter 20.

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 Let's pray before we start

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 because I have way too many notes,

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 as you probably are very familiar with at this point.

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 And so that we can move through this,

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 we just need the help of the Lord

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 so I can ignore the things that are secondary

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 and focus on the things that are really primary today.

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 So let me pray for us.

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 Lord, as we look into your word,

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 we want to meet with you.

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 We don't want just an intellectual,

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 scholastic, information dump.

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 This morning we want to meet Jesus.

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 We know you make yourself available to us.

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 You say,

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 come,

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 all who are weary and heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest for your soul.

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 Lord, this morning there are those today

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 who need refreshment.

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 There are those this morning who need rest for their soul.

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 They're weary.

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 They're hurting.

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 Their emotions are raw.

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 They're struggling.

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 They're wondering if there's any hope today.

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 And Lord, I pray that through the teaching of the scripture,

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 they could know.

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 As we come face to face with Mary's story,

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 there is hope.

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 Not hope in personal discipline.

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 Not hope in pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.

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 Not hope in putting our own pieces together,

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 but hope in surrendering the brokenness of our life

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 to the handiwork of our almighty Savior,

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 who can put those pieces together,

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 and who can create wholeness and life

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 out of death and brokenness.

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 So meet with us today through your word.

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 Minister to us as only you can.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 John 20, verse 11.

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 I want to read just the opening phrase

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 so that we can begin to understand where Mary was.

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 And I want you to recognize,

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 as we look at Mary's life,

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 we're going to look at some progression of her life.

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 First, we're going to look at her former condition.

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 I want to spend some time there

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 looking at her former condition.

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 And let me begin with just this opening phrase

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 in John 20, verse 11.

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 It says,

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 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb.

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 Mary stood weeping outside the tomb.

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 Now, if you were not with us last week,

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 let me catch you up to where we are in the story.

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 Mary came early with a number of her friends,

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 and she comes the day after the Sabbath in order to anoint the body of Christ.

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 He had been dead now for, this is the third morning.

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 And she comes with her friends to do honor to Christ's body,

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 to anoint it with spices,

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 to prepare it in the way it should be prepared.

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 And upon coming to the tomb,

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 she recognizes along with her friends

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 that the tomb is actually open.

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 The stone that had been there

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 to kind of keep out any grave robbers

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 had been actually rolled back,

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 and the body was no longer there.

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 And to Mary's dismay,

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 she takes off and runs

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 for where she knows the disciples are.

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 She meets John and Peter,

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 and they come running to the tomb.

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 They inspect it for themselves.

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 They see that in actuality,

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 Mary is right.

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 The tomb is open.

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 The grave clothes are lying there.

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 They're not torn.

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 They're not ripped.

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 There's no apparent mishandling of the body.

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 And they see the face cloth

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 that's actually in a different spot,

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 and they realize that something significant

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 has taken place.

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 And at this point,

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 Peter and John,

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 recognizing there was really nothing else

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 they could do,

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 turn around and head back

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 to their own homes,

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 to the places where they were staying.

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 After all, what could they do?

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 They couldn't appeal to Pilate

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 because Pilate was the one

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 who actually put Jesus on the cross.

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 They couldn't report

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 to the Jewish authorities

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 because the Jewish authorities

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 were just as happy

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 about Jesus' death

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 as Pilate was.

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 Who else could they appeal to?

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 So they turn around

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 and they walk back

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 to the places

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 where they've been staying.

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 But Mary now finds her way

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 back to the tomb.

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 And there's no indication

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 that Mary has actually

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 crossed paths again

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 with Peter and John

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 to hear their report.

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 But here she is.

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 She's standing outside the tomb,

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 perhaps longing

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 to have that feeling

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 of closeness

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 that she could have,

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 knowing the place

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 where Jesus had been

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 and hoping that just being

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 in proximity

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 with where he was,

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 there would be a sense

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 of that fellowship

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 that she so greatly

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 longed to have.

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 We find Mary weeping here

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 at the very front

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 of verse 11.

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 And then in the next phrase,

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 and as she wept,

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 she stooped

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 to look into the tomb.

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 Now when the gospel writer

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 is using this word,

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 weep,

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 he doesn't mean

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 that there were just

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 some tears in her eyes.

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 But it is meant

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 to express anguish

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 and lament,

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 this loud wailing

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 that was so typical

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 during that day.

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 Every form of external

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 emotional response

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 that she could have,

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 she was putting on display.

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 She was, in a sense,

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 out of control.

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 Overcome by her grief.

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 So much so that

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 as we'll look into

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 this passage,

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 we'll see that the question

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 of the angels to Mary is,

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 Woman, why are you weeping?

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 And then of Christ,

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 who she thinks is the gardener,

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 asks the same question,

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 Woman, why are you weeping?

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 This continuing emotional response

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 of grief continues

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 to cloud her thinking

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 and to cloud her understanding.

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 And she is overcome

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 by grief.

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 But why?

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 Why would Mary be so gripped

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 by sorrow?

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 And I think a look

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 at her former condition

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 will help give us

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 a sense of why

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 this was so significant

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 for her.

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 I want to look first

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 at her bondage.

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 I want you to recognize

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 where Mary came from.

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 So we can appreciate

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 a little bit

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 why this was so significant

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 for her.

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 Her bondage.

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 And much of what

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 I am going to take

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 in this particular section

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 is from John MacArthur's book,

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 Twelve Extraordinary Women.

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 I would commend it to you.

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 It is a great character sketch.

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 And I would just encourage you

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 to pick it up.

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 It provides just some fullness

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 of history

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 and the breadth of Scripture

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 that it helps to bring to bear

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 in the lives of individuals

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 we find in the Word.

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 But we find from

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 Mark chapter 16, verse 9,

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 and Luke chapter 8, verse 2,

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 we'll go there in a moment,

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 but we find that Mary

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 was not just a disciple of Christ,

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 but Mary had formerly

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 been inhabited by seven demons.

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 It was significant for her.

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 She was a woman under bondage.

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 And her name, Mary Magdalene,

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 is not because that was her surname,

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 like Andrew Scheer.

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 Scheer is my surname.

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 But just to distinguish her

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 from so many of the other Marys

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 that we find in close vicinity

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 in this narrative.

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 Mary, the mother of Jesus.

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 Mary, the mother of James.

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 Mary, the mother of Joseph,

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 the lesser.

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 And so many other Marys

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 that are part of this.

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 Mary of Bethany.

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 It was to distinguish her

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 as an individual.

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 And she's often placed

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 at the front of the line

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 in describing her

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 because she was a prominent figure

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 in this band of women disciples.

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 This band of followers.

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 If I can have the next slide here,

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 you can see where Magdalene was.

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 Maybe it's not as clear

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 as I'd like it to be,

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 but you can see it's about

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 three miles north of Tiberias

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 and about five miles south of Capernaum.

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 Right there on the Sea of Galilee.

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 And you would know

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 that Jesus spent

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 the bulk of his first two years

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 of ministry in Galilee

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 right in this area.

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 Crisscrossing his way

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 across this region.

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 Spending time in the synagogues.

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 Teaching by the Sea of Galilee.

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 Ministering there

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 right on the lake itself.

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 And participating

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 and going to people's homes.

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 Eating meals with them.

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 Healing entire villages

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 of people of their infirmities.

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 But especially

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 in this particular region,

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 healing multitudes of those

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 who were demon-possessed.

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 Mary Magdalene being one

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 of those women.

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 This sort of happened early on

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 in Jesus' ministry.

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 So why don't you keep your finger here

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 in John chapter 20.

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 And I want to turn

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 back to Luke chapter 8

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 for a moment.

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 And I want to look at this together.

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 together.

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 In Luke chapter 8

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 verses 1 to 3.

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 Luke chapter 8

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 verses 1 to 3.

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 It says,

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 Soon afterward,

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 he went on through

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 the cities and villages

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 proclaiming and bringing

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 the good news

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 And the twelve

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 who were with him

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 and also some of the women

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 who had been healed

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 of evil spirits

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 and infirmities.

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 Mary called Magdalene

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 from whom

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 seven demons

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 had gone out.

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 There her name

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 pops up in this list

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 at the very onset

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 of Jesus' ministry

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 in Galilee

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 because of his ministry

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 of healing individuals

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 and casting out demons.

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 Well, the Bible says

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 a little about

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 those who were

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 who were under bondage

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 to demons.

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 We get a taste

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 of what they experienced.

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 there was a sense

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 of infliction.

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 There was

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 loneliness

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 as they were

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 driven outside

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 of the community.

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 They were

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 set apart

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 and isolated

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 from everyone

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 they had

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 previously loved.

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 There's only

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 a couple of accounts

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 in the scripture

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 of devoted family members

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 that stayed true

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 to those

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 who were demon-possessed.

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 But the rest

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 of the occurrences

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 they were driven

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 from society

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 because of their

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 inability

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 to control themselves.

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 They were a menace

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 to community.

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 They would have been

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 in perpetual

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 agony

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 always

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 friendless.

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 There was

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 a sense

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 of restlessness

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 in their

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 heart and life

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 the inability

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 to escape

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 the bondage

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 that they were in.

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 They were joyless

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 because everything

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 for them

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 had become

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 darkness.

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 And they were

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 hopeless

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 because every

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 earthly remedy

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 was insufficient

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 and inadequate

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 to deal

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 with their

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 deepest condition.

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 Christ had

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 delivered her

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 from all

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 of that

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 and Luke

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 and Mark

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 give us

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 some understanding

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 of the fact

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 that Jesus

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 had done this

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 to demonstrate

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 that he has

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 power.

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 power

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 to conquer

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 power

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 to deliver.

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 One of the

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 really interesting

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 facts

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 as you

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 look at

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 Jesus'

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 healing

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 of those

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 who were

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 demon-possessed

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 through the

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 gospel narrative

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 you would find

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 that there

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 is never

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 an instance

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 in which

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 demon-possessed

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 individuals

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 came to

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 Jesus

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 to be delivered.

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 They were

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 either

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 brought to

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 Jesus

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 or he

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 went to

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 them

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 and on

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 certain

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 occasions

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 Jesus

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 showed up

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 and the

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 demons

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 were

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 actually

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 surprised

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 and horrified

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 at his

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 presence.

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 But the

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.599
 evil spirits

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.980
 never voluntarily

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:08.299
 entered the

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 presence of

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 Christ.

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 They always

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 distanced

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 themselves from

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 him and his

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 authority and

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 from the truth.

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 Any of the

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 comfort that

00:19:17.159 --> 00:19:17.940
 Jesus might have

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:19.079
 provided these

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.720
 individuals,

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.819
 demons made

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 sure that they

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 never had

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:23.099
 contact to

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 him or

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 anyone who

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.599
 would minister

00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.319
 comfort to

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 them.

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 But we

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.440
 also find in

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.799
 the scripture

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.240
 that their

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.140
 deliverance,

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.339
 when Jesus

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:35.019
 delivered them

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.720
 from demons,

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.720
 it was always

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.039
 instantaneous and

00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.559
 it was always

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 complete.

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 Such was

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.380
 Mary's plight

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.779
 and such

00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.779
 was Mary's

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:47.019
 deliverance.

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 No wonder

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:50.519
 why she

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.180
 was gripped

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.860
 with grief

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.200
 in this

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 moment.

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 And there's

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.039
 no wonder

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.120
 why Mary's

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:57.380
 bondage led

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.820
 her to

00:19:57.820 --> 00:19:58.259
 devotion.

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 That's what

00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.019
 we'll find

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.880
 next, her

00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:00.960
 devotion to

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.400
 Christ.

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.640
 We find

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.299
 examples of

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.779
 her devotion

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.460
 in a number

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.000
 of instances,

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.180
 but here in

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.000
 Luke chapter

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:09.080
 8, as you're

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.660
 already there,

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.460
 look down now

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.299
 to verse 3.

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.580
 What did

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.000
 these women

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.400
 do?

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.340
 It says

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:16.160
 that many

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.779
 others who

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.560
 provided for

00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:18.380
 them out of

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:18.980
 their own

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.860
 means.

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.900
 Now, Mary

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.480
 Magdalene was

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.539
 probably a

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:26.420
 widow or

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.920
 she was a

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.580
 single lady.

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.180
 There's no

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.980
 indication from

00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.299
 the scripture

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.759
 that she was

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.100
 young.

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:31.279
 She was likely

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.920
 old, maybe

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:33.240
 had inherited

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.519
 some property.

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.200
 Likely her

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:36.880
 parents were

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.720
 no longer

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.519
 around so she

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.120
 didn't have

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:40.320
 that obligation

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:41.400
 to them and

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.220
 could travel

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:43.180
 along with

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.560
 Jesus.

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:45.320
 We find that

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:46.120
 here in Luke

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:47.400
 chapter 8

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.940
 at the end

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.640
 of verse 1.

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.300
 it says,

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.640
 and the

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.220
 twelve were

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.860
 with him

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:53.160
 and also

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.920
 some women.

00:20:55.520 --> 00:20:56.900
 So, the

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.920
 disciples were

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.900
 spending time

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.440
 with Jesus

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.820
 and right

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.380
 along with

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:01.680
 them was

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.360
 this company

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.320
 of women

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:03.840
 who were

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:05.200
 following close

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:06.060
 by Jesus

00:21:06.060 --> 00:21:07.180
 and financing

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.900
 his ministry.

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.440
 Supporting him

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.259
 in the work,

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.080
 making sure

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:11.720
 that all their

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.580
 needs were

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:12.920
 met.

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.420
 Making sure

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.900
 that Jesus

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.980
 could do

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.380
 what he had

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:16.920
 come to do

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.380
 and that was

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:17.900
 to proclaim

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.400
 the kingdom

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.380
 and not

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.660
 have to

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.340
 worry about

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:21.500
 the earthly

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.200
 things like

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.940
 food and

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.840
 lodging and

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.580
 those kinds

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.080
 of things.

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:25.920
 Mary and

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.600
 all of these

00:21:26.600 --> 00:21:27.060
 other ladies

00:21:27.060 --> 00:21:27.560
 were helping

00:21:27.560 --> 00:21:28.740
 to finance

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.300
 Jesus'

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.000
 ministry.

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.680
 They were

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.660
 also devoted

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.500
 to him

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.720
 in coming

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.420
 to Jerusalem

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.900
 during this

00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.700
 Passover week.

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 Turn with

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.380
 me to

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 Matthew

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 chapter 27.

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 We can

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 see that

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 in that

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 account.

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 Matthew

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 chapter 27

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 beginning

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 in verse

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 55.

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 It says,

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 this is the

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 scene of the

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 cross.

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 It says,

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 there were

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 also many

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 women there

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 looking on

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 from a

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 distance who

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 had followed

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 Jesus from

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 Galilee,

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 ministering

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 to him,

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 among whom

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 were Mary

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 Magdalene

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 and Mary

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 the mother

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 of James

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 and Joseph

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 and the

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 mother of

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 the sons

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 of Zebedee.

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 Here they

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 were coming

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 with the

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 company of

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 Jesus and

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 all of his

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 followers,

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 parading from

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 Galilee,

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 now coming

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 to Jerusalem,

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 ministering to

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 him through

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 the week and

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 his disciples.

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 They were

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 devoted followers

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 of Christ.

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 And we see

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 their devotion

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 to the very

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 end.

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 They were

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 among those

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 who were at

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 the cross.

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 Those Mary

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 Magdalene,

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 we find that

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 she was at

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 least one of

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 the individuals

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 who was there

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 with Mary,

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 the mother of

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 Jesus,

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 standing at

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 the foot of

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 the cross.

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 But as time

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 wore on and

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 as the

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 difficulties and

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 cruelty and

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 abuse to

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 Christ continued,

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 we find that

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 they're moving

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 now to the

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 back,

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 maybe elbowed

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 to the back

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 and looking on

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 from a distance.

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 The gruesome

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 scene,

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 the brutality

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 that Jesus was

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 experiencing

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 caused them to

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 shrink back.

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 But they're

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 still there

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 watching

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 because they

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 could not

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 bear to

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 leave.

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 They remained

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 until the

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 bitter end,

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 watching the

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 full story of

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 Jesus play out

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 before their

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 eyes.

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 And once

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 Jesus died,

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 they were of

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 the few

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 disciples,

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 the few

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 followers of

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 Christ who

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 actually followed

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 secretly Joseph

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 of Arimathea

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 and Nicodemus

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 as they escorted

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 the body of

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 Jesus to this

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 tomb.

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 Had it not

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 been for

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 Mary, the

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 disciples likely

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 would not have

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 known where

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 Jesus was

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 buried.

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 There she is,

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 her devotion

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 to the end,

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 recognizing and

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 loving her

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 Savior.

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 She was a

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 woman of

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 devotion.

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 One of the

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 great truths we

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 see from Mary's

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 life is that

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 there are no

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 barriers to

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 the power of

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 God's ability

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 to work in

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 your life.

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 Whatever baggage

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 you bring to

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 this service

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 today, whatever

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 your history,

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 whatever your

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 sins, whatever

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 your failures,

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 whatever they

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 are, they

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 cannot outdo

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 Mary.

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 Hallelujah!

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 You have

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 never been

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 demonized, not

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 just by one,

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 but by seven

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.680
 demons.

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 repentance.

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 And if there

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 was hope for

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 Mary through

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 the power of

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 Christ, there

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 is hope for

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 you today.

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 What a

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 wonderful truth

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 that we find

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 from her life.

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 And just as

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 the deliverance

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 of Mary's

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 bondage led

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 to devotion

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 for her, it

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 is the kind

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 of devotion

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 that should

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 also be true

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.360
 in your own

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 life.

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 If you've

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 experienced the

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:01.160
 deliverance of

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 Christ,

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 Christ, reminded

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 of the verse

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 in Romans

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 20,

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 where sin

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 abounded, grace

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 abounded all

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 the more.

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 Grace desires

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 to show up

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 in your life

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 regardless of

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 where you've

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 been.

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 But, in a

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:24.299
 way, Mary

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.299
 is in bondage

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.619
 again.

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 Having been

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 bound by demons

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 before, now we

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 find that there's

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.700
 a sense of

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.480
 bondage that

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.899
 trickles into

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.579
 blindness.

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 We find that

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 here in verses

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 12 to 15.

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 Mary's current

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:41.159
 blindness, or

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:42.259
 Mary's immediate

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:43.500
 blindness might be

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.220
 another way to

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.420
 put it.

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 That's point

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 number two,

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 Joey, if you

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.539
 can help me

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.899
 with that.

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.539
 Mary's current

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.139
 blindness.

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 Let me read

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 verses 12 to

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:51.960
 15.

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 We're back in

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.799
 John chapter

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 20.

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 Here's what it

00:25:59.339 --> 00:25:59.900
 says, beginning

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.660
 in verse 12.

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 And she saw

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.819
 two angels in

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.140
 white, sitting

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.759
 where the body

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.480
 of Jesus had

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.880
 lain, one at

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.460
 the head and

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.839
 one at the

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.200
 feet.

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 They said to

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.860
 her, woman,

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.380
 why are you

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.799
 weeping?

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.259
 She said to

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.900
 them, they have

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.480
 taken away my

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.259
 Lord, and I do

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.019
 not know where

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.660
 they have laid

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.920
 him.

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.539
 Having said

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.299
 this, she

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.940
 turned around

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.960
 and saw Jesus

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:23.360
 standing, but

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.979
 she did not

00:26:23.979 --> 00:26:24.659
 know that it

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.179
 was Jesus.

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.539
 Jesus said

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.059
 to her, woman,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.559
 why are you

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:28.979
 weeping?

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.919
 Whom are you

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.259
 seeking?

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.199
 Supposing him

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:32.599
 to be the

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.279
 gardener, she

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.859
 said to him,

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.179
 sir, if you

00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.679
 have carried

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.479
 him away, tell

00:26:36.479 --> 00:26:37.740
 me where you

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.159
 have laid

00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.839
 him, and I

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.799
 will take

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.939
 him away.

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.799
 Mary has an

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:45.359
 encounter with

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.599
 two individuals,

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.479
 an encounter

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:48.399
 first with

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:49.119
 angels that

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.479
 we'll see

00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:51.019
 here in a

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.000
 moment, and

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.299
 then an

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:53.000
 encounter with

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.539
 Christ.

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.500
 Neither

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.519
 encounter, at

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.900
 least in the

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.240
 present condition,

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.380
 was able to

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.240
 do for Mary

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.660
 what she

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:01.980
 needed.

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.559
 Even an

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.019
 announcement

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.519
 from an

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.099
 angel was

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.279
 unable to

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.859
 lead her to

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.220
 faith.

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.799
 So if you

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.480
 are here this

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.920
 morning and

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.500
 you say, if

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.720
 I only had

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.619
 an angel show

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.099
 up in my

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:14.019
 life, then

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.599
 everything would

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:15.079
 be different.

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.480
 Mary would

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.160
 give testimony

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.039
 to you today

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.960
 that an

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.619
 angel will

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.220
 not cut

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.480
 it.

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:22.960
 And as

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.140
 a matter

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.599
 of fact,

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.440
 without Jesus'

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.460
 intervention in

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.099
 Mary's life,

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:28.000
 even Jesus

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.200
 himself would

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.799
 not cut it.

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.980
 Mary needed

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.519
 Jesus to

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.539
 open her

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.120
 eyes to

00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.319
 faith.

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.660
 We'll see

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.099
 that in a

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.339
 second.

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.319
 But let me

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.360
 look for a

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:40.920
 moment here,

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.740
 her encounter

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.880
 with angels.

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.920
 She's overcome

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.860
 by grief, and

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.420
 she looks into

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.880
 the tomb.

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:48.340
 she knew

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.740
 that Jesus

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.180
 had been

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.780
 there before.

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.320
 Like many

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:51.920
 of us who

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.660
 have lost a

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.600
 loved one, and

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.720
 we can remember

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.360
 where they

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.040
 sat, and

00:27:56.040 --> 00:27:57.060
 often times

00:27:57.060 --> 00:27:57.540
 when we go

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:57.920
 to visit

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.420
 their home,

00:27:58.540 --> 00:27:59.340
 we'll sit

00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:00.320
 in the place

00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:00.660
 where they

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.940
 sat, we'll

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.720
 look out the

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.380
 window that

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.180
 they looked

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.940
 out of, we'll

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.840
 read their

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.600
 Bible and

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.160
 see their

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.680
 notes, and

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.220
 anything that

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.860
 we can do

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:10.100
 to have that

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.880
 sense of

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.620
 intimacy and

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.200
 closeness.

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.040
 I think that

00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.660
 maybe a little

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.100
 bit of what

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:16.320
 Mary is doing

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.700
 here.

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.700
 She wants

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.759
 to be near

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.779
 her Lord, and

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.259
 this is the

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.879
 nearest she

00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.379
 can be.

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.679
 So she

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.099
 goes to the

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.559
 place where

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.039
 Jesus had

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.659
 been, and

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.639
 she looks in

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.700
 and she sees

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.419
 the angels

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:32.539
 who are

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.339
 sitting there,

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.000
 and they

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.579
 ask her the

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.220
 question, why

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.500
 are you

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.839
 weeping?

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.619
 Now, I

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.159
 don't know if

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:39.059
 you are as

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:42.919
 amazed that I

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:44.359
 am at what

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.279
 comes next.

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.440
 there is

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.259
 something that

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.920
 is missing.

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.839
 Like, I

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.619
 would expect

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.779
 Mary looks

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.160
 in and

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.980
 startled by

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.059
 the angels

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.599
 all of a

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.039
 sudden in

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.639
 this tomb,

00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:58.759
 right?

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.359
 Or she

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.819
 looks in and

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.160
 she's like

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.539
 perplexed or

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.819
 startled or

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:05.139
 in amazement

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.639
 or wonder.

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.180
 But you

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.480
 don't read

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.920
 those words

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.180
 there.

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.420
 And I

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.779
 don't think

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.139
 you read

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.720
 those words

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.339
 there because

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.899
 Mary has

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:13.700
 already had an

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.359
 encounter with

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:16.240
 angels earlier

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.839
 in the day.

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.519
 We find that

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.599
 from Matthew

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.479
 and Mark

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:21.159
 and Luke.

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:23.359
 She already

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.059
 saw the

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.740
 angels and

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.599
 they already

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.859
 spoke to

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.119
 her.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.599
 That's what

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.740
 got them all

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.479
 lit up so

00:29:30.479 --> 00:29:30.759
 they would

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.699
 run back

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:32.179
 to the

00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:32.959
 disciples to

00:29:32.959 --> 00:29:33.299
 tell them

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.539
 what had

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.179
 just happened.

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.439
 But for

00:29:35.439 --> 00:29:36.459
 some reason,

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.419
 Mary is

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.379
 going through

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.559
 these mountain

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:42.139
 peak experiences

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.320
 in valleys

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:44.460
 of faith

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.860
 and no

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.940
 faith and

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:47.900
 hope and

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.820
 confusion are

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.580
 playing ping

00:29:49.580 --> 00:29:50.460
 pong with

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.000
 her emotions

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.380
 at this

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.660
 point.

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.520
 And when

00:29:54.520 --> 00:29:55.400
 you read

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.020
 the account

00:29:56.020 --> 00:29:56.460
 you're like

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.120
 how can

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.080
 this happen?

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.020
 How is

00:29:59.020 --> 00:29:59.800
 this possible?

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.640
 She couldn't

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.780
 possibly have

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.220
 seen the

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.040
 angels before

00:30:03.040 --> 00:30:03.880
 because it

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.540
 was clear she

00:30:04.540 --> 00:30:05.480
 was a person

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.480
 who believed

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:06.960
 before.

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.759
 But now all

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.300
 of a sudden

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:09.140
 she's like

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.580
 oblivious.

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.919
 but if

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.439
 we're honest

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.139
 with ourselves

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:16.819
 we understand,

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.519
 right?

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.539
 Like there

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.740
 are moments

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.619
 in your life

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.319
 where you

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.179
 are on the

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:24.059
 mountaintop

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.539
 and you

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.579
 believe in

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.000
 God and

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.679
 nothing can

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:27.179
 shake your

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.819
 faith and

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.299
 it seems

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:29.220
 like almost

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.119
 just like a

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.039
 week or two

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.099
 later there

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.919
 is the deep

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:34.139
 dark valleys

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.939
 and crisis

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.899
 of faith and

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.379
 you wonder

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.899
 where God

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.199
 is.

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.619
 You ever

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.039
 been there?

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.659
 That's what's

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.099
 happening to

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.419
 Mary.

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.179
 She looks

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.980
 into this

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.059
 tomb and

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.139
 she's staring

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.159
 at a gift

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.980
 of God's

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.839
 grace and

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.639
 she misses

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.220
 it.

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:56.139
 The grace

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:57.679
 gift of

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.359
 these angels

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.799
 who are

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.460
 sitting there.

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.439
 How often

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:03.079
 do we miss

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.879
 the gifts

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.740
 of grace

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.059
 in moments

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.919
 of crisis

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:07.519
 because we

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.559
 are blinded

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.720
 by grief.

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.240
 We're

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.159
 blinded by

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:12.819
 our own

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.599
 condition,

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.079
 by our

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.480
 own

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.419
 circumstances

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.179
 and we

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:17.319
 miss the

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.879
 fact that

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.679
 God has

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.679
 us there

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.259
 so that we

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.039
 can encounter

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.440
 him.

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.980
 That's why

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.859
 God introduces

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.419
 difficulties in

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:27.099
 your life and

00:31:27.099 --> 00:31:28.319
 hardship is so

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.759
 that you can

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.220
 meet him

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.599
 there.

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.359
 But we

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.919
 miss it

00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:34.419
 because we

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.119
 allow the

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.460
 adversity of

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.659
 our life to

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.400
 just drown

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.080
 out any

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:39.440
 of the

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.580
 grace that

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.200
 God has

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.920
 available to

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.360
 us in

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.200
 those moments.

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.140
 And that's

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.680
 the case for

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.900
 Mary.

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.259
 She sees

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.060
 the angels

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:52.620
 likely in

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.240
 blazing

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.779
 white.

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.680
 But she

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.080
 doesn't

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:58.740
 really see

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:58.980
 them.

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.000
 She doesn't

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.519
 really get

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.720
 it.

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.519
 It's not

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:03.820
 going to

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.380
 help her

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.640
 blindness at

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.040
 this point,

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.600
 her blindness

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.220
 of faith.

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.779
 she has an

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.420
 encounter with

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.080
 Christ which

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.840
 should have

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.340
 sealed the

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.700
 deal.

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.519
 Notice

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.700
 again this

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.140
 account,

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.160
 Jesus, she

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.820
 turns around,

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:18.740
 she's face

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.580
 to face with

00:32:19.580 --> 00:32:20.080
 Jesus.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.820
 He speaks

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.440
 to her, he

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.380
 asks her the

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.240
 same question,

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.279
 woman, why

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.600
 are you

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.060
 weeping?

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:31.080
 Jesus, she

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:32.060
 sees him,

00:32:32.540 --> 00:32:33.600
 she speaks

00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.200
 to him,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.680
 and she

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.680
 misses him

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.880
 in this

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.220
 moment.

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.019
 Think of

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.400
 this.

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.140
 Her

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.779
 personal

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.660
 experience of

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.259
 deliverance,

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.120
 years of

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.160
 observing the

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.539
 power of

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.360
 God, working

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.480
 through the

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.299
 handiwork of

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.740
 Christ.

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:56.019
 She heard his

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.700
 words and

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.680
 watched his

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.279
 life and

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.460
 through this

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.660
 week saw the

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.319
 unfolding

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:02.799
 promises of

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.559
 Christ show

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.559
 up in his

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.819
 crucifixion, in

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.500
 being handed

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.519
 over to the

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.019
 Jews and

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.319
 Gentiles, and

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.559
 in now this

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.720
 empty tomb, and

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.879
 she misses it.

00:33:13.639 --> 00:33:14.680
 She hears the

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.319
 announcement of

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.180
 the angels, she

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.680
 even speaks with

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:19.059
 Jesus, and she

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.419
 misses faith.

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:24.080
 in this moment.

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.240
 What will it

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.000
 take for

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.380
 Mary?

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.800
 Well, it'll

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:31.160
 take for

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:32.519
 her the same

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.980
 thing it will

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.519
 take for you.

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.660
 The same

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.440
 thing that

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.560
 it will

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.000
 take for

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.320
 every one

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:40.019
 of us.

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.640
 Jesus must

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.920
 open our

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.300
 eyes.

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.140
 You may

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.620
 not just

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:48.259
 meet Jesus,

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.920
 you have to

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.900
 encounter him.

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.620
 You have to

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:53.000
 see him for

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.720
 who he is.

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.259
 Jesus wants

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.800
 that for you

00:33:57.800 --> 00:33:58.279
 today.

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.600
 And now

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:02.400
 two times we

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.840
 see the

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:04.019
 compassion of

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.340
 heaven.

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.320
 The compassion

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:07.779
 of heaven on

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.460
 those who

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.880
 mourn.

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.440
 And the

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.920
 words of

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.519
 Christ should

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.340
 echo in our

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.860
 minds.

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.099
 Blessed are

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.700
 those who

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:16.059
 mourn, for

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.440
 they shall be

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.000
 comforted.

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.900
 Blessed are

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.559
 the pure in

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.260
 heart, for

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.059
 they shall

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:24.220
 see God.

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.660
 Mary's

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:28.460
 pure heart

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.059
 has led her

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.280
 to the

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.460
 tomb.

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.800
 Mary is a

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.139
 seeker.

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:34.220
 She's gone

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.700
 to the

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.660
 tomb and

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.480
 she sees

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.920
 God.

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.380
 He shows

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.240
 up for

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:39.400
 her.

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.680
 There is

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.519
 no direct

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.180
 rebuke.

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.940
 There is

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.139
 no condescending

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.539
 glare.

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.220
 There is

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.280
 no disapproval.

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.000
 There is

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.519
 only

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.480
 compassion.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.140
 We do

00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.580
 not have a

00:34:54.580 --> 00:34:55.080
 high priest

00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.480
 who cannot

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.340
 be touched

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.140
 by the

00:34:57.140 --> 00:34:57.720
 feelings of

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:57.860
 our

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.400
 infirmities.

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.640
 He can

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.280
 sympathize.

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.040
 Can you

00:35:06.040 --> 00:35:06.560
 understand the

00:35:06.560 --> 00:35:06.980
 highs and

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.440
 lows of

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.760
 faith?

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:09.760
 Have you

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.280
 been there?

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.440
 Are you

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.980
 there today?

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:14.460
 those

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.460
 mountaintops

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.280
 and valleys

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.900
 of life?

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.679
 You feel

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.460
 frazzled?

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.079
 You feel

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.559
 raw?

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.340
 You feel

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.240
 discouraged and

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.960
 in despair

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.460
 today?

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.980
 I think of

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.820
 the story of

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.559
 Job's life.

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.500
 He did so

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.099
 well at the

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.460
 beginning.

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.820
 The Lord

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.219
 gives.

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.500
 The Lord

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.260
 takes away.

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.179
 Blessed be the

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.539
 name of the

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.699
 Lord.

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.019
 And then

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.820
 just a few

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.699
 chapters later,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.599
 Job says,

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.500
 I hate

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.460
 my life.

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.279
 Why did

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.679
 you bring

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.099
 me out of

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.599
 the womb?

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.319
 Would that

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:45.119
 I had died

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.719
 before any

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.219
 eye had

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.940
 seen me

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.900
 and as

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.900
 though I

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.279
 had not

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.099
 been carried

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.539
 from the

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.960
 womb to

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.420
 the grave.

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.980
 That would

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.179
 have been

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.500
 better,

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.400
 says Job.

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.539
 But there

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.900
 is hope.

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.579
 Angel

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.039
 announcements

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.559
 are not

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.039
 going to

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.460
 save you.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.799
 It's only

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.259
 what we

00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:05.059
 see next

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.099
 in this

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.639
 account

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:08.159
 that will

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.379
 bring

00:36:08.379 --> 00:36:08.940
 deliverance

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.199
 to your

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.559
 life.

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.059
 It will

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.559
 bring hope

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.059
 to you.

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.639
 Mary's

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.119
 continuing

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.519
 hope.

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:13.719
 That's

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:13.920
 what we

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.599
 find next.

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.119
 Mary's

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.480
 continuing

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.839
 hope.

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.039
 I want

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.420
 us to

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.859
 see and

00:36:18.859 --> 00:36:19.159
 look

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.599
 briefly

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.139
 just in

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.980
 the next

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.199
 few

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.599
 moments

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.000
 her

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.519
 awakening

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:24.119
 and her

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.659
 assignment.

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.839
 Her

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.279
 awakening

00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:27.159
 and her

00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:27.679
 assignment.

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:28.139
 Notice

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.539
 here,

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.359
 beginning

00:36:30.359 --> 00:36:30.679
 in verse

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.139
 16.

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:35.579
 Jesus

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.079
 said to

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:36.299
 her,

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.460
 Mary,

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:41.719
 she

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.019
 turned

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.339
 and said

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:42.699
 to him

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.440
 in

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.019
 Aramaic,

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.699
 Rabboni,

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.359
 which means

00:36:46.359 --> 00:36:47.259
 teacher.

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:50.039
 What was

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.639
 it about

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.259
 that

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.000
 word?

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.480
 It was

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.920
 her name.

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.799
 Spoken

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.139
 in the

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.539
 way that

00:36:59.539 --> 00:36:59.819
 she had

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.179
 always

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.699
 remembered

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.099
 Jesus

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.659
 speaking

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.599
 her name.

00:37:03.399 --> 00:37:03.779
 There

00:37:03.779 --> 00:37:04.139
 was

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.839
 familiarity

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:06.119
 in the

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.460
 name.

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:08.119
 it

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.639
 harkens

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.000
 back

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.159
 to

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.360
 what

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.780
 Jesus

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.420
 had

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.880
 told

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.199
 the

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.800
 scribes

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:11.980
 in

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.659
 John

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.039
 chapter

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.400
 10.

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.599
 He

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.019
 says,

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.760
 he who

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.059
 enters

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.420
 by the

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.619
 door

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.880
 is a

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.099
 shepherd

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.320
 of the

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.679
 sheep.

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.559
 To

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.860
 him

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.039
 the

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.519
 gatekeeper

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.019
 opens.

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.280
 The

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.880
 sheep

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.599
 hear

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.079
 his

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.699
 voice

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.599
 and

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:22.760
 he

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.300
 calls

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:23.539
 his

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.840
 own

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.280
 sheep

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.880
 by

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.460
 name

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.659
 and

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:26.980
 leads

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.199
 them

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.519
 out.

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.579
 He

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.860
 goes

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.220
 before

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.480
 them

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.800
 and

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:29.980
 the

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.260
 sheep

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:30.619
 follow

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.860
 him

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.000
 for

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.159
 they

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.639
 know

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.159
 his

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:32.699
 voice.

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:34.359
 I

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.579
 am

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.699
 the

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.139
 good

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.500
 shepherd.

00:37:35.939 --> 00:37:36.239
 I

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.659
 know

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.019
 my

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.519
 own

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.960
 and

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.179
 my

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.619
 own

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.299
 know

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:40.159
 me.

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.319
 Jesus

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:42.839
 knew

00:37:42.839 --> 00:37:43.299
 her

00:37:43.299 --> 00:37:43.719
 name

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.839
 and

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.199
 Mary

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.659
 in a

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.359
 flash

00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:47.359
 of

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.179
 recollection

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:50.000
 recalls

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.480
 Jesus

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.659
 her

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.179
 savior.

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.099
 There

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.259
 he

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.659
 is.

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.879
 Life

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.339
 in

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:57.000
 clarity

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.980
 erases

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.299
 the

00:37:58.299 --> 00:37:58.679
 doubt

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.919
 and

00:37:58.919 --> 00:37:59.500
 blindness

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.819
 of

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.259
 grief

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.719
 of

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:00.819
 her

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.219
 life.

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.799
 There

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:01.980
 is

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.119
 an

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.519
 awakening

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:02.779
 in

00:38:02.779 --> 00:38:02.879
 her

00:38:02.879 --> 00:38:03.359
 heart.

00:38:04.359 --> 00:38:04.779
 Her

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.099
 eyes

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.279
 are

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.619
 open

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.939
 now

00:38:05.939 --> 00:38:06.119
 to

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.579
 faith.

00:38:07.939 --> 00:38:08.419
 As

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:08.699
 Jesus

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:08.939
 would

00:38:08.939 --> 00:38:09.179
 do

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.399
 for

00:38:09.399 --> 00:38:09.539
 his

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.980
 disciples

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.179
 on

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.299
 the

00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:10.619
 road

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.899
 to

00:38:10.899 --> 00:38:11.339
 Emmaus.

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:11.519
 As

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.039
 Jesus

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.259
 would

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.480
 do

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.679
 for

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:12.799
 his

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.239
 disciples

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.459
 in

00:38:13.459 --> 00:38:13.579
 the

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:13.759
 upper

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.139
 room.

00:38:14.419 --> 00:38:14.659
 Jesus

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:14.980
 does

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.179
 for

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.519
 Mary.

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.799
 And

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:19.939
 with

00:38:19.939 --> 00:38:20.039
 the

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.359
 word

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:21.980
 blindness

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.659
 turns

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.179
 to

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.559
 sight.

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.159
 It's

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.739
 amazing

00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:28.419
 to

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:28.939
 consider

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.840
 Mary

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.280
 is

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.480
 the

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.900
 first

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.500
 to

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.960
 see

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.360
 the

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.900
 resurrected

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.420
 savior.

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.159
 That's

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.659
 significant.

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.300
 And it

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.500
 was

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.000
 significant

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.240
 that

00:38:39.240 --> 00:38:39.619
 Jesus

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.159
 was

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:40.860
 only

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.320
 clear

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:41.740
 about

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.240
 his

00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:44.119
 the

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.320
 fact

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.440
 that

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.539
 he

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:44.740
 was

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.240
 Yahweh

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.579
 to

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:45.880
 a

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.179
 woman

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.440
 in

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.960
 Samaria

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.420
 to

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.039
 reinforce

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.840
 that

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.119
 whatever

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.780
 stigma

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.059
 the

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.700
 culture

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:52.220
 places

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:52.599
 on

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.000
 you

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.700
 Christ

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.240
 wants

00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:55.599
 to

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.679
 raise

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:56.840
 you

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.079
 up.

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:59.460
 he'll

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.599
 give

00:38:59.599 --> 00:38:59.719
 you

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.380
 significance

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.840
 through

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.360
 himself.

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.779
 He

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.960
 reaffirms

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.380
 himself

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.059
 to

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.340
 women

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.319
 who

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:06.440
 are

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.699
 the

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.360
 lowest

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:08.039
 parts

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:08.319
 of

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.860
 that

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.500
 society.

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.619
 He

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:10.980
 shows

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.219
 up

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:11.380
 to

00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.659
 them.

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.119
 He

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.559
 affirms

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.819
 them.

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.619
 He

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.960
 speaks

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.159
 to

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.400
 them.

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:16.299
 Some

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:16.400
 of

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.480
 the

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.799
 most

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.559
 significant

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.279
 statements

00:39:18.279 --> 00:39:18.699
 in all

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:18.840
 of

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.199
 scripture

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.819
 Jesus

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.159
 gives

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.299
 are

00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:20.599
 given

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:20.880
 to

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.219
 women.

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.599
 Astounding

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:23.860
 how

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.239
 Christ

00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:24.819
 deliberately

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.420
 affirms

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.599
 the

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.000
 significance

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.259
 of

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:26.519
 people.

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:29.799
 And

00:39:29.799 --> 00:39:30.099
 when

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.639
 she

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:31.039
 sees

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.279
 him

00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:32.619
 she

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.299
 worships.

00:39:34.299 --> 00:39:34.579
 We

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:34.819
 find

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.059
 that

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.319
 in

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:36.199
 the

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.079
 account

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.279
 of

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.679
 Matthew.

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.360
 It

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:39.679
 says

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.119
 she

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.880
 falls

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.199
 at

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.420
 his

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.840
 feet.

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.639
 Actually

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:42.900
 it

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.219
 says

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.880
 they

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.539
 fall

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:44.759
 at

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:44.940
 his

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.340
 feet

00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:46.579
 meaning

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:46.880
 that

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.039
 there

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.159
 were

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.380
 other

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:47.659
 women

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:47.880
 who

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:47.980
 were

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.259
 part

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.360
 of

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:48.699
 this.

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.000
 That

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.460
 Mary

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.059
 was

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.480
 probably

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.819
 not

00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.279
 alone

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.659
 in

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:52.840
 this

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.360
 encounter

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.739
 but

00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:53.980
 with

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.279
 the

00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:54.440
 other

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.759
 women

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.139
 fall

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.319
 at

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.559
 Jesus'

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.219
 feet

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.899
 and

00:39:56.899 --> 00:39:57.079
 she

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.599
 worships

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:57.739
 and

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.239
 she's

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.699
 clinging

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:58.939
 to

00:39:58.939 --> 00:39:59.219
 him

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.799
 I'm

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.199
 not

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.379
 going

00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:00.419
 to

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:00.599
 let

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.739
 you

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.179
 go

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.679
 you're

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.079
 not

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.259
 going

00:40:02.259 --> 00:40:02.339
 to

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.559
 leave

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:02.719
 me

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.179
 again.

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.239
 So

00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:05.739
 Jesus

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.759
 now

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.079
 has to

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.359
 give her

00:40:07.359 --> 00:40:07.480
 an

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.859
 assignment.

00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:09.339
 Do

00:40:09.339 --> 00:40:09.599
 not

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:09.879
 cling

00:40:09.879 --> 00:40:10.039
 to

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.199
 me

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.379
 for

00:40:10.379 --> 00:40:10.500
 I

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.619
 have

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:10.939
 not

00:40:10.939 --> 00:40:11.179
 yet

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.619
 ascended

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:11.759
 to

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:11.879
 the

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.119
 father

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.319
 but

00:40:12.319 --> 00:40:12.679
 go

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:12.899
 to

00:40:12.899 --> 00:40:13.059
 my

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.439
 brothers

00:40:13.439 --> 00:40:13.699
 and

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:13.859
 say

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:14.000
 to

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.219
 them

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.799
 I

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:14.919
 am

00:40:14.919 --> 00:40:15.279
 ascending

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.419
 to

00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:15.599
 my

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:15.980
 father

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.459
 and

00:40:16.459 --> 00:40:16.639
 your

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.019
 father

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.279
 to

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.599
 my

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.000
 God

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.439
 and

00:40:18.439 --> 00:40:18.619
 your

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:18.980
 God.

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.480
 Now

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.679
 that

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.039
 seems

00:40:26.219 --> 00:40:27.000
 but

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.339
 Jesus

00:40:27.339 --> 00:40:27.599
 is

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.919
 trying

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.119
 to

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.439
 help

00:40:28.439 --> 00:40:28.779
 Mary

00:40:28.779 --> 00:40:29.239
 understand

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:29.599
 that

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.099
 the

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.719
 immediate

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:31.819
 physical

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.699
 temporary

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.419
 form

00:40:33.419 --> 00:40:33.599
 of

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.079
 Christ

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.759
 is

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.099
 not

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.299
 what

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.439
 she

00:40:35.439 --> 00:40:35.599
 should

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:35.719
 be

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:35.939
 giving

00:40:35.939 --> 00:40:36.279
 hope

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:36.599
 to

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.619
 but

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:37.819
 the

00:40:37.819 --> 00:40:38.439
 eternal

00:40:38.439 --> 00:40:39.419
 future

00:40:39.419 --> 00:40:40.299
 enduring

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:40.919
 presence

00:40:40.919 --> 00:40:41.139
 of

00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.459
 Christ

00:40:41.459 --> 00:40:41.659
 in

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:41.899
 heaven.

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.019
 I'm

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.259
 going

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:43.439
 to

00:40:43.439 --> 00:40:43.839
 ascend

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:44.079
 and

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.279
 you're

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.379
 going

00:40:44.379 --> 00:40:44.439
 to

00:40:44.439 --> 00:40:44.579
 be

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:44.779
 there

00:40:44.779 --> 00:40:45.039
 too

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:45.359
 Mary

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:46.239
 put

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.459
 your

00:40:46.459 --> 00:40:46.679
 hope

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:46.879
 in

00:40:46.879 --> 00:40:47.179
 that

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.779
 not

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:47.959
 in

00:40:47.959 --> 00:40:48.299
 my

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:49.559
 personal

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:50.199
 physical

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.739
 presence

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:50.939
 with

00:40:50.939 --> 00:40:51.059
 you

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.339
 now.

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.299
 Set

00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:53.480
 your

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:53.839
 hope

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:54.299
 on

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:54.459
 the

00:40:54.459 --> 00:40:54.839
 future.

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:56.160
 my

00:40:56.160 --> 00:40:56.700
 resurrection

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.059
 has

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.720
 changed

00:40:57.720 --> 00:40:58.380
 everything

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.700
 for

00:40:58.700 --> 00:40:58.960
 you.

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.360
 And

00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:00.700
 tell

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.000
 my

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.500
 brothers

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.760
 the

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.200
 news.

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.079
 They're

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.700
 no longer

00:41:04.700 --> 00:41:05.519
 slaves.

00:41:05.660 --> 00:41:05.760
 They're

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.340
 no longer

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.300
 friends.

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.740
 They're

00:41:07.740 --> 00:41:08.460
 brothers.

00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:08.740
 They're

00:41:08.740 --> 00:41:09.220
 part of

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:09.340
 the

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.680
 family

00:41:09.680 --> 00:41:10.059
 because

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.940
 of what

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.220
 Christ

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:11.700
 accomplished

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:11.980
 on the

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.220
 cross

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.380
 for

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.600
 them.

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.640
 To

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:14.920
 my

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.200
 God

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.480
 and

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.860
 your

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.180
 God.

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:16.380
 To

00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:16.900
 my

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.280
 father

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.500
 and

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:17.880
 your

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.260
 father.

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.800
 Now

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.120
 there's

00:41:19.120 --> 00:41:19.680
 intimacy.

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:20.079
 The

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.519
 veil

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:20.800
 has

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.019
 been

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.480
 torn.

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.079
 The

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.780
 entrance

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:23.019
 into

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.200
 the

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:23.460
 holy

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.600
 of

00:41:23.600 --> 00:41:23.880
 holies

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.019
 has

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.140
 been

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.559
 open

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:24.839
 for

00:41:24.839 --> 00:41:25.219
 all

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.559
 who

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:25.900
 come

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.059
 in

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.339
 faith

00:41:26.339 --> 00:41:26.519
 to

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:26.799
 him.

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.659
 They

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:27.940
 can

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.239
 now

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:28.420
 have

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:28.559
 a

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.039
 personal

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.559
 direct

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.400
 relationship

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.759
 with

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.239
 Christ

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.779
 and

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:31.940
 with

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.179
 God

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.339
 the

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.659
 father

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.019
 through

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.699
 salvation.

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:35.699
 And

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:35.940
 Mary

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.339
 could be

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:36.519
 the

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:37.099
 conduit

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.799
 of

00:41:37.799 --> 00:41:37.980
 that

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.519
 message.

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:41.819
 Interesting.

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:43.620
 Jesus

00:41:43.620 --> 00:41:43.620


00:41:43.620 --> 00:41:43.620


00:41:43.620 --> 00:41:43.980
 was going

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.059
 to

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.740
 show up

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:44.880
 to

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.059
 these

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.539
 disciples

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:46.220
 in

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:46.500
 just

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:46.680
 a

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.080
 few

00:41:47.080 --> 00:41:48.019
 hours

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.320
 from

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.640
 this

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:49.160
 occasion

00:41:49.160 --> 00:41:49.960
 and

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.080
 yet

00:41:50.080 --> 00:41:50.180
 he

00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:50.440
 still

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:50.800
 sends

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.180
 Mary

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.620
 on

00:41:51.620 --> 00:41:52.280
 this

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:53.059
 mission

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:55.180
 to

00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:55.380
 share

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:55.519
 the

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:55.880
 gospel.

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:58.940
 Those

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.160
 who

00:41:59.160 --> 00:41:59.360
 follow

00:41:59.360 --> 00:41:59.740
 Christ

00:41:59.740 --> 00:41:59.940
 will

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.240
 do

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.900
 what

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.180
 Jesus

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.580
 did.

00:42:02.640 --> 00:42:02.940
 Those

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.140
 who

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:03.340
 follow

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:03.700
 Christ

00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:03.900
 will

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.440
 say

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.240
 what

00:42:05.240 --> 00:42:05.559
 Jesus

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.039
 says.

00:42:06.700 --> 00:42:07.080
 They

00:42:07.080 --> 00:42:07.200
 will

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:07.360
 give

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.860
 testimony

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.180
 to

00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:08.320
 the

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.580
 works

00:42:08.580 --> 00:42:08.760
 of

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:08.980
 God

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.099
 in

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.199
 their

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.519
 life.

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.159
 And

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:10.260
 they

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:10.360
 will

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:10.539
 have

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.019
 enduring

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.619
 devotion

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:11.860
 that

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:11.980
 will

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.340
 continue

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:12.760
 on.

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.980
 Not

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.179
 just

00:42:14.179 --> 00:42:14.340
 for

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:14.460
 the

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.800
 moment

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:16.619
 but

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.960
 enduring

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.159
 through

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.400
 life.

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.539
 We

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.000
 see

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.780
 Mary

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.500
 in

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.740
 Acts

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.019
 chapter

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.280
 1

00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:21.360
 with

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:21.539
 the

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:21.900
 company

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.119
 of

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:22.699
 believers

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:24.000
 praying

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.300
 in the

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:24.480
 upper

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.940
 room.

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.199
 It

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.360
 says

00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.619
 all

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:26.880
 these

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.039
 with

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.219
 one

00:42:27.219 --> 00:42:27.519
 accord

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.659
 were

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:27.980
 devoting

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.340
 themselves

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.519
 to

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:28.780
 prayer

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.360
 together

00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:29.719
 with

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:29.920
 the

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.179
 women

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.480
 and

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.019
 that

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.380
 women

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.900
 is

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:32.800
 this

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.219
 company

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.400
 that

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:33.559
 we

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.199
 see

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.440
 here

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:34.539
 at

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.639
 the

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.039
 cross.

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.699
 There

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:36.860
 they

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.119
 are.

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.420
 They're

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.240
 bearing

00:42:39.240 --> 00:42:39.420
 the

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.840
 message.

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:43.280
 But

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:43.440
 let's

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.579
 not

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:44.099
 assume

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.880
 that

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.099
 just

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.500
 because

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.679
 you

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:45.960
 hear

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.119
 the

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.440
 word

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.880
 it's

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.039
 going

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.179
 to

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:48.420
 lead

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.519
 you

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.659
 to

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:48.960
 faith.

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:51.300
 The

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.579
 scribes

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:51.659
 and

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:51.760
 the

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:52.079
 Pharisees

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.280
 heard

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.400
 the

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.599
 word.

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:52.820
 As a

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:52.940
 matter

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.059
 of

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.360
 fact

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.740
 the

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.240
 scribes

00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:54.340
 and

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:54.480
 the

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:54.920
 Pharisees

00:42:54.920 --> 00:42:55.380
 probably

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:56.039
 knew

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:56.579
 clearer

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.159
 and

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:57.579
 better

00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.059
 than

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.219
 the

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:58.719
 disciples

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:59.019
 what

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.440
 Jesus

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:00.019
 had

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.679
 said

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:00.780
 he

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:00.880
 would

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.159
 do.

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:02.980
 And

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.940
 so

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:04.139
 they

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.320
 could

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:04.579
 put

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.820
 that

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:05.260
 down

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:05.260


00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.500
 They

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.920
 said

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.280
 Pilate

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.740
 put a

00:43:06.740 --> 00:43:07.079
 guard

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.300
 around

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:07.460
 the

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:07.740
 tomb

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:07.919
 so

00:43:07.919 --> 00:43:08.079
 no

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.219
 one

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:09.439
 robs

00:43:09.439 --> 00:43:09.679
 his

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:10.079
 grave

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.279
 and

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:10.479
 so

00:43:10.479 --> 00:43:10.959
 Pilate

00:43:10.959 --> 00:43:11.159
 does

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:11.419
 that

00:43:11.419 --> 00:43:12.379
 and

00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:12.519
 then

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:12.679
 when

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:12.819
 they

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.179
 hear

00:43:13.179 --> 00:43:13.459
 that

00:43:13.459 --> 00:43:14.099
 Jesus

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.359
 is

00:43:14.359 --> 00:43:14.539
 no

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:14.819
 longer

00:43:14.819 --> 00:43:15.139
 there

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.379
 they

00:43:15.379 --> 00:43:16.199
 buy

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.799
 off

00:43:16.799 --> 00:43:17.000
 the

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.359
 guards

00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:17.539
 and

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.759
 say

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.339
 spread

00:43:18.339 --> 00:43:18.679
 the

00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:19.099
 news

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.399
 that

00:43:19.399 --> 00:43:19.779
 Jesus

00:43:19.779 --> 00:43:20.339
 body

00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:20.559
 has

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.839
 been

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:21.500
 stolen

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:24.119
 don't

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.539
 assume

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:24.839
 that

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:25.019
 just

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.339
 because

00:43:25.339 --> 00:43:25.500
 you

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:25.639
 have

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:26.079
 access

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:26.399
 to

00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:26.500
 the

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.779
 word

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.879
 just

00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.199
 because

00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:28.500
 you've

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:28.799
 heard

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:29.019
 the

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.539
 message

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.839
 that

00:43:30.839 --> 00:43:31.000
 you

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.379
 are

00:43:31.379 --> 00:43:31.639
 a

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.000
 person

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.219
 of

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:32.539
 faith

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:35.940
 you're

00:43:35.940 --> 00:43:36.019
 a

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.259
 person

00:43:36.259 --> 00:43:36.440
 of

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.699
 faith

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:36.920
 if

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:37.059
 you're

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.159
 a

00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:37.539
 person

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.739
 who

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:38.960
 has

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.420
 surrendered

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:39.719
 your

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:40.059
 life

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.380
 to

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.820
 Christ

00:43:40.820 --> 00:43:41.779
 and

00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:42.279
 seeks

00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:42.719
 to

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.039
 follow

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.360
 him

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.539
 in

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:43.940
 devotion

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:45.659
 is that

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:45.920
 true

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.320
 of your

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.599
 life

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.900
 today

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:47.400
 if

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:47.519
 it

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:47.920
 is

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.179
 there

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.360
 is

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.779
 hope

00:43:48.779 --> 00:43:49.199
 for

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:49.400
 you

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:49.739
 today

00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:50.900
 hope

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.079
 that

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.719
 overcomes

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:52.300
 any

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:53.139
 of the

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:53.500
 baggage

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.820
 that

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:53.940
 you

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.159
 might

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.539
 bring

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.719
 to

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:54.820
 the

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.119
 table

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:56.320
 there

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:56.460
 is

00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:56.659
 hope

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:56.820
 for

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.019
 you

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.559
 in

00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:58.019
 Christ

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.679
 through

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.119
 faith

00:43:59.119 --> 00:43:59.719
 let's

00:43:59.719 --> 00:43:59.980
 pray

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:02.000
 Lord

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.159
 we

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:02.420
 praise

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:02.579
 you

00:44:02.579 --> 00:44:02.800
 this

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.059
 morning

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.260
 that

00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:03.460
 there

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.860
 is

00:44:03.860 --> 00:44:04.320
 hope

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:05.360
 because

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:05.940
 of

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.059
 the

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.380
 empty

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.840
 tomb

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:08.219
 there

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:08.380
 is

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:08.719
 hope

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.059
 because

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.559
 of

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.019
 Christ

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:10.940
 conquering

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.440
 death

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:11.900
 and

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.420
 sin

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:13.460
 rising

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.360
 from

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.519
 the

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:14.920
 dead

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:16.099
 giving

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.480
 us

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.019
 hope

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:17.820
 of

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.300
 forgiveness

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.800
 and

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.340
 fellowship

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:19.559
 with

00:44:19.559 --> 00:44:19.699
 the

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.039
 father

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.000
 in

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.179
 a

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:21.679
 future

00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:22.019
 in

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:22.340
 heaven

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.380
 in

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.780
 life

00:44:23.780 --> 00:44:23.960
 with

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.079
 you

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.440
 today

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:25.240
 a

00:44:25.240 --> 00:44:25.440
 new

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:26.079
 assignment

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:26.500
 for

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:26.820
 us

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:26.980
 as

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:27.219
 we

00:44:27.219 --> 00:44:27.860
 seek

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:28.139
 to

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.599
 proclaim

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:28.840
 the

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.380
 glories

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.599
 of

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:30.079
 Christ

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:33.320
 Lord

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:33.480
 may

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.599
 we

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:33.780
 be

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:34.160
 faithful

00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:37.460
 help

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:37.720
 us

00:44:37.720 --> 00:44:38.000
 even

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.140
 in

00:44:38.140 --> 00:44:38.280
 this

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.640
 moment

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:40.599
 as

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:40.740
 we

00:44:40.740 --> 00:44:41.059
 think

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:42.059
 in

00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:42.260
 these

00:44:42.260 --> 00:44:42.680
 moments

00:44:42.680 --> 00:44:42.820
 of

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:42.940
 the

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.260
 things

00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:43.440
 that

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:43.780
 bombard

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:44.079
 us

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:44.240
 from

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:44.400
 day

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.500
 to

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:44.680
 day

00:44:44.680 --> 00:44:45.340
 distract

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:45.780
 us

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.000
 from

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.180
 the

00:44:46.180 --> 00:44:46.519
 main

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.380
 mission

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:49.559
 seek

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:49.680
 to

00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:50.160
 distract

00:44:50.160 --> 00:44:50.480
 us

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:50.860
 from

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.420
 the

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:51.880
 objectives

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.099
 that

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:52.300
 you've

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:52.519
 set

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.880
 before

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.280
 us

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.079
 and

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.300
 as

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.619
 Satan

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:54.820
 is

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.280
 whispering

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:55.519
 in

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:55.660
 our

00:44:55.660 --> 00:44:55.940
 ear

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:56.300
 all

00:44:56.300 --> 00:44:56.440
 of

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:56.559
 the

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:56.880
 reasons

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.119
 why

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.360
 we're

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:58.059
 disqualified

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.760
 for

00:44:58.760 --> 00:44:58.920
 this

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.340
 amazing

00:44:59.340 --> 00:44:59.860
 assignment

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.079
 Lord

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:00.400
 help

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 us

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 to

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 remember

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 that

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 there

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 is

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 cleansing

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 and

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 forgiveness

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 with

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 you

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 there

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 is

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 hope

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 in

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 Christ

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 today

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 that

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 amen