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 Why don't we pray together?

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 Our gracious Father, we pray that as we open your word,

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 you would illuminate our minds and our hearts.

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 And Father, we pray that we may live in the light

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 of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 And we pray these things in his name.

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 Amen.

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 And talking of things that,

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 people missing things that are important,

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 I love that story that was in the newspapers

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 just this last week of this very kindly lady

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 who thought she saw a hedgehog at the roadside,

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 picked it up, put it in a box and gave it some milk,

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 although it wasn't in a mood to drink milk apparently.

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 And she took it to the vet.

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 The vet took it out of the box only to discover

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 that actually it wasn't a hedgehog,

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 it was the bobble of somebody's bobble hat

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 she picked up and put in a box.

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 We know that, and as I said,

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 sometimes it's just trivial stuff that we miss

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 that's important.

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 But sometimes things are really important.

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 And I want to suggest to you today

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 that maybe the important,

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 the most important fact in the whole of Scripture,

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 we may not see as important as in fact it is.

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 In 1 Corinthians 15,

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 we have one of the earliest texts in the New Testament.

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 It was written pretty,

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 within 20 years very likely,

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 of Jesus' ascension into heaven.

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 And what the verses we read talked to us about

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 is what the theologian C.H. Dodd called the kerygma.

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 That is the first expression of actually what the gospel,

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 what the good news of Jesus Christ actually is.

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 And you can read it there,

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 and I shall read some of it to you now.

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 So, this is really important.

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 So, Paul writes this,

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 for what I received I passed on to you

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 as of first importance.

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 This, for believers,

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 is not, you know,

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 some kind of random set of verses

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 that we might casually like to kind of

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 gently take note of.

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 No, this is of first importance,

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 and it was handed down.

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 And in the church today,

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 we're a little less clear

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 as to what that might look like.

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 What are the truths

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 that have been handed down to us?

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 Well, somebody asked me that question,

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 I would say,

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 the truths are included here

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 in 1 Corinthians 15,

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 the kerygma.

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 I received what I passed on to you

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 as first importance,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 according to the scriptures.

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 Christ died for my sin

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 and for your sin.

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 According to scripture,

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 there is nothing that you could do

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 that God couldn't forgive

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 apart from

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 the idea of sinning against the Holy Spirit.

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 That is refusing to accept

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 what God has shown to be true.

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 Sometimes I think,

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 as somebody who's been brought up

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 in and around evangelical churches,

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 we rather treat the resurrection

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 as if it was just a kind of nice end

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 to a rather promising story.

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 We don't get that the resurrection

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 is absolutely basic

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 to the whole gospel,

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 the whole good news

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 about Jesus Christ.

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 Tony Campolo wrote a book

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 some years ago.

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 It was called

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 It's Friday and Sunday's Coming.

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 And his point was

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 that too often

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 we Christians,

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 particularly if I may say so,

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 Christians who regard themselves

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 as biblical Christians,

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 live in the shadow of the cross

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 rather than the light

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 of the resurrection.

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 That was Campolo's

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 very point.

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 And so,

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 I need to ask you

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 this morning,

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 do you live the risen life

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 or do you live

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 something less than that?

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 Let me say that again.

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 Do you live the risen life

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 or do you live

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 something less?

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 Say more about this

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 when I come to the conclusion

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 of what I want to say

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 to you this morning.

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 But what the resurrection means

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 is we have the hope

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 not just of heaven

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 and that would be a promise

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 enough, wouldn't it?

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 But we have the promise

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 that through the resurrection

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 we may never lose hope

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 that we might rise above

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 our problems in this life

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 in order that we might live

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 the risen life.

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 So I want to say to you

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 three things this morning

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 about this passage.

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 Firstly,

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 the resurrection

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 is fundamental

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 to our confession

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 of the Christian faith

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 and our salvation.

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 In Romans chapter 10

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 and verse 9

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 we read this.

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 If you confess

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 with your lips

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe

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 in your heart

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 that God raised him

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 from the dead

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 you will be saved.

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 It's that simple

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 but it's that profound.

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 If you confess

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 with your lips

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him

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 from the dead

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 you will be saved.

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 That must be

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 either the most

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 stupendous lie

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 ever written

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 or the most important

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 truth

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 ever written.

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 Interesting

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 that Paul

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 says there

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 believe in your heart

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 and many of us

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 in the 21st century

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 actually think

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 that it would be

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 more important

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 that we would believe

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 in our heads.

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 But of course

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 within Judaism

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 round about

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 the time

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 Jesus was around

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 and before

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 the heart

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 was thought

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 not just to be

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 the seat of the emotions

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 incidentally

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 together with the bowels

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 but also

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 the seat

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 of our intellect.

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 So when Paul says

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 believe in your heart

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 he's appealing

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 not only to what we feel

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 but to what we think.

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 If you believe

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 in your heart

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 that God raised Jesus

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 from the dead.

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 One of the things

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 that's fascinated me

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 is that people

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 who are far smarter

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 than me

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 and have much more

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 forensic minds

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 than I do

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 have sat down

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 to disprove

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 the resurrection

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 of Christ

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 the most famous

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 of which was a guy

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 called Frank Morrison.

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 Frank Morrison

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 was a silk

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 a queen's counselor

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 a barrister

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 who decided

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 he would write

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 a book

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 that would charter

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 without any doubts

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 that Jesus

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 never rose

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 from the dead.

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 ended up believing

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 when he looked

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 at the evidence

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 that Jesus

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 is alive.

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 Lee Strobel

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 atheist

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 legal correspondent

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 of the Chicago Tribune

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 he disbelieved

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 everything

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 and was very

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 aggressive

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 about his

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 hatred

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 of the Bible

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 till his wife

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 Leslie

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 started to go

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 to church

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 and eventually

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 gave her life

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 to Christ

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 and Lee

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 noticed such a change

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 in his wife

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 that he thought

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 he better go along

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 to the same church

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 and find out

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 what was happening

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 and there

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 he gave his life

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 to Christ

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 and is now

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 a Christian apologist

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 his book

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 The Case for Christ

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 is one of the most

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 significant books

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 you could read.

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 Listen

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 if

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 if Jesus

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 wasn't raised

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 from the dead

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 if he wasn't

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 raised from the dead

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 would we be here

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 today?

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 Would we be here

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 even if

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 in our own minds

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 we're a little shaky

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 about

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 did this really happen?

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 Would we be here

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 today

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 if

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 the truth

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 that Paul says

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 in 1 Corinthians 15

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 had not been done

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 for us?

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 Let me remind you

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 of those words

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 for what I received

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 I passed

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 on to you

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 as of first

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 importance.

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 I thank God

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 for the saints

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 in the church

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 I don't just mean

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 those who appear

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 in stained glass

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 windows

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 St. Paul

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 as far as

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 St. Paul is concerned

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 if you're a disciple

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 of Jesus Christ

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 you are a saint

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 you're a saint

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 not sure I'd want to see

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 any stained glass

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 that you appeared in

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 but you're a saint

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 and I'm grateful

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 that before me

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 went men

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 and women

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 who trusted Christ

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 often

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 in the most

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 adverse conditions

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 they remained

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 faithful to God

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 and received

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 his promise

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 some of the finest

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 minds

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 in human history

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 and let me just say

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 to you

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 that

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 you may have read

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 that

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 Richard Dawkins

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 now

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 that well-known

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 Oxford atheist

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 is now reported

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 that he describes

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 himself

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 as a cultural

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 Christian

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 cultural Christian

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 what he thinks

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 is right

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 it's just

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 I mean

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 I find this

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 harder to believe

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 than I find the

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 resurrection

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 to be honest

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 but he believes

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 that cultural

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 Christianity

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 what he means

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 by that

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 is

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 he'd be horrified

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 if all our

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 cathedrals

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 and churches

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 disappeared

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 but he's very

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 glad that

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 Christian

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 attendance in

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 churches

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 is declining

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 in numbers

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 you see

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 that won't do

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 will it

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 you see

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 you either

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 believe the

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 resurrection

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 or all you're

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 doing

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 is following

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 a kind of

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 ethic

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 or trying

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 your best

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 to follow

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 an ethical

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 code

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 if the

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 resurrection

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 isn't true

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 there is

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 no hope

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 for us

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 I'm glad

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 that the

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 saints

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 handed on

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 what was

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 of first

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 importance

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 throughout

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 history

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 to people

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 like us

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 if you

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 confess

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 with your

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 lips

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 Lord

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 and

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 believe

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 in your

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 heart

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 that God

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 raised him

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 from the

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 dead

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 you will

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 be saved

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 could

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 Jesus

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 be

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 Lord

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 without

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 the

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 resurrection

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 what it

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 means to

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 confess

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 that Jesus

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 Christ

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 is Lord

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 is not

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 just to

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 sing a

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 hymn

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 about it

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 or say

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 a prayer

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 about it

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 what it

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 means is

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 to bring

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 your life

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 under the

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 lordship

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 to take

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 yourself

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 off the

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 throne

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 of your

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 existence

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 and put

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 Christ

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 there

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 that he

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 may be

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 your friend

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 may be

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 your guide

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 and will

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 be your

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 saviour

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 but will

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 be your

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 Lord

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 on Easter

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 Easter

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 tide

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 we celebrate

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 that Jesus

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 is alive

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 if there

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 were no

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 resurrection

00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:26.540
 then I

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 suspect that

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 Jesus

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 would be

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 just

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 registered

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 in history

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 as somebody

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 who generally

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 did good

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 people like

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 a bit like

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 Nelson Mandela

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 or Gandhi

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 and of course

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 you can go

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 and see

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 their graves

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 today

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 without the

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 resurrection

00:12:45.420 --> 00:12:46.680
 every claim

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 that Jesus

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 made about

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 himself

00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.800
 would be

00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:52.519
 invalidated

00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.419
 confess

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 with your

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 mouth

00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:57.139
 Jesus

00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:57.480
 is

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 Lord

00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:00.379
 I

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 wonder

00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.299
 if there

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 are people

00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:03.199
 in church

00:13:03.199 --> 00:13:03.879
 this morning

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 who want

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 a saviour

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 they want

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 to be

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 saved from

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 the consequences

00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:09.480
 of their

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 sin

00:13:09.819 --> 00:13:10.500
 but aren't

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 quite so

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 sure

00:13:11.319 --> 00:13:12.000
 whether

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 they want

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 Jesus

00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:13.519
 as Lord

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 maybe

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 today

00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:19.439
 in this

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 church

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 the Holy

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 Spirit

00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:22.259
 might

00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:22.699
 whisper

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 to you

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 that you

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 might

00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:26.059
 confess

00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:26.799
 that Jesus

00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:28.220
 is Lord

00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:30.100
 and believe

00:13:30.100 --> 00:13:30.480
 in your

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 heart

00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.699
 that God

00:13:31.699 --> 00:13:32.360
 raised him

00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.039
 from the

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 dead

00:13:33.319 --> 00:13:37.199
 second thing

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 I want to

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 say to you

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 is

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 and one

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.120
 of my

00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:40.699
 home group

00:13:40.699 --> 00:13:41.500
 reminded me

00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.899
 of this

00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:42.459
 in a

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 text on

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 Easter

00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:44.719
 morning

00:13:44.719 --> 00:13:45.259
 the

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 resurrection

00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:46.919
 changes

00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:47.759
 everything

00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:49.439
 as I've

00:13:49.439 --> 00:13:49.740
 said

00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:50.639
 without the

00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:51.299
 resurrection

00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:52.559
 the story

00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.079
 of Jesus

00:13:53.079 --> 00:13:53.719
 would just

00:13:53.719 --> 00:13:54.099
 be a

00:13:54.099 --> 00:13:54.539
 story

00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.500
 that

00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:56.279
 ended up

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:56.559
 going

00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:57.399
 no place

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 1 Corinthians

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:01.819
 chapter 15

00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:03.219
 and verse 14

00:14:03.219 --> 00:14:03.719
 the great

00:14:03.719 --> 00:14:04.620
 apostle writes

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.419
 these words

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:07.439
 if Christ

00:14:07.439 --> 00:14:07.879
 is not

00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:08.439
 raised from

00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:08.939
 the dead

00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:10.659
 we have

00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.360
 nothing to

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:11.860
 preach

00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:13.559
 and you

00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.500
 have nothing

00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.259
 to believe

00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:18.699
 it's hard

00:14:18.699 --> 00:14:19.139
 to believe

00:14:19.139 --> 00:14:19.539
 isn't it

00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:20.219
 that Paul

00:14:20.219 --> 00:14:20.699
 himself

00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.139
 could ever

00:14:21.139 --> 00:14:21.599
 think of

00:14:21.599 --> 00:14:22.319
 a circumstance

00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:23.120
 where he

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:23.439
 wouldn't have

00:14:23.439 --> 00:14:23.979
 anything to

00:14:23.979 --> 00:14:24.319
 say

00:14:24.319 --> 00:14:27.599
 if Christ

00:14:27.599 --> 00:14:27.959
 is not

00:14:27.959 --> 00:14:28.419
 raised from

00:14:28.419 --> 00:14:28.819
 the dead

00:14:28.819 --> 00:14:30.860
 we have

00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.459
 nothing to

00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:31.879
 preach

00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:33.339
 and you

00:14:33.339 --> 00:14:33.799
 have nothing

00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.599
 to believe

00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.100
 the

00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:37.759
 resurrection

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.940
 changes

00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:39.740
 everything

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:41.580
 the

00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.060
 apostles

00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:42.899
 ministry

00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:44.379
 that

00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:45.000
 started

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:45.639
 the whole

00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:46.420
 movement

00:14:46.420 --> 00:14:47.080
 of

00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:48.060
 Christianity

00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.800
 after

00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:49.700
 the death

00:14:49.700 --> 00:14:50.519
 and resurrection

00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.180
 and ascension

00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:51.759
 of Jesus

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.060
 that whole

00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:53.639
 movement

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.519
 would just

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:54.700
 have

00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.259
 collapsed

00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:56.800
 when you

00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:57.100
 look in

00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:57.460
 the Acts

00:14:57.460 --> 00:14:57.720
 of the

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.300
 Apostles

00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:59.019
 chapter 2

00:14:59.019 --> 00:14:59.779
 verse 24

00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:00.460
 very early

00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:00.700
 on

00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.340
 chapter 3

00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:02.180
 verse 15

00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:02.940
 chapter 4

00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.639
 verse 10

00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.059
 chapter 15

00:15:05.059 --> 00:15:06.319
 verse 31

00:15:06.319 --> 00:15:09.279
 every time

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.179
 one of the

00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:11.620
 apostles

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.620
 addresses a

00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.120
 crowd of

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.500
 people

00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.740
 they're very

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.419
 keen to

00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:15.899
 affirm

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.879
 Jesus

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.939
 is raised

00:15:17.939 --> 00:15:18.379
 from the

00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:18.679
 dead

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:20.019
 the passage

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:20.639
 we had read

00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.279
 this morning

00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.240
 we're reminded

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.159
 that 500

00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:24.039
 people at

00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.720
 one time

00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.740
 saw Jesus

00:15:25.740 --> 00:15:27.039
 historians

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.840
 of the church

00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.659
 Josephus

00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:29.580
 Eusebius

00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:30.679
 Irenaeus

00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.319
 people like

00:15:31.319 --> 00:15:31.599
 this

00:15:31.599 --> 00:15:32.839
 all reference

00:15:32.839 --> 00:15:33.859
 the physical

00:15:33.859 --> 00:15:36.000
 resurrection

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.599
 of Jesus

00:15:37.599 --> 00:15:40.439
 the resurrection

00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:41.599
 changes

00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:42.639
 everything

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.039
 it takes

00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.759
 our darkness

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.579
 and transforms

00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:48.159
 it into

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.579
 light

00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:50.559
 it takes

00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:51.919
 my hopelessness

00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:53.439
 and turns

00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:53.899
 it into

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.339
 hope

00:15:54.339 --> 00:15:56.919
 it takes

00:15:56.919 --> 00:15:57.779
 my problems

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.479
 and doesn't

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.180
 necessarily

00:15:59.180 --> 00:16:00.139
 eradicate

00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:00.440
 them

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:02.220
 but helps

00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:02.840
 me to

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.720
 rise above

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.139
 them

00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:06.620
 without the

00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.240
 resurrection

00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:08.500
 people today

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.120
 and people

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.019
 throughout history

00:16:10.019 --> 00:16:10.720
 would just

00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.039
 have been

00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.700
 duped

00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:13.960
 by a

00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:14.840
 funny idea

00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:19.680
 let me say

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.240
 from my

00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:21.820
 own point

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.240
 of view

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.320
 I remember

00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.200
 George Carey

00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:24.720
 told me

00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.320
 one day

00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.300
 about a

00:16:26.300 --> 00:16:26.700
 man called

00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.500
 Willie Sutton

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.720
 who was a

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 famous bank

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 robber

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 in the

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 USA

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 and

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 somebody

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 said to

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 him

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 he was

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 being

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 arrested

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 for an

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 armed

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 robbery

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 for the

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 umpteenth

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 time

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 and he's

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 going to

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 a police

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 car

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 and the

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 journalists

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 are there

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 with those

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 big

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 flash gun

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 cameras

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 that they

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 used to

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 have

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 back in

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 the 1920s

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 somebody

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 shouted

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 Mr.

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 Sutton

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 why do

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 you keep

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 robbing

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 banks

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 Willie Sutton

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 just said

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 because that's

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 where the

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 money is

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 why am I

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 a Christian

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 because I

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 believe that's

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 where truth

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 is

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 and because I

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 believe the

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 only way I

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 can make sense

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 of this mess

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 that we've

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 created in this

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 world

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 is through

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 faith in

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 Jesus Christ

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 the only hope

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 I can have

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 in the face of

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 these terrible

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 problems that we

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 have right now

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 overwhelming

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 problems

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 problems that

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 a lot of people

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 are sitting down

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 in despair

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 over saying

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 we have no

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 way of

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 solving this

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 I believe

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 faith in

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 Jesus Christ

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 will see

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 as home

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 not just

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 in

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 when we

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 die

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 but in

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 this life

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 as well

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 the final

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 thing I need

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 to say to

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 you is the

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 resurrection

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 means hope

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 sometimes

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 Christians

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 in our past

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 have made

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.859
 the Christian

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 faith sound

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 like it

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 to use

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 that phrase

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 pie in

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 the sky

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 when you

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 die

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 of course

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 the

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 resurrection

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 has an

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 impact

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 on our

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 physical

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 death

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 it means

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 that when

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 you die

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 you will

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 not face

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.699
 a brick

00:18:16.699 --> 00:18:17.059
 wall

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:18.879
 but you

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.379
 will face

00:18:19.379 --> 00:18:20.019
 a gateway

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.900
 into

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.420
 something

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 better

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 something

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.379
 so

00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:24.819
 better

00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:26.319
 you can't

00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.779
 begin

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.639
 to imagine

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 it

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 there is

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 no

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 analogy

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.299
 no

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 allegory

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.960
 that human

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 being can

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 tell

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 which

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 describe

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 exactly

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 what it

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 will be

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 like

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 to be in

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 the presence

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.579
 of God

00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.779
 for eternity

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 if you

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 read the

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.160
 book of

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.720
 revelation

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.240
 through

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 especially

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 the

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 chapters

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 four

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 to the

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 end

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 you will

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 read there

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.559
 of a

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 writer

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:52.319
 who is

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 desperate

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.299
 to try

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 and find

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 the right

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 kind

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 of

00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.059
 language

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 to describe

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 the realities

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.399
 of God

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 but of course

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.859
 he fails

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 because he

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 has a

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 finite

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.399
 mind

00:19:02.399 --> 00:19:03.720
 and God

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.240
 is

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 infinite

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 night

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 look

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 I don't

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 want anybody

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.200
 to leave

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 this church

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.480
 this morning

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:15.140
 without

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:16.160
 understanding

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 how significant

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 how important

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 how basic

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 how fundamental

00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.720
 the resurrection

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 is to why

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 we're here

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 to why

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 in a few

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 moments time

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 we'll celebrate

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 the Holy

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.579
 Communion

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.099
 together

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 but of course

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:33.380
 the resurrection

00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.039
 isn't just

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.539
 hope

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.240
 that when

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.899
 we die

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 we will

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:37.139
 be received

00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.819
 into heaven

00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:40.240
 it's also

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.680
 about

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.420
 spiritual

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:42.899
 death

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:44.500
 the Bible

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.440
 teaches us

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.279
 that without

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.899
 God

00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:48.220
 as revealed

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:48.759
 in Jesus

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.279
 Christ

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.720
 in our

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 lives

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:51.359
 we are

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.000
 spiritually

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.440
 dead

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:54.480
 in Ephesians

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:56.000
 Paul writes

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.639
 about this

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.619
 chapter 2

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:59.079
 in the first

00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.740
 verses of

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.359
 chapter 2

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.379
 Paul writes

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.700
 for this

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 very very

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.240
 graphically

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.660
 when he

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.579
 talks about

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.640
 what we were

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.779
 like before

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.359
 we knew

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.799
 Christ

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.279
 just listen

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:09.819
 to this

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.480
 it's not

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.160
 my idea

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.720
 this is

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.460
 Paul writing

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.279
 as for you

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:16.559
 as for you

00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.440
 you were dead

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.779
 in your

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.620
 transgressions

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.140
 and sins

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.660
 in which you

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.319
 used to live

00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.960
 when you

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.519
 followed the

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.180
 ways of this

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.519
 world

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.299
 and of the

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 ruler of the

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.599
 kingdom of the

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.759
 air

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.460
 the spirit

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 who is now

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 at work

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.259
 in those

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.620
 who are

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.559
 disobedient

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:32.079
 all of us

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 lived among

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:32.899
 them

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.419
 says Paul

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 at one

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:33.980
 time

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.700
 gratifying

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.579
 the cravings

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:35.940
 of our

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.779
 sinful nature

00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.899
 and following

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.720
 its desires

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.480
 and thoughts

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:41.720
 like the

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.099
 rest

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.839
 we were

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.700
 by nature

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.919
 objects

00:20:45.919 --> 00:20:46.579
 of wrath

00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:50.980
 what the

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.700
 gospel will

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.599
 do for you

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:52.960
 is

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.740
 it will

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.639
 save you

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.679
 not only

00:20:55.679 --> 00:20:56.159
 from your

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.819
 own sin

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.240
 but it will

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.980
 save you

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.700
 from the

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.099
 wrath of

00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.419
 God

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:03.680
 try and

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.440
 persuade me

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.340
 that that

00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:06.080
 is not

00:21:06.080 --> 00:21:07.380
 important

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:10.200
 I don't

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.060
 know what

00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:11.600
 you make

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:11.880
 of the

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.400
 resurrection

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.000
 I've tried

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.820
 to make

00:21:13.820 --> 00:21:14.300
 the case

00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:14.600
 to you

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.220
 this morning

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.060
 that it

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.380
 is the

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:16.600
 most

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.279
 significant

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.900
 truth

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.840
 in human

00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.440
 history

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:21.779
 maybe

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.380
 some of

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.900
 you struggle

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.320
 with it

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:24.019
 because you

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.380
 are

00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:25.640
 intellectually

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.259
 proud

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:28.360
 or you're

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:28.840
 ignorant

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:32.779
 Paul

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.199
 says

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:34.019
 we need

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.659
 to believe

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.439
 in our

00:21:35.439 --> 00:21:35.959
 hearts

00:21:35.959 --> 00:21:37.720
 we need

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.319
 to trust

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.740
 God

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:40.399
 and if you

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:40.699
 want a

00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.019
 working

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.639
 definition

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.099
 of faith

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.679
 I think

00:21:42.679 --> 00:21:43.220
 faith is

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.959
 taking God

00:21:43.959 --> 00:21:44.459
 at his

00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:44.899
 word

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:46.539
 and then

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.000
 living

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.779
 as though

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.419
 you believe

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:48.659
 it

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:55.640
 you believe

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.360
 that word

00:21:56.359 --> 00:22:01.399
 I hope

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:01.879
 today

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:04.059
 there may be

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.959
 those of you

00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:05.479
 who've not

00:22:05.479 --> 00:22:06.179
 quite

00:22:06.179 --> 00:22:07.519
 envisioned

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:09.019
 the significance

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.859
 and importance

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.339
 of the

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.939
 resurrection

00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:12.659
 might think

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 again

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 that those of

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 you who are

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 in grave

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 doubt as to

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 whether or not

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 God's salvation

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 is yours

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 might think

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 again

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 as Paul

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 said

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 to end

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 that reading

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 we had

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 an amazing

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 statement

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 which surely

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 breathes

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 hope to all

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 us

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 having

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 meditated

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 on

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 the

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 kerygma

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 the gospel

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 Paul then

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 says

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 by the grace

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 of God

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 by the grace

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 of God

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 I am

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 what I

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 am

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 can you

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 say that

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 my friend

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 wouldn't you

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 love to say

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 that

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 by the grace

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 of God

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 not by my

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 effort

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 not by my

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 confusion

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 not by my

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 intellectual

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 superiority

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 and pride

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 but by the

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 grace of God

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 I am

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 what I am

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 may that

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 grace

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 this morning

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 be poured

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 out into

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 your hearts

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 that you

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 may know

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 that Jesus

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 is alive

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 and he's

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 got a plan

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 for your

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 life

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 and that he

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 loves you

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 and that he

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 longs to see

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 that plan

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 fulfilled

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 in you

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 and through

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 you

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 why don't we

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 pray

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 Lord I

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 pray for

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 anybody

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 in the

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 house

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 this

00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:45.259
 morning

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 who

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 probably

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 fits the

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 description

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 of cultural

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 Christian

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 rather than

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 faithful

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 disciple

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 and Lord

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 I ask

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 that in

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 your grace

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 and your

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 mercy

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 and in

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 the power

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 of your

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 spirit

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 their eyes

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 might be

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 opened

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 that they

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 may behold

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 you the

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 risen

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 Jesus

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 Father I

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 pray for

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 anyone in

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 the house

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.340
 who feels

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:14.220
 bound down

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 by the

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 problems

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.680
 that they

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.299
 experience

00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.860
 in their

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.440
 lives

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:20.080
 Lord may

00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:20.660
 the truth

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:20.980
 of the

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.600
 resurrection

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.299
 touch

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 their hearts

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 Lord that

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 they might

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 rise above

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 their problems

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 and Lord

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 we ask

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.400
 that as

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 your people

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 you would

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 help us

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 not just

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 to enjoy

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.960
 the shadow

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.339
 of your

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 cross

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:44.099
 but Lord

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.839
 to rejoice

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.519
 in the

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.900
 light

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.720
 of your

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.380
 resurrection

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 so

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.279
 Father

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.720
 would you

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.339
 please

00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:53.559
 come this

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:53.920
 morning

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.860
 surprise us

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 by your

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 presence

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.059
 and Lord

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.660
 by your

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 word

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 and we

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 pray these

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.659
 things in

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.539
 Jesus name

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 and the

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.519
 people who

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 agreed

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.319
 said

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 together

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:05.399
 Amen