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 He is risen.

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 He is risen indeed.

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 Yes, He is.

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 If you didn't know the answer to that, that's all right.

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 You could just be glad He is risen.

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 But that comes from an old Christian tradition.

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 Man, back in the old days,

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 if you believed that Jesus really did rise from the dead,

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 you were a radical.

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 People would look at you like you're crazy.

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 Now, the followers of Jesus span the entire globe,

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 all around the world.

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 And this morning, in all continents across this entire earth,

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 people are gathered together,

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 and they're celebrating the fact

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 that death could not conquer Jesus Christ.

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 So we're excited about that.

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 My name is Sam Benal.

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 I'm the pastor here.

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 If I haven't gotten to meet you yet, I'd love to do that.

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 I will be sticking around.

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 I would say my wife and I, she's home with our sick kid.

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 The devil was already fighting.

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 He wanted to keep one of us home.

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 But listen, I'd love to meet you after the service.

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 If I haven't gotten to do that yet.

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 But there's a little thing in each of your pews,

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 a little paper here that shows you what we have coming up this spring,

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 as well as our weekly worship schedule.

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 We'd love for you to take that home,

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 or if you know someone that could use that and pass it along.

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 How many of you can imagine waking up in the morning at your usual time?

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 I'm not going to ask what time you get up.

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 We've probably got anything from early, early morning hours to a little bit later,

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 depending on the stage of life and your circumstances.

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 But whatever time you usually get up,

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 you wake up,

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 and it stays dark outside.

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 How many of you would enjoy that?

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 How many of you depend on the sun coming at you?

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 Yeah, Clayton raised his hand.

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 I would love that.

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 It means you can go back to sleep, right?

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 Look, summer break's coming, man.

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 You'll be able to sleep in a little bit, probably.

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 Look, we depend sometimes on the sun coming in.

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 Maybe some of you depend on the sun coming in to get up.

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 I've got kids in school, so, you know, we wake up before the sun comes up.

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 But that's all right.

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 How many of you have been in a part of the world

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 where there is a period of polar darkness?

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 Anybody?

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 Anybody?

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 Yeah.

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 There's one, two, just a few of you.

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 Not a whole lot.

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 How many of you are aware that there are certain parts

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 of the far northern part of our globe

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 where the darkness, for a period of time,

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 is either 24 hours a day or nearly 24 hours a day?

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 You're aware of that?

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 It's depressing.

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 It's depressing.

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 We don't realize how much we need the sun

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 and how perfectly God made it to where we depend on the sun.

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 Our world depends on the sun.

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 Be weird.

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 You woke up, the clock says it's 7 o'clock in the morning,

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 it's still dark outside.

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 9 o'clock in the morning, it's still dark outside.

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 Noon, 2 o'clock, 3.30, kids get out of school,

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 it's still dark outside.

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 How many of you kids would love having recess in the dark?

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 You might have fun at first, but eventually you'd get pretty old.

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 The teachers would not love the liability and the injuries

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 that would happen with recess in the dark.

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 Being in the darkness is not fun.

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 Can be for a little bit.

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 Can be here and there.

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 But man, would that get old quickly.

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 We need that sunlight.

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 Back when I was a youth pastor, we live in northern Nevada

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 and I'd led a missions trip up to Alaska

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 and we visited during a time of year

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 when it was almost all sunlight all the time.

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 I took a picture, it was midnight outside

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 and it was broad daylight.

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 Midnight and broad daylight outside.

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 Just the weirdest thing.

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 Of course, you gotta take advantage of blackout curtains

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 in those times when you're trying to go to sleep.

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 But then there is the other time of year

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 and they said, listen, you enjoy it right now.

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 It's fun.

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 But it's not fun when the darkness comes

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 and it stays.

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 And sometimes in the far northern reaches of Alaska,

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 they'll go more than two months in a row

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 without any sunlight

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 or very, very little sunlight at all.

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 So just imagine that.

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 Put your head there a little bit on Easter morning.

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 Can you imagine living day after day in darkness?

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 You'd have to adjust your life to it.

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 You'd have to rely on manufactured light

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 as you see here

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 just to be able to get around.

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 Into that kind of darkness,

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 that level of darkness,

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 Jesus came.

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 That was the level of spiritual darkness

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 the world had been trapped in

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 since the fall of man.

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 If you've been around church for any length of time,

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 you've probably heard about the Garden of Eden,

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 Adam and Eve,

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 the first man and the first woman

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 and how Satan seduced them

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 with the promise of power

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 and knowledge equal to God

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 and they believed his lies

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 and they sinned against God.

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 And from then on,

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 the world was plunged into darkness,

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 spiritual darkness.

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 They could not see

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 beyond their own understanding.

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 So limited.

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 They couldn't understand.

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 And God would promise

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 little bits and pieces of the future.

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 He would say,

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 I'm going to send a rescuer.

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 I'm going to help you.

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 There's going to be a way out.

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 But you have to believe.

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 You have to have this thing

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 we call faith.

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 That's what the people

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 who lived before the coming of Jesus,

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 all they had to hold on to

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 was this little thing called faith.

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 Just little points of light

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 that would appear.

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 God might appear to his people

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 just for a moment.

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 God might speak through his prophets

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 in the Old Testament

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 in increasingly obscure ways

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 and it was hard to always understand

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 exactly what they were talking about.

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 It didn't all line up

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 until God himself came down.

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 We talk about it at Christmastime.

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 I think Christmas and Easter

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 are inextricably linked.

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 You can't separate them.

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 My mom always likes to talk about Easter

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 and sing Easter songs at Christmastime

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 and then she likes to talk about Christmas

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 and sing Christmas songs at Easter time.

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 But I get it

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 because they're very connected.

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 It's all part of the story.

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 So you go back

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 to how it began

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 then you go back

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 to not how it ended

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 but how our hope

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 then began.

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 And you've been hearing this story read

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 in little bits and pieces

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 from the young

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 all the way up to adults

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 from the word of God

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 about how Jesus came

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 and what he endured

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 at the hands of mankind.

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 So, number one,

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 before we get there,

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 if you'd like to take any notes

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 there's a spot in your bulletin

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 to do that.

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 If not, if you just want to listen

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 that's absolutely fine.

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 But I want to share this quote with you.

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 We're all stumbling in the dark

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 and that makes for some pretty

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 interesting collisions.

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 Think about that.

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 You and I are all stumbling around

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 in the darkness.

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 Spiritually speaking,

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 we're all stumbling around.

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 Except for the light

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 of the Holy Spirit of God,

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 we can't see clearly.

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 So God's Holy Spirit

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 has to give us that light.

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 He has to pull the veil

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 away from our eyes.

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 And until he does that,

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 we stumble around

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 and we smack into each other.

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 And then you've got wars

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 and you've got strivings

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 and you've got fightings

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 and you've got disagreements

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 and you've got greed

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 and jealousy and anger

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 and all these things

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 that come from people

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 stumbling around in the dark.

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 So this was the world,

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 get that in your head,

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 this picture,

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 this was the world

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 that Jesus came into.

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 It was utter darkness.

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 We could turn the lights off

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 in this room,

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 but we've got this stained glass

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 and we've got the windows

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 where natural light

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 would come in.

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 But can you imagine

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 if it was the dead of night

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 and then we turned off

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 all the lights?

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 It would be hard

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 to get around.

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 It would be hard

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 to get out of your pew probably.

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 It would be stumbling

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 all over each other.

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 It would be mass chaos

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 in here

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 and the fire marshal

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 would take us to court

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 or something.

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 Wouldn't be good.

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 But this is Jesus'

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 solution.

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 Jesus brings the light.

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 So number one,

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 Jesus is God's light

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 in darkness.

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 This is not anything profound,

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 but I hope that you can

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 wrap your head around it

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 and begin to have faith

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 in this statement

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 that Jesus is God's light

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 in the darkness.

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 John chapter 20,

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 we read about exactly

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 how he triumphed over death.

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 You've heard little bits

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 and pieces,

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 but in John chapter 20,

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 actually, you know what?

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 I'm going to go to Luke 24.

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 So if you were in John 20,

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 that's okay.

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 Flip over,

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 flip back one book

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 and let's go to Luke 24.

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 Very early on Sunday morning,

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 the women went to the tomb

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 taking the spices

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 they had prepared.

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 If you just want to listen,

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 that's fine as well.

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 They found that the stone

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 had been rolled away

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 from the entrance,

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 so they went in.

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 But they didn't find

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 the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 Can you imagine

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 how shocked they were

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 to get to the tomb

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 and see this stone

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 rolled away?

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 They'd watched him die.

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 They'd heard he was buried

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 in this garden tomb

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 that belonged to

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 Joseph of Arimathea,

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 a prominent member

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 of the Sanhedrin,

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 and he had graciously,

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 as a follower of Jesus,

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 offered up his tomb

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 for Jesus' burial.

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 So they go here

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 to try to honor

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 Jesus' memory,

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 brought spices

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 in lieu of flowers,

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 and they go in,

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 seeing the stone

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 is rolled away.

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 Who rolled the stone away?

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 The stone is massive.

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 Nobody could have done it

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 on their own.

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 Who did this?

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 And his body's not there.

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 And they're standing there

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 trying to wrap

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 their heads around it.

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 What's going on?

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 Did somebody break in here

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 and steal Jesus' body away?

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 And then two men

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 appeared to them,

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 clothed in dazzling robes,

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 and the women were terrified,

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 and they bowed

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 with their faces

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 to the ground,

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 and the men asked,

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 Why are you looking

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 among the dead

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 for someone who is alive?

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 He isn't here.

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 He is risen from the dead.

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 Remember what he told you

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 back in Galilee?

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 The Son of Man

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 must be betrayed

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 into the hands

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 of sinful men,

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 and he must be crucified,

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 but he would rise again

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 on the third day.

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 Then they remembered

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 that he had said this.

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 So then they rushed back

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 to tell his disciples.

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 What Jesus said

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 came true.

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 Now it started

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 to make sense.

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 Now the scales

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 started to fall

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 from their eyes.

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 Now the veils

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 started to be lifted.

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 Because even before,

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 when Jesus was predicting

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 his own resurrection

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 from the dead,

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 they thought maybe

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 he was talking

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 allegorically.

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 Maybe he was

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 not being literal.

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 Like, what?

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 What does he mean?

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 Tear the temple down

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 and in three days

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 I'll build it back up again.

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 What's he talking about?

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 And then he does it.

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 And he triumphs

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 over death.

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 And he triumphs

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 over darkness.

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 So Jesus' resurrection

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 is not an isolated miracle.

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 It's the culmination

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 of all the law

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 and the prophets

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 that came before.

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 So when you read

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 through the Old Testament,

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 you've got all the law.

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 You know,

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 the most famous

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 illustration of that

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 is the Ten Commandments.

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 And we look at that,

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 that Moses gave

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 to the people

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 that God gave to him.

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 And we say,

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 this is the law.

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 But that was not

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 the only part of the law.

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 The law went much

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 beyond that.

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 It was a very expansive law.

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 And God's point

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 with all that

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 was to point

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 at how mankind

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 could never free itself

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 from bondage

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 to failure.

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 failure.

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 You're never going

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 to be able

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 to live up

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 to this standard

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 of perfection.

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 God created

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 this world perfectly.

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 This is all

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 how it's supposed to go.

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 And you're never

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 going to be able

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 to meet that standard.

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 So this was the law.

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 And then you had

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 the prophets.

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 And you read

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 through the Old Testament book

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 and they've got

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 the prophets

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 talking about

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 little bits

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 and pieces about God.

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 Revealing a little bit more.

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 Pointing ahead

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 to Jesus.

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 But nobody exactly knew

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 what that meant

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 or what it looked like

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 until Jesus

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 came.

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 And then Jesus

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 was the perfect

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 picture of God.

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 The law

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 and the prophets

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 was an imperfect

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 picture of God.

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 It was

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 not fully clear.

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 It was not

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 fully realized.

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 But then Jesus

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 came

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 and he

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 was the perfect

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 clear picture

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 of who God is,

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 what he's about.

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 So if you want

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 to know

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 who God is

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 and what he's about,

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 you can read

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 the law,

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 you can read

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 the prophets,

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 they're going to give you

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 an imperfect picture.

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 When you look at Jesus,

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 it all comes

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 into focus.

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 That was the difference.

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 Before,

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 they couldn't see

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 clearly.

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 But then Jesus

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 came.

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 He said,

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 this is who God is.

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 Now he's with you.

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 Now you get to hear

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 him speak

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 to you

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 directly.

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 Now you get to see

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 how he lives.

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 Now you get to see

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 what he cares about.

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 Jesus is

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 God's

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 light.

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 Without

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 Jesus,

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 you're living

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 in the dark.

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 And you're

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 stumbling around.

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 And you're

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 bumping into each

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 other.

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 And that's what we do.

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 But Jesus

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 turns the light on.

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 And you get to see

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 God clearly.

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 You get to see

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 what he's about.

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 So,

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 let's go to Malachi

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 chapter 4

00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:28.019
 and verse 2.

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 Malachi 4

00:14:30.800 --> 00:14:31.879
 and verse 2.

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 But for you

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 who revere

00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:34.960
 my name,

00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.259
 the son

00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:38.120
 of righteousness

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:39.420
 will rise

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 with healing

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 in its rays.

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 and you will

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 go out

00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:47.399
 and you'll

00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:47.819
 frolic

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 like well-fed

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 calves.

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 Does anybody

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 raise cattle

00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:51.259
 in here?

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 There are

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 people who

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 raise cattle

00:14:55.199 --> 00:14:55.740
 who are not

00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:56.240
 raising their

00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.459
 hand.

00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:57.000
 Raise your

00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.539
 hand if you

00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.099
 raise cattle.

00:14:58.159 --> 00:14:58.659
 There we go.

00:14:58.959 --> 00:14:59.639
 I'm looking at it.

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 I know you

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 raise cattle.

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 All right.

00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.539
 Or you have

00:15:02.539 --> 00:15:03.279
 maybe at some

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 point.

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 We're in

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 Clay County,

00:15:07.099 --> 00:15:07.219
 y'all.

00:15:07.299 --> 00:15:07.740
 Y'all know

00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.099
 cattle,

00:15:08.199 --> 00:15:08.500
 all right?

00:15:09.199 --> 00:15:09.740
 If we go down

00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.159
 in Dallas,

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.740
 they don't know

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.339
 cattle as well.

00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.099
 But y'all know

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 cattle.

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 When you've

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 got a young

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 well-fed

00:15:16.719 --> 00:15:17.299
 calf,

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 it wants to

00:15:18.839 --> 00:15:19.339
 go out

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 and have

00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:21.000
 some fun,

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 right?

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 But for you

00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.639
 who revere

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.399
 my name,

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.000
 the sun

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.959
 will rise

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 in the

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:29.799
 darkness.

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 And it'll

00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:32.139
 be healing

00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:32.919
 in its

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 warmth.

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 And you'll

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 be like a

00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:36.339
 young calf

00:15:36.339 --> 00:15:36.839
 who's getting

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 enough to

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.679
 eat.

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 And it's

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:38.799
 got no

00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.279
 worries.

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 And it

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 can go

00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:41.319
 out and

00:15:41.319 --> 00:15:42.379
 enjoy that

00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.039
 warmth of

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 the sun.

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 In a

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 green

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.039
 pasture

00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.480
 when the

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:48.860
 sun

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.099
 rises.

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 Now,

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.399
 would you

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:53.939
 take that

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 U and

00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:55.779
 turn it

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 into an

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 O?

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 Because that's

00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.480
 the title

00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:58.860
 of my

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 talk today.

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 Is the

00:16:01.839 --> 00:16:02.379
 sun

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.679
 has

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 risen.

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 The

00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.719
 S-O-N.

00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.579
 But Malachi

00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:09.679
 imperfectly

00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.259
 prophesied and

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:11.819
 gave us a

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.339
 little clue.

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 someday the

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.500
 sun will

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:15.980
 rise.

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 But we're

00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:16.899
 not talking

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.280
 about the

00:16:17.280 --> 00:16:17.700
 sun that

00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:18.139
 hangs in

00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:18.540
 the sky.

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 We're

00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:19.460
 talking about

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:19.980
 the sun

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.259
 of

00:16:20.259 --> 00:16:20.780
 righteousness

00:16:20.780 --> 00:16:21.920
 or the

00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:22.780
 S-O-N,

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.399
 the sun

00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:24.680
 of God.

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 And when

00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:26.200
 he rises,

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.580
 then healing

00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:28.200
 will come.

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 And then joy

00:16:29.660 --> 00:16:30.300
 will come.

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.200
 And then

00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.660
 happiness

00:16:31.660 --> 00:16:32.360
 will come.

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.200
 And you'll

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.600
 get to

00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:35.100
 fully experience

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.980
 this life

00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:36.540
 that God

00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:37.379
 intended for

00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:37.700
 you.

00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:38.860
 until then

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:39.900
 were still

00:16:39.900 --> 00:16:40.460
 in the

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:40.860
 dark.

00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.360
 The only

00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:42.840
 thing they

00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.700
 had was

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.120
 faith.

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 You know

00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:46.340
 what the

00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:46.860
 only thing

00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.160
 that we

00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:48.080
 have today

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.560
 is?

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.900
 Faith.

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 It's the

00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.600
 same faith.

00:16:53.160 --> 00:16:53.640
 It's after

00:16:53.640 --> 00:16:54.060
 the fact

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:54.780
 looking back

00:16:54.780 --> 00:16:55.560
 instead of

00:16:55.560 --> 00:16:56.160
 before the

00:16:56.160 --> 00:16:57.200
 fact when

00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:57.560
 this was

00:16:57.560 --> 00:16:58.540
 written looking

00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:58.940
 ahead.

00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.400
 During

00:17:00.400 --> 00:17:00.759
 Jesus'

00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:01.379
 time he

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.820
 was there,

00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:02.180
 he was

00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:02.520
 present,

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 but they

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 still had

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 to have

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 faith that

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 he was

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 from God,

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 that he

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 was God

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.440
 himself,

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 that he

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 was the

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 perfect

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 revelation

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 of the

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 father in

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 the son.

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 So Malachi

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.679
 4.2

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 teaches us

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 that Jesus

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 wasn't just

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 a little

00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:21.759
 pinpoint of

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 light.

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 Jesus was

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 not just

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 another prophet

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 coming to

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 talk about

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 God.

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 Jesus was

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 God present

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 with us.

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 The son

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 of righteousness

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 had risen

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 and it was

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 shining down

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 into the

00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.340
 dark world,

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 the spiritually

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.220
 dark world.

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 Now you

00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:40.560
 don't have

00:17:40.560 --> 00:17:41.000
 to stumble

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.640
 around anymore.

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 Now there's

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 something,

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.100
 a physical

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:45.920
 perfect being

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 to place

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 your faith

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 in.

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 It wasn't

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 just the

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 imperfect

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 lives and

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 words of

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 the prophets,

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 it was

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.720
 the perfect

00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.480
 revelation of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Now we

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 get the

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 complete

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 picture,

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 not just

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 a partial

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.660
 picture.

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 Jesus is

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.480
 God's light

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 in the

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 darkness.

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 We see

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 this

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 mentioned

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:13.400
 in

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 Matthew.

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 Let's go

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 to Matthew

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.720
 17.

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 This is

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 the perfect

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 picture.

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 Jesus backs

00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:25.560
 up what I'm

00:18:25.560 --> 00:18:25.960
 talking about

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 here.

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 The Father

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 backs it up.

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 You ready?

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.840
 Matthew 17,

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 we call it

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 the

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 transfiguration.

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 Everybody say

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 transfiguration.

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 Just making

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 sure y'all

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 are with me.

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 You are.

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 That's great.

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 Let's go.

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 We're nearing

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.859
 the conclusion

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 here.

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 So let's

00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:43.240
 dive into

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.179
 Matthew 17.

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 After six

00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:45.000
 days,

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 Jesus took

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 with him

00:18:45.919 --> 00:18:46.159
 Peter,

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:46.859
 James,

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.319
 and John,

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 the brother

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.019
 of James,

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 and he led

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 them up a

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.259
 high mountain

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 by themselves.

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 There he

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:52.579
 was transfigured

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 before them.

00:18:53.399 --> 00:18:53.619
 What does

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:53.980
 that mean?

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.879
 His face

00:18:54.879 --> 00:18:55.579
 shone like

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 the sun.

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 His clothes

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.899
 became as

00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.559
 white as

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.039
 the light.

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 We get

00:18:59.599 --> 00:18:59.960
 to see

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.879
 this divine

00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:02.099
 light of

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 Jesus.

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 Like how

00:19:04.420 --> 00:19:04.759
 you would

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.379
 think God

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:05.839
 looks,

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:06.659
 he shows

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.079
 that to

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.279
 them.

00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:07.559
 Yeah,

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 this is the

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 good stuff

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.480
 right here.

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 This is what

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 you've been

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 waiting on.

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 I've been

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 telling you,

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 I've been

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.259
 giving you

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.879
 little clues

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.579
 that I

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.059
 am sent

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.619
 from God

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 and I

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 am the

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 Father

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.740
 one.

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 I am

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 God

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.839
 himself,

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 but now

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:18.599
 I'm

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 showing you

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 this divine

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 light.

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 I can't

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 imagine

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.460
 what that

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 was like.

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 And then

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 just right

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.659
 then,

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.519
 there appeared

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 before them

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.240
 Moses and

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 Elijah.

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 What did

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.240
 Moses and

00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.559
 Elijah

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.039
 represent?

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.339
 The law

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.679
 and the

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 prophets.

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 This is who

00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:35.879
 they had

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.299
 hope in

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 before.

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 This is

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:40.019
 whose word

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.839
 they believed.

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.399
 Moses and

00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:43.119
 Elijah for

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 centuries,

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.059
 if you were

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.379
 going to

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:46.299
 trust in

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.059
 the one

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.759
 true God,

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.039
 you were

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.259
 going to

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.839
 believe the

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.299
 words and

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.859
 the teachings,

00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:50.899
 the law

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:52.680
 of Moses

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.519
 and Elijah

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.720
 because they

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.440
 spoke on

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.019
 behalf of

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.400
 God.

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:58.040
 They were

00:19:58.040 --> 00:19:59.000
 imperfect men.

00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.640
 They didn't

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.160
 do always

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:01.080
 everything right.

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.360
 They didn't

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.840
 make all the

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.360
 right decisions

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.960
 all the time.

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.519
 Sometimes they

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:04.960
 get angry.

00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:05.640
 Sometimes they

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.019
 would lead

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:06.920
 imperfectly.

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.000
 This is the

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.700
 law and the

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.240
 prophets

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.700
 represented

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:14.140
 by Moses

00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.880
 and Elijah

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.880
 appearing with

00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:16.240
 Jesus,

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.220
 talking with

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.360
 him.

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.319
 And in

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.679
 verse 4,

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.159
 Peter said

00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:19.579
 to Jesus,

00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:20.519
 God, this

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.099
 is amazing.

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.559
 Lord, it's

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.099
 good for us

00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:23.639
 to be here.

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.599
 Look at

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.919
 this.

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:25.979
 It's you.

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.779
 It's Moses.

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.459
 It's Elijah.

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:29.000
 This validates

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.639
 you, Jesus.

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.839
 I mean, I

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.359
 believed in

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.539
 you.

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.519
 I had faith

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:32.799
 in you.

00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.219
 But look,

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.579
 you're right

00:20:33.579 --> 00:20:33.899
 here with

00:20:33.899 --> 00:20:34.339
 Moses and

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.759
 Elijah.

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.139
 Like they're

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.719
 appearing from

00:20:36.719 --> 00:20:38.019
 the dead and

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.579
 they're giving

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.500
 validation to

00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:39.759
 you.

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.699
 God, I tell

00:20:41.699 --> 00:20:42.000
 you what, I

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.359
 got a great

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.679
 idea.

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.439
 I'm going to

00:20:44.439 --> 00:20:44.899
 build a little

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.619
 shelter, one

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.279
 for you, one

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.039
 for Moses, one

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.339
 for Elijah,

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.559
 Elijah.

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.359
 Peter was a

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.839
 guy who liked

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.419
 to kind of

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.199
 dive in and

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:52.459
 mix it up a

00:20:52.459 --> 00:20:52.839
 little bit.

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.839
 I got this.

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.419
 I got this,

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.699
 Jesus.

00:20:55.939 --> 00:20:56.799
 Brilliant idea.

00:20:56.959 --> 00:20:58.119
 Let us just

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.839
 stay here for a

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.000
 while.

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.359
 While he was

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:02.319
 speaking, while

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:03.259
 Peter was

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:05.379
 talking, the

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.359
 father interrupts

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.500
 him.

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.459
 And he says,

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.779
 a bright cloud

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.519
 covered them,

00:21:10.699 --> 00:21:11.819
 and a voice from

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.759
 the cloud said,

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:15.019
 this is my son,

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:17.339
 whom I love,

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.980
 with him I

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.799
 am well

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:21.579
 pleased, listen

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:23.059
 to him.

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.159
 Peter, it's

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:28.679
 not about

00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:29.339
 Moses and

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:30.079
 Elijah anymore,

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.419
 buddy.

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.559
 The law and

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.159
 the prophets,

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.139
 that was

00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:34.579
 partial.

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.759
 Now you have

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.399
 the full

00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.099
 picture.

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.779
 You don't

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:41.019
 need Moses

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:42.199
 and Elijah

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.400
 to validate

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.420
 Jesus.

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.500
 And then

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.140
 what happens?

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.740
 The disciples

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.259
 heard this,

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.660
 they freaked

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:51.840
 out.

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.160
 They fell

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.580
 face down to

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:53.860
 the ground

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.279
 terrified,

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.120
 but Jesus

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.819
 came over and

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.200
 touched them

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.480
 and said,

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:56.860
 get up,

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.680
 don't be

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.019
 afraid.

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.680
 You know

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.279
 Jesus always

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.740
 did that.

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.640
 This is a

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.039
 little rabbit

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.680
 trail, but

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.700
 anytime you see

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.539
 something amazing

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.360
 happening and

00:22:04.360 --> 00:22:05.039
 people are just

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.640
 freaking out,

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.220
 you know,

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.080
 and Jesus

00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:08.600
 told Peter,

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.299
 hey, let's go

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.920
 out and let's go

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.559
 fishing again.

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:10.859
 You've been

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.619
 fishing all night

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.559
 and the fish

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.079
 weren't biting,

00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:13.599
 but I tell you

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.099
 what, let's go

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.740
 one more time.

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.339
 And Peter goes

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 out there and

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.359
 Peter's like,

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.339
 God, let me tell

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.899
 you that the fish

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.359
 aren't biting.

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.440
 I'm an experienced

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.019
 fisherman, been

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.559
 doing it a long

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 time, I know.

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.960
 Okay, if you

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.460
 want to go fishing

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.039
 sometime, I'll

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:24.159
 take you out when

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:24.679
 it's a better

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.039
 time.

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 But okay, fine,

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:27.559
 since you're

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.559
 Jesus, we'll go,

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 but I'm warning

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 you, it's not

00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:30.399
 going to work.

00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.099
 And then he gets

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:32.240
 out there and

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.059
 Jesus says, put the

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.599
 nets down one

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:33.980
 more time.

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 And all the fish

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 in the entire sea

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.759
 came in and

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.259
 pulled him in.

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:37.680
 And what did

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.119
 Peter do?

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.819
 He fell down to

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.359
 his knees and

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.740
 said, oh God, I

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.299
 messed up.

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.220
 Depart from me.

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.640
 I don't even

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.160
 deserve to be

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.599
 around you.

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.180
 I'm a sinful

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.519
 man.

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 And Jesus said,

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.140
 get up, fear

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.759
 not, don't worry

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.079
 about it.

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.539
 Jesus' response was

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.539
 always compassion.

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 It was never, I

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.440
 told you so.

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 It was never, why

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.379
 didn't you have

00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.960
 faith the first

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.279
 time?

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.259
 It was never, when

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 are you going to

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.059
 learn?

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.859
 That's our

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 responses.

00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.680
 Jesus' response

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.599
 was, don't be

00:22:59.599 --> 00:22:59.960
 afraid.

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 It's okay.

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 I have compassion

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 for you.

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 So if there's

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 somebody who

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.339
 speaks for

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:12.539
 Jesus, and

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.079
 that's not their

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:14.700
 demeanor, that's

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.019
 not their

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:19.279
 response, then

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.819
 maybe they're not

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.660
 speaking for

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.579
 Jesus like they

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.099
 present themselves

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.400
 to be.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.599
 Because we see

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:27.180
 who God is in

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.680
 the person of

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:27.900
 Jesus.

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:30.099
 We see the full

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.480
 picture.

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:34.039
 This is who

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 Jesus is.

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 So if you're not

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.799
 perfect and

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.379
 somebody's shaking

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.960
 their finger at

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.480
 you for it, that's

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.000
 not coming from

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.259
 Jesus.

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.579
 Jesus says, don't

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.019
 be afraid.

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.779
 Fear not.

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.660
 I have compassion

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.000
 on you.

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.519
 I have a plan for

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.680
 you.

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.180
 Come on, let's

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.660
 walk together.

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.839
 That's Jesus.

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.879
 That is the

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.119
 Father.

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:59.079
 That is God.

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 And that's what

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.720
 Jesus said,

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.700
 this is my

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.059
 son.

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.319
 Hear him.

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.160
 Listen to

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.539
 him.

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.379
 The resurrection

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:11.240
 of Jesus would

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.920
 confirm that that

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:15.140
 moment back on

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:17.180
 Mount Tabor, when

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:18.640
 the transfiguration

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.839
 happened and Jesus

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:23.680
 was shown to be

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:25.379
 God early.

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.019
 They got a little

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.420
 picture.

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.779
 Peter, James, and

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.180
 John, that was a

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.259
 decisive moment.

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.599
 That was an

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.500
 integral moment,

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.740
 especially if you

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.359
 were a Jew,

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.420
 especially if you've

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.139
 been following the

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.519
 law and the

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.240
 prophets your whole

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.019
 life, and the

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.740
 Torah was what

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.700
 your life completely

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.559
 revolved around.

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.680
 The teachings of the

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.160
 Old Testament.

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:45.099
 That was your

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.599
 world.

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.839
 That was your God

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.519
 almost.

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.740
 And now God

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.819
 himself is saying,

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.379
 this is what it's

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.799
 about now.

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.139
 It's about Jesus

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.619
 Christ.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.899
 He's not one voice

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.579
 among many.

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.099
 He's the final

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:01.379
 revelation of me

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.399
 that you'll ever

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.139
 need.

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.440
 I want to share this

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.960
 quote with you.

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.919
 It's going to be hard

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.599
 to read, so I'll read

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.039
 it for you.

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.720
 The resurrection is

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:10.019
 not only God's

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.519
 vindication of his

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.220
 son, where he

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:13.740
 showed and justified

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:15.240
 and proved that

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.319
 Jesus is who he says

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.639
 he is.

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.899
 It is the vindication

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:18.980
 of all that Jesus

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.480
 taught.

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:21.259
 Easter Sunday,

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.120
 today, ready?

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.740
 It's nothing less

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.099
 than the triumph,

00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.519
 the victory of the

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.779
 peaceable kingdom of

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.220
 Christ.

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:32.000
 The peaceable kingdom

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.980
 of Christ.

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.740
 Jesus' kingdom came

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.819
 to bring peace, not

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.140
 war.

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.819
 So if somebody is

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:40.319
 trying to act like

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:42.039
 Jesus' kingdom brings

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.460
 war and conquest,

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:45.000
 that's what the Jews

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.819
 wanted it to bring.

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.640
 That's why they

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.539
 turned on him after

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.460
 they weighed the

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.440
 palm branches and

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.940
 said, yes, Hosanna,

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.160
 Jesus our king is

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.000
 coming to give us

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.000
 victory and conquest.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.240
 And then, fast

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.160
 forward, and they're

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.220
 yelling, crucify him.

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.860
 He's not who he

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.460
 thought he was.

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.500
 The peaceable kingdom

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.220
 of Christ.

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.640
 Easter changes

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.400
 everything.

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.559
 Easter is the hope

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.240
 of the world.

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.980
 Easter is the dawn

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.860
 of a new age.

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:14.200
 It is the rising of

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.860
 the new Jerusalem

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.600
 that someday we read

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.720
 in Revelation is

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.480
 going to come down

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.140
 to this earth.

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.400
 God is bringing

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.840
 the new.

00:26:21.040 --> 00:26:21.740
 He said, I saw

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.480
 the holy city,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.500
 the new Jerusalem

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.740
 coming down out

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.320
 of the heavens.

00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.420
 That's what Easter

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.060
 is about.

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.740
 And it's on the

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:30.540
 horizon of humanity's

00:26:30.540 --> 00:26:32.280
 burned out landscape.

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.620
 Easter is God

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.200
 saying, once again,

00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.480
 because this has been

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.259
 his theme from the

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.700
 beginning, this is my

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.280
 beloved son with whom

00:26:40.280 --> 00:26:41.420
 I am well pleased.

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.140
 Listen to him.

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.840
 him.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.660
 Jesus is the fulfillment

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:52.100
 of all of it.

00:26:54.040 --> 00:26:55.160
 Jesus is built

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:59.060
 on the father.

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.880
 He's the impersonation.

00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:02.600
 He's the personification,

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.720
 not impersonation.

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.720
 He's the personification

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:06.620
 of the father.

00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:08.040
 Jesus and the father

00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:08.640
 are one.

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.920
 Christianity is built

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.259
 on the person

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.700
 of the risen Jesus.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.420
 It's not built

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.060
 on principles.

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.420
 It's not built

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.080
 on ethics.

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.140
 It's not built

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.820
 on tradition.

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.900
 Christianity

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.000
 is built

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.960
 on Jesus.

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.560
 If your version

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.360
 of Christianity

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.300
 doesn't look like

00:27:27.300 --> 00:27:28.259
 who Jesus was,

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.700
 then what you have

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.720
 is not Christianity.

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:33.279
 It might be religion,

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.720
 but you're missing

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.819
 the resurrection.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.600
 You might have religion,

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:40.079
 but you're missing

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.019
 the resurrection.

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.460
 You don't get

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.319
 to claim Jesus.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.860
 You don't get

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:45.339
 to claim the Christ,

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.200
 so you shouldn't

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.480
 be calling it Christian

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.900
 or Christianity

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:51.220
 because Christ,

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:54.180
 what he taught

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:56.180
 is not what you have.

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.740
 Now, I pray

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.339
 that the vast majority

00:27:59.339 --> 00:27:59.839
 of you,

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:01.559
 either already have

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.740
 what Jesus taught

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:04.019
 and who he was

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:06.139
 or you're ready

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.099
 to accept it today

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.299
 because there'd be

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.119
 no better day

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.619
 than on Easter Sunday

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.119
 to say,

00:28:11.459 --> 00:28:12.679
 I choose Jesus.

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:14.480
 I choose the risen one.

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.359
 And that leads us

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.359
 to our final thought.

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:18.240
 Because Jesus rose,

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:20.720
 your world has hope.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.799
 Your world,

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.859
 not just the world,

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.859
 but your world

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.579
 has hope.

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:28.159
 With all of your hangups,

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.880
 all of your problems,

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.420
 all of your circumstances,

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:33.600
 maybe all of your pride,

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.740
 all of your accomplishments,

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.540
 all of that has hope,

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.740
 not because of you,

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:39.019
 not because of your neighbor,

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:40.440
 not because of your family,

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:42.000
 not because of your finances,

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.600
 not because of your status,

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.019
 not because of anything

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.980
 that you can do

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.580
 or anything that you can earn.

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:49.180
 Your world has hope

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:51.220
 because of one single fact,

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:53.220
 Jesus rose from the dead.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.480
 Otherwise,

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.620
 you're still in darkness

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.660
 like the rest of us.

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:58.960
 Otherwise,

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.900
 we're all still

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.759
 stumbling around

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:02.079
 convincing ourselves

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:03.539
 to believe in somebody

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.740
 that really wasn't

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.200
 any different

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.059
 than anybody else.

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.240
 But he was different

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.259
 because he did die

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:10.640
 and he did rise from the dead.

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.180
 And that makes it different.

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.660
 That makes it somebody

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.519
 to put hope in.

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.819
 So if your hope

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.160
 is in anything else

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:19.019
 than a risen Jesus,

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:21.160
 your hope is unfounded.

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.720
 So,

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:29.920
 people build their lives

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.759
 around other things.

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.500
 They build their lives

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.220
 around control,

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.480
 success,

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.720
 comfort,

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:37.060
 identity,

00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:39.000
 even religion.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.200
 But not enough people

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:44.680
 in politics,

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.220
 not enough people

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:49.900
 on either side of the aisle,

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:51.240
 not enough people

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.120
 in churches,

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.860
 not enough people

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:55.380
 in county government,

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.720
 not enough people

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.580
 in school systems,

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:59.120
 not enough people

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.880
 in the workplace

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.780
 build their lives

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:04.080
 around Jesus Christ.

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.120
 Let that be different

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.680
 for you and me.

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.040
 Let us wake up

00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:10.980
 every morning and say,

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:11.759
 today,

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.480
 I'm going to follow Jesus.

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:16.240
 He might lead me places

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.100
 I'm not expecting.

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:19.000
 He might require things

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.959
 in me I'm not expecting.

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.879
 He might make me

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:23.480
 go against my better judgment

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.179
 because his judgment

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.980
 is better than mine.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:29.119
 But because Jesus rose,

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:31.359
 your world has hope.

00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:32.899
 You don't have to be trapped

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:35.399
 in your best abilities.

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:37.299
 You don't have to be trapped

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.919
 in your own wisdom.

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:41.880
 You have hope beyond that

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:44.600
 because Jesus rose from the dead.

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.160
 2 Peter,

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.380
 this is the last scripture

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.380
 we'll read today.

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.860
 2 Peter 1 and verse 19,

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.900
 we have this prophetic word

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.759
 more fully confirmed.

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.779
 You see what it's saying there?

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.660
 The prophecies that you read about

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.259
 in the Old Testament,

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.620
 all those books of prophecy

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:01.180
 and you go through Micah

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.920
 and Nahum

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.420
 and you read about Elijah

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.519
 and Elisha and Samuel

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.500
 and you read all these

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.539
 Old Testament prophets

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.940
 and you see what they had to say

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.559
 and sometimes it's hard to understand.

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:12.120
 You got to really study it out

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.900
 to try to figure out

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.779
 what they're talking about.

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.340
 But Peter,

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:17.080
 who walked with Jesus

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:19.860
 and was there on Mount Tabor

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:21.960
 when the transfiguration happened,

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.779
 Peter says,

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.720
 trust me,

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:26.360
 we have this prophetic word

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:28.160
 more fully confirmed.

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.460
 I was there

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:32.960
 when Moses and Elijah

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:35.160
 disappeared from view.

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.940
 Because you know what happened

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.180
 back on the transfiguration?

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.160
 Moses and Elijah appeared

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.600
 and they're talking with Jesus

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.920
 and then God speaks,

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.820
 this is my beloved son,

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.920
 hear him.

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.840
 You know what happened then?

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.620
 Moses and Elijah faded away.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.900
 They were left with the only one

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.720
 they truly needed,

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.940
 which was Jesus Christ himself.

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.779
 Peter says,

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.680
 I was there.

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.140
 And we have those prophecies

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.900
 now confirmed.

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.299
 We have those prophecies

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.500
 now confirmed.

00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.940
 Fully confirmed.

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.460
 We've got the full picture now.

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:10.039
 And you'll do well

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.259
 to pay attention to it.

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.940
 Because it's like a lamp

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:15.420
 shining in a dark place.

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.640
 It's like a sun

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.740
 rising and shining its light

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:20.180
 down into this dark world.

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.200
 It's like the morning

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.920
 dawning after a long

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.480
 and hard night.

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:28.339
 until the day dawns

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.920
 and the morning star

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:32.039
 rises in your hearts

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:34.460
 like it's risen in mine.

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.099
 That's what Peter's saying to us.

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:40.920
 This is what it's about.

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.759
 It's about Jesus.

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.700
 Paul said,

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:48.420
 I can't really know anything

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.120
 among you

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:50.240
 except this one thing.

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:52.120
 Jesus Christ

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:53.579
 and him crucified.

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:56.119
 And I can tell you,

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.980
 I don't know

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:00.019
 everything about everything.

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:02.139
 You might know more than me

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:03.000
 about some things.

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.899
 We might have different ideas

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.720
 about some things.

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.639
 But this one thing I know,

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:11.919
 Jesus Christ

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:13.019
 and him crucified

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:15.539
 and him risen from the dead.

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.019
 Because of that,

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:19.619
 I was spiritually blind.

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.319
 I was in darkness.

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.699
 I was stumbling around.

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:24.299
 Like all of you were.

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.620
 Until the morning star,

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.500
 Jesus,

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:29.600
 the light of the world.

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.840
 Can we say that together?

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.700
 Jesus,

00:33:32.080 --> 00:33:33.819
 the light of the world

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:36.360
 rose in my heart

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.640
 and I pray

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:39.039
 he's risen in yours.

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.080
 Would you bow your head with me?

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.880
 Jesus does not fit

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.180
 into your life.

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:50.880
 Your life depends on him.

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:56.240
 Jesus is the answer.

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:58.440
 Jesus is the light of the world.

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.299
 You've heard it

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.840
 from the moment

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:01.160
 you walked into this building

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.680
 this morning.

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.660
 You've heard it

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.440
 in every song,

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:06.059
 every scripture reading,

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.680
 every prayer

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.599
 that's been lifted up.

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.940
 Jesus is the way.

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.619
 Jesus is the truth.

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.360
 Jesus is the life.

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.900
 Jesus is the full picture

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:19.440
 of God revealed

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.460
 to you and me.

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:23.220
 don't build your life

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:24.099
 around control,

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.579
 success,

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.199
 comfort,

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.760
 identity,

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:27.300
 even religion.

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.519
 Build your life

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.000
 around Jesus

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.039
 and who he is,

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.460
 what he said,

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.900
 how he lived.

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.400
 You read something

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.139
 in the Old Testament

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.720
 that doesn't seem

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.720
 to line up with Jesus.

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.159
 Compare it to Jesus.

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.579
 Say,

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.340
 is this something

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.099
 in the Old Testament

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.960
 that I need to

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.720
 let define me

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:50.579
 or do I need to

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.440
 let Jesus Christ

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.280
 define me

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.280
 and whatever I read

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.920
 in the Old Testament

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.780
 or the New Testament

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.360
 point me to Jesus?

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.340
 Whatever I experienced

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.940
 in church,

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.360
 that might have been

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.699
 like Jesus,

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.519
 it might not have been

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.079
 like Jesus.

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.079
 I need to let it

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.800
 point me

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.420
 to Jesus.

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:12.019
 That's who God is.

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.900
 A lot of people

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.780
 will talk about God.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.280
 A lot of people

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.940
 will claim God.

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.440
 A lot of people

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.200
 will call themselves

00:35:17.200 --> 00:35:17.639
 Christians.

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:19.980
 Say,

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.860
 this is Christian.

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.220
 The Bible told me

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.860
 to do this.

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.880
 Here's what I want

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.119
 to know.

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.900
 How like Jesus

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.360
 are you?

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:30.240
 How like Jesus

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:30.700
 am I?

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.659
 That's how I know

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.760
 if I'm right with God.

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:36.460
 If I'm like his son.

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.599
 Because he said,

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.599
 hear my son.

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.179
 Listen to him.

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.720
 Hear what he has

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.099
 to say.

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:43.159
 See how he lives.

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.539
 See who he cares about.

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.280
 See what he does

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.880
 with his time.

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.519
 I pray right now

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.400
 while our heads are bowed

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.260
 and our eyes are closed

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.820
 and we're just

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.880
 in communion

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.659
 with the Holy Spirit

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:51.980
 of God,

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.639
 I pray that you would

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.559
 open your heart to him

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:53.960
 and say,

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.340
 God,

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:56.039
 change me.

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.360
 Take over my life.

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.500
 Make me like you.

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.900
 Jared's going to lead us

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.380
 in a song

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.000
 in just a moment.

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:12.940
 you can listen to him sing.

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.739
 We won't stand.

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.920
 You can remain in your seats.

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.159
 You can sing along

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.699
 if you'd like,

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.159
 quietly.

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.519
 But during these next

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.340
 couple of minutes

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.340
 before we all leave,

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:26.800
 would you open your heart

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.559
 to Jesus today?

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.119
 I'm not asking you

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.519
 to think I'm the best preacher

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.159
 you've ever heard

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.860
 because that's not going

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.219
 to be true.

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:35.299
 I'm not asking you

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:36.179
 to think that this is

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.799
 the greatest church

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.639
 you've ever been in,

00:36:37.939 --> 00:36:38.980
 but you know what?

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.480
 It is if this is

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.359
 where you find Jesus,

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:43.919
 the real Jesus.

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:46.360
 So would you open

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.280
 your heart to him today?

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:51.960
 Jared,

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.760
 go ahead and lead us.

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:58.760
 It was my cross

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.619
 you bore

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:02.460
 so I could live

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:04.159
 in the freedom

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:06.800
 you died for.

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:10.280
 If you need to pray down here,

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.420
 this is open for that.

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:16.180
 If you need somebody

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.740
 to talk to,

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.559
 I'd be happy to meet you

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.579
 down here and pray with you.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:20.180
 Forevermore.

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:23.539
 Worthy is your name,

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:26.079
 Jesus.

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:30.539
 You deserve the praise.

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:33.460
 Worthy is your name.

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:37.159
 Worthy is your name,

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.780
 Jesus.

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:43.540
 You deserve the praise.

00:37:43.540 --> 00:37:44.460
 Give him the praise.

00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:46.900
 Worthy is your name.

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.600
 If you need to turn

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:48.440
 to Jesus today,

00:37:49.060 --> 00:37:51.080
 don't walk out these doors

00:37:51.080 --> 00:37:52.240
 without making that decision.

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.680
 Most important decision

00:37:53.680 --> 00:37:54.240
 you'll ever make

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.680
 in your life

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:56.440
 because he changes everything.

00:37:56.580 --> 00:37:57.360
 He's not a dead man.

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.420
 He's alive.

00:37:59.080 --> 00:37:59.840
 He's there for you.

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.620
 He's ready to listen.

00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:01.560
 He's ready to work.

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.740
 His spirit wants to take up

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.900
 residence in you today.

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:11.840
 And now my shame is gone

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:14.720
 and I stand amazed

00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:18.320
 in your love undeniable.

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:25.420
 Your grace goes on and on.

00:38:26.600 --> 00:38:29.420
 I will sing of your goodness

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.440
 forevermore.

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.340
 If you're able to stand,

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.640
 would you join us in standing

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:32.860
 and sing this to Jesus?

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:35.300
 Worthy is your name,

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.760
 Jesus.

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:42.240
 You deserve the praise.

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:44.740
 Worthy is your name.

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.880
 He is worthy.

00:38:46.120 --> 00:38:48.680
 Worthy is your name,

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:50.620
 Jesus.

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.740
 Yes.

00:38:52.740 --> 00:38:55.640
 You deserve the praise.

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:57.380
 Worthy is your name.

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.059
 One more time.

00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:26.599
 Just the voices.

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:30.199
 Worthy is your name,

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:32.900
 Jesus.

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:37.679
 You deserve the praise.

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:41.360
 Worthy is your name.

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:45.279
 Worthy is your name,

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.980
 Jesus.

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:52.880
 You deserve the praise.

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.980
 Worthy is your name.

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:56.839
 Amen.

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.360
 God, that's our prayer to you today

00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:00.119
 is you do deserve all our praise.

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:02.119
 You deserve all our faith.

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:04.679
 You deserve complete control

00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:06.440
 over our spirit,

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:09.299
 over how we conduct ourselves,

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.099
 over how we think,

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.900
 how we make decisions.

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:15.880
 It must line up with the person

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:17.500
 of the risen Christ.

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 I pray that you would change us today,

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 make us more like you.

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 Let us truly be Christian.

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 living like Christ in this world,

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 showing people the darkness

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 can have full, complete light

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 shown into it,

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 just like you've shown in our hearts.

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 We'll thank you for it.

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 We'll give you for it.

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 All the praise for it.

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 All the glory.

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 It's in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Church, thank you so much

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 for being with us

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 for Easter Sunday worship.

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 You are dismissed.

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 No activities tonight,

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 but we'll see you back here Wednesday

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 at six o'clock and next Sunday.

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 God bless.

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 Thank you.