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 Good morning church. Today I'll be reading Luke 24 verses 1 to 12.

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! On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices that they had prepared and went to the tomb.

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 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.

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 In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground.

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 But when the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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 He is not here. He has risen.

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 Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee,

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 the Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners,

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 be crucified, and on the third day be rised again.

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 Then they remembered his words.

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 When they came back from the tomb,

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 they told all these things to their eleven and to all the others.

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 It was Mary Magdalene, Jonah, Mary the mother of James,

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 and the others with them

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 who told this to the apostles.

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 But they did not believe the women,

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 because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

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 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb.

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 Bending over, he saw the strips of linen

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 laying by themselves,

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 and he went away wondering to himself

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 what had happened.

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 So it's Luke chapter 24, verse 13.

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 Now the same day, two of them were going to a village called Emmaus,

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 about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.

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 As they talked and discussed these things with each other,

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 Jesus himself came up and walked along with them,

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 but they were kept from recognizing him.

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 He asked them,

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 what are you discussing together as you walk along?

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 They stood still, their faces downcast.

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 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him,

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 are you the only one visiting Jerusalem

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 who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?

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 What things, he asked.

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 About Jesus of Nazareth, they replied.

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 He was a prophet,

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 he was a prophet, powerful in word and deed,

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 before God and all the people.

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 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over

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 to be sentenced to death,

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 and they crucified him.

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 But we had hoped that he was the one

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 who was going to redeem Israel.

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 And what is more,

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 it is the third day since all this took place.

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 In addition,

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 some of our women amazed us.

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 They went to the tomb early this morning,

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 but didn't find the body,

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 his body.

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 They came and told us

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 that they had seen a vision of angels

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 who said he was alive.

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 Then some of our companions went to the tomb

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 and found it just as Jesus had said,

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 but they did not see Jesus.

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 He said to them,

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 how foolish you are,

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 and how slow to believe

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 all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things

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 and then enter his glory?

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 And beginning with Moses

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 and all the prophets,

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 he explained to them

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 what was said in all the scriptures

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 concerning himself.

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 As they approached the village

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 to which they were going,

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 Jesus continued on

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 as if he was going further,

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 as if he were going further.

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 But they urged him strongly,

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 stay with us,

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 for it is nearly evening.

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 The day is almost over.

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 So he went in to stay with them.

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 When he was at the table with them,

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 he took bread,

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 gave thanks,

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 broke it,

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 and begat,

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 and their eyes were open

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 and gave it to them.

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 Then their eyes were opened

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 and they recognized him

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 and he disappeared from their sight.

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 They asked each other,

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 were not our hearts burning within us

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 while he talked with us on the road

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 and opened the scriptures to us?

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 They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem.

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 There they found the eleven

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 and those with them

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 assembled together

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 and saying,

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 it is true,

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 the Lord has risen

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 and has appeared to Simon.

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 Then the two,

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 then the two told

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 what had happened on the way

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 and how Jesus was recognized by them

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 when he broke the bread.

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 Amen.

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 Great.

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 Thank you, Liz,

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 for reading for us.

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 Do keep the Bible with you

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 if you can.

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 We're going to be looking

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 at that story together.

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 I'm not going to keep us for too long.

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 I know that there's

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 lots of wriggling children around

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 and hopefully you're

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 enjoying the coloring in.

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 But my hope is that

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 we're going to look at that story

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 and just see a few things together from it.

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 So let's pray

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 and ask for the Lord's help

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 as we do that.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father,

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 we want to thank you so much

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 that we come together this morning

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 to listen to what you say

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 in your word

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 and not our own good ideas.

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 We want to pray now

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 that you would speak to us

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 and that you would give us hearts

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 which are eager to listen

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 as we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Now,

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 I want to just show you

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 three simple things

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 from the story

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 that we have just had read for us.

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 And to help you out,

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 I've got a prop for each one.

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 And my hope is that

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 over lunch,

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 maybe you can remember

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 the three props

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 and that might help you remember

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 what the sermon was about this morning.

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 And so we're going to look

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 at those three things

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 and then I'm going to tie them all together

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 and tell you why it's important.

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 So the first prop is this.

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 What do we think this is?

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 Anyone tell me?

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 Yes.

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 What is it, Kyla?

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 It is a blindfold, right?

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 Yeah, you all get that?

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 That is a blindfold.

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 Now, why would we have

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 a blindfold in the story?

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 Well, if you look down at the story,

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 I think this is meant to be

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 one of the big surprises in the story,

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 which is that,

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 well,

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 they don't recognize Jesus.

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 Did you notice that?

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 Look what happens in verse 15.

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 Look down in the Bible at verse 15.

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 And as they talked

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 and discussed these things

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 with each other,

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 Jesus came up

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 and walked along with them,

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 but they were kept

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 from recognizing him.

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 Here, Jesus,

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 who, remember,

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 on the Friday

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 had been killed on the cross,

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 he joined two of the disciples

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 as they're walking home

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 to Emmaus from Jerusalem.

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 And as he meets them,

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 he keeps them

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 from recognizing him.

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 He deliberately stops his disciples

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 from working out who he was.

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 And I think that's incredible.

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 Just imagine it for a moment.

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 Imagine if you were Jesus

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 and you are meeting disciples

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 who are deeply worried

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 and concerned for you.

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 They've seen you killed on the cross

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 and you want them to know

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 that you're alive.

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 And now you bump into them

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 as they're walking down the street.

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 What's the first thing

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 that you say to them?

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 I'm Jesus.

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 I'm alive.

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 But he does the very opposite.

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 Instead,

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 he closes their eyes.

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 So they can't see.

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 He hides himself from them.

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 It probably wasn't

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 that difficult to do.

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 It's the afternoon.

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 It's getting a bit dark, isn't it?

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 Verse 17 tells you

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 that they are downcast.

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 Probably means as well

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 that they're walking

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 with their heads down.

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 And so they don't recognize

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 or see who Jesus is.

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 And notice,

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 notice what they feel like.

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 They're sad, aren't they,

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 these disciples?

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 And they tell him

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 that they'd hoped

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 that this Jesus character

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 would be the one

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 who would redeem Israel.

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 But instead,

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 he died on a cross.

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 It was three days ago,

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 they say.

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 I mean,

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 three days ago

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 when someone's died.

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 That's so long ago

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 that they know

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 nothing is going to happen.

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 It's definitely all over now.

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 They then tell the story

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 about these women

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 who said that they couldn't

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 find the body.

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 And they don't think

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 Jesus has risen.

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 They're just confused,

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 aren't they?

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 Where is he?

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 They say.

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 And Jesus just walks along,

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 he listens to them,

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 and he doesn't show them

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 who he is.

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 He blinds them.

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 There's a blindfold.

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 Second prop.

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 Okay?

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 This is more tricky,

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 but I was thinking about this,

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 thinking,

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 how do I,

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 this is what?

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 What is this?

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 Does anyone know

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 what this is?

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 A lanyard, right?

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 I want you to think carefully.

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 Who wears a lanyard, right?

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 So this is a lanyard.

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 It's got pens on it.

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 It's got a teabag on it

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 for break time.

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 It's got a whistle, ready?

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 Yeah?

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 So who wears a lanyard like this?

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 Teachers.

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 Thanks, Kerry J.

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 Yeah, teachers.

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 They wear lanyards like this,

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 and they rattle around school

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 wearing these lanyards

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 looking important, yeah?

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 Now, so teachers.

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 Now, look down at the passage.

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 I want you to notice

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 that Jesus becomes,

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 in the passage,

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 a teacher.

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 A teacher.

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 Look down at verse 25.

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 He said to them,

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 after they've told him

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 that they're worried

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 about what's happened

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 to this Jesus character,

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 he says,

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 how foolish you are

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 and how slow to believe

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 all the prophets had spoken.

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 Did not the Messiah

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 have to suffer these things

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 and then enter his glory?

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 I think that's quite a bold thing

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 for Jesus to say.

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 But notice that he doesn't just say,

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 it's my opinion.

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 He doesn't even say,

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 listen,

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 I've got some ideas

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 that you need to listen to.

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 Instead,

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 he becomes a Bible teacher.

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 Look down again

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 at your passage,

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 verse 27.

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 What does he say?

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 And beginning with Moses

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 and all the prophets,

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 he explained to them

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 what was said

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 in all the scriptures

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 concerning himself.

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 Moses and the prophets

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 there means basically

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 all the Bible,

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 all the Old Testament

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 that they had.

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 And then he says,

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 all the scriptures.

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 And so here as they walk

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 along the road,

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 these disciples

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 who don't know

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 who Jesus is

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 because they're kept

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 from recognizing him,

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 they get a theology lesson

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 as Jesus walks along with them

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 and teaches them

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 from all the Bible

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 everything that was said

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 about him.

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 It's a lesson that covers

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 all of the scriptures

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 for them.

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 And it's not just

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 that he's picking out

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 the relevant parts

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 from the Bible,

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 saying,

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 oh,

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 look at this verse here

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 or this bit here

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 or that bit there.

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 It's not that.

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 No,

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 what he's saying to them

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 is listen,

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 all of the Bible

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 is telling my story.

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 All of the scriptures

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 are telling this story

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 about me.

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 The whole thing

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 points to this Messiah

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 who had to come

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 and suffer and die

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 before entering his glory.

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 This is the lesson

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 if you like,

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 it's that Jesus

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 had to die

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 before he rose.

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 That,

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 you know,

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 the visible success

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 that they were hoping for,

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 that they were looking for,

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 this restoration of Israel

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 that they talk about.

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 No,

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 they've misunderstood.

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 The kingdom of the Messiah

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 was never meant

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 to be a political restoration.

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 It was a spiritual one,

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 an eternal one.

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 The kingdom of God

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 is not about

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 what you build

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 with bricks and mortar

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 or material possessions

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 or what you build

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 in kingdoms and nations.

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 No,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is built

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 in hearts

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 that love

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 and trust the Lord

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 and want to live

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 for him.

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 It's about suffering

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 now

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 and glory later.

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 It's about death

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 before resurrection.

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 You know,

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 you can imagine it,

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 can't you?

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 Jesus saying to them,

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 listen,

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 think about Noah.

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 You know,

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 what comes

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 before the rainbow?

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 The flood

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 comes first,

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 doesn't it?

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 Judgment

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 came first.

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 But what comes

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 before the promised land

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 in the Old Testament?

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 Slavery

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 in Egypt

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 and the rescue.

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 David was hunted

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 and persecuted.

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 He lived on the run

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 before he was exalted

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 as king.

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 The pattern of the Bible

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 is down first

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 and then up.

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 Down and then up.

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 Down and then up.

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 Maybe he told them

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 the story of Samson.

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 Do you know

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 the story of Samson,

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 the strong man

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 of the Bible?

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 How what?

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 Samson won

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 the great victory

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 in his death

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 with his arms

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 stretched out.

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 Think of the story

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 of the exiles

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 or Daniel

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 being thrown

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 to the lions

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 or Shadrach,

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 Meshach and Abednego

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 thrown into a fire.

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 It was death first

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 and resurrection later.

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 Over and over

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 and over again.

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 The kingdom of God,

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 says Jesus,

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 is not a nation state

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 of Israel

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 or Babylon

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 or Rome.

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 The kingdom of God

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 is made up

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 of people

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 who have faith

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 in him.

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 People who are looking

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 for a kingdom

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 that's coming.

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 A resurrection kingdom,

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 not a present one.

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 A heavenly one,

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 not a political one.

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 Now Jesus was

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 a brilliant teacher.

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 I don't know

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 whether this is like

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 this in your school

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 but when the teachers

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 in school

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 are really brilliant

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 the hour that you're

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 with them

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 just flies by,

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 doesn't it?

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 And it seems like

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 that's going on here.

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 So by verse 28

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 they've already arrived

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 in Emmaus

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 and the disciples

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 they want to hear

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 some more.

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 I mean imagine

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 the bell going at school

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 and the kids saying

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 no hey let's stick around

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 we want to hear

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 this teacher some more.

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 It never happens

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 does it?

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 But it happened here.

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 And then they invite

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 Jesus into dinner.

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 Which brings us

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 to the last prop.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 we've had

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 what have we had?

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 We've had a blindfold.

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 We've had a lanyard.

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 Now,

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 what's this?

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 Huh?

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 Fire.

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 Yeah?

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 Yeah?

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 I had intended to

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 like make

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 actually set something

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 on fire

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 but I figure the church

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 deacons might get

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 crossed with me

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 if I did that.

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 But yeah,

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 burning, right?

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 Burning or fire.

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 That's the last one.

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 Now,

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 notice where that comes from.

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 Look down at verse 30.

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 When he was at the table

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 with them

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 he took bread

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 gave thanks

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 and broke it

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 and began to give it to them.

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 Their eyes were opened

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 and they recognized him

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 and he disappeared

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 from their sight

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 and they asked each other

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 were not our hearts

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 burning within us

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 while he talked to us

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 on the road

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 and opened the scriptures

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 to us.

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 Burning.

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 The disciples' eyes

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 are opened

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 as they eat with Jesus

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 and they suddenly

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 recognize who he is.

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 eating with Jesus

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 is obviously something

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 they've done a lot of.

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 Famously in the Last Supper

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 he breaks bread with them

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 and now the penny drops.

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 This is Jesus.

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 This is him.

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 And just as they work out

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 who he is

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 he disappears from them

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 not because he's a ghost

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 actually in the next little section

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 in Luke's Gospel

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 you find Jesus eating fish.

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 Ghosts don't eat fish.

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 Well, they don't eat anything.

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 They don't eat fish.

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 Jesus disappears

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 because his work here

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 is done.

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 The lesson is over

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 and it seems as if

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 Jesus' resurrection body

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 is quite a bit better

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 than his pre-resurrection body

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 which is great hope

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 for lots of us, isn't it?

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 Interesting though

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 is the point

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 the disciples remember

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 is not the point

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 at which their eyes

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 were opened.

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 Do you notice that?

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 They're not getting excited

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 that all of a sudden

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 their eyes have been opened.

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 They remember the point

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 where their hearts burned.

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 Yeah?

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 And when did their hearts burn?

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 Well, not just when they

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 recognized the physical Jesus

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 their hearts burned

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 when they saw the truth

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 about Jesus

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 from the scriptures.

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 Look at what they say

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 in verse 32.

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 They asked each other

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 were not our hearts

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 burning within us

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 while he talked to us

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 on the road

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 and opened the scriptures.

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 So now

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 Jesus risen

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 he had to rise

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 the Bible said it

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 the lesson proved it

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 and now they've seen him.

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 And so they head back

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 to Jerusalem

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 and they meet up

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 with the other disciples

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 and the other disciples

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 have now seen

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 the risen Lord as well

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 and they're saying

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 it's true

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 the Lord has risen

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 and then they tell

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 their story about

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 how we met Jesus

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 along the way

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 and how he explained

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 to them the Bible

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 and they recognized him

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 in the breaking of bread.

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 So there you have it, right?

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 A blindfold

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 a lanyard

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 and a burning candle.

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 A blindfold

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 a lanyard

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 and a burning candle.

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 Before we finish though

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 just think

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 why?

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 Why?

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 I don't know

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 whether you ever

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 read the Bible like this

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 but it's a good question

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 isn't it?

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 It's to ask

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 why is it like this?

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 Why is it put like this?

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 Not only

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 why does Jesus

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 not reveal himself

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 immediately

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 to the two disciples

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 more than that

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 why is this the story

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 that Luke decides

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 to record

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 about the risen Jesus?

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 Have you thought about that?

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 If you were writing

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 Luke's gospel

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 which story

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 would you record?

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 The New Testament

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 tells us that

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 on one occasion

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 the risen Jesus

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 appeared to 500 disciples

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 all at the same time.

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 I think if I was writing

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 Luke's gospel

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 I would include that

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 right?

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 I would want

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 a dramatic

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 glorious ending.

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 I would want something

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 that would look good

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 on Instagram

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 right?

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 I want something

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 where there's a huge crowd

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 and Jesus saying

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 look it's me

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 everybody

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 it's me

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 it's me

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 why doesn't Luke

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 record that?

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 Why instead

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 does he record

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 a story

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 of two disciples

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 a two hour long

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 Bible lesson

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 before they recognize

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 Jesus

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 and then he disappears?

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 In fact

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 maybe if you're here

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 this morning

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 and you're not a Christian

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 and you're thinking

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 do you know what

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 that's a really good question

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 I think that almost

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 disproves the resurrection

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 if Jesus really rose

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 from the dead

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 we'd expect something

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 much more dramatic

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 than this

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 well let me tell you

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 if that's what you're thinking

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 I think there's a really

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 good reason

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 why Luke ends his gospel

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 this way

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 and that is because

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 and this is incredible

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 Luke's concern

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 is not really

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 about those two disciples

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 meeting the risen Jesus

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 that's not his concern

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 Luke's concern

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 this morning

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 is that you

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 and I

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 meet the risen Jesus

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 that's what he really wants

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 and how does that happen?

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 How do you meet

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 the risen Jesus

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 in a way which

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 changes you

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 and transforms you

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 from the inside?

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 Well notice

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 because of his story

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 you don't have to

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 meet Jesus physically

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 you can meet him

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 in the words about him

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 in the Bible

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 you know perhaps

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 if again

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 if you're not a Christian

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 you maybe think

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 well

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 if only I could have

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 some kind of encounter

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 with God

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 then I'd become

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 a Christian

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 if the risen Jesus

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 walked into this room

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 this afternoon

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 this morning still

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 just for five minutes

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 if the risen Jesus

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 walked into this room

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 this morning

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 I would believe

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 for sure I would

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 I wouldn't be able

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 not to

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 well let me tell you

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 that he doesn't need

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 to do that

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 and that's not actually

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 how faith in Jesus works

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 you don't need

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 to meet the risen Jesus

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 physically

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 to believe in him

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 because the burning

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 of the heart

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 comes not from

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 seeing the flesh

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 of Jesus

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 but from hearing

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 the word about

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 Jesus

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 that's it

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 perhaps I can put it

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 this way

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 Luke writes this story

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 because he thinks

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 that this

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 is a model

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 for how throughout

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 all of history

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 people will encounter

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 the risen Jesus

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 as they see

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 in the scriptures

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 over and over again

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 that God is not

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 about political success

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 or worldly power

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 God is not impressed

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 with fancy cars

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 or moral behaviour

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 or good jobs

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 or bulging bank accounts

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 God's kingdom

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 is not of this world

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 it's a resurrection kingdom

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 Jesus

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 dying for sin

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 before rising

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 from the grave

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 that as we see

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 that all the scriptures

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 tell this story

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 that people like you

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 and me

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 people who are weak

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 and fallen

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 who let ourselves down

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 who wander away

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 from God

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 who live for ourselves

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 and not for him

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 people like us

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 can meet

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 the risen Jesus

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 and be cleansed

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 and forgiven

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 and receive new life

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 be fitted for glory

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 through the death

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 and resurrection

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 who we meet

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 not in flesh

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 but in his words

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 and that's true

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 for us this morning

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 that's why we're here

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 we're not just here

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 for the friendship

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 or for the coffee

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 or for the Easter egg hunt

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 which is coming at the end

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 we're here to encounter

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 the risen Jesus

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 in his word

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 that's why we're here

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 every week

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 that's why our hearts

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 burn within us

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 as we listen to

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 what God has said

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 and if you're a guest

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 this morning

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 that is what we are

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 holding out to you

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 in the word about

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 the Lord Jesus

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 here is the one

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 who died

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 he died for your sin

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 that you might be forgiven

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 he died to fit you

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 for a resurrection kingdom

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 which is not of this world

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 but of the world to come

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 a world beyond death

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 where we will live

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 in the presence

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 of our saviour

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 forever and ever

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 and you get to be there

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 through listening

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 to his words

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 that's how

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 now I think this morning

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 that there are probably

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 lots of questions

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 that you might have

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.559
 some of your questions

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 might be well

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.759
 did the resurrection

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 really happen

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 can I really trust this book

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 why did Jesus have to die

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 some of your questions

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 might be more about

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 how do I live the Christian life

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 or how do I keep going

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 now some of those

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 would be great to come

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 and ask at Christianity Explored

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 which we mentioned earlier

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 but also I've got a few

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 of these books

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 and I'd love to offer

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 one to you this morning

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 it's called

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 Is Easter Unbelievable?

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 four questions

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 that everyone needs to ask

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 about the Easter story

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 and maybe if you've got

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.319
 one of those questions

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 you would love a book

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.039
 like this

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 I would love to give you

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 one at the end

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 so please come and find me

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 and I'll give one to you

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 let's pray

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 as I close

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 and rejoice

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 in the risen Lord

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 Heavenly Father

00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.019
 how we thank you

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:02.019
 that we this morning

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:04.119
 sitting in this room

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:05.799
 can encounter

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.960
 the risen Jesus

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 through the word about him

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.519
 in the Bible

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:12.160
 thank you that the whole book

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.680
 of the Bible

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.460
 tells the story of Jesus

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 who had to die

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.519
 for our sins

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.700
 that we might be forgiven

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:21.180
 and who rose to new life

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.420
 that we can belong

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.579
 to the kingdom of heaven

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 the kingdom not of this world

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 but the kingdom to come

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.519
 where we will live with you

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 in future glory

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:31.200
 for all eternity

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 through faith

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.819
 in Jesus Christ alone

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 Lord how we pray

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 that each one of us

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 this morning

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.919
 whoever we are

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:39.399
 wherever we're from

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:40.559
 how we pray

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 that we might

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.659
 encounter Jesus

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.319
 this morning

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.679
 that our hearts

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:46.539
 might burn within us

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:48.440
 as we ponder on his word

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.879
 as we think on it

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 in his name

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 Amen

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.779
 Amen