WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Alright, well, it's Resurrection Sunday. 00:00:06.419 --> 00:00:11.720 We've been celebrating what happened long ago that day in song. 00:00:12.019 --> 00:00:20.960 We heard the story read, and we want to take some time just to think about what this means for us this morning. 00:00:22.019 --> 00:00:25.440 So if you have your Bible, you can open it up to Matthew 28, verse 1. 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:32.840 We're going to be looking at the story from Matthew's Gospel where we heard from earlier. 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:36.760 Matthew 28, verse 1. 00:00:37.620 --> 00:00:43.719 And as we come to that wonderful Resurrection Sunday morning, we can't help but remember what's led up to this moment. 00:00:45.040 --> 00:00:46.540 And yet, where do we even start? 00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:51.760 This is all part of a greater story, the story of Jesus. 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:57.559 And that's even part of an even bigger story, the story of our world, the story of God. 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:03.320 But let's remember for a moment what happened just the week leading up to all this. 00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:06.060 Jesus has come into Jerusalem. 00:01:07.459 --> 00:01:10.900 Jesus, the great miracle worker. 00:01:11.379 --> 00:01:13.159 Jesus, the healer. 00:01:14.039 --> 00:01:18.439 Jesus, the one who has been teaching massive crowds and with such authority. 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:24.640 He's come riding into Jerusalem just a week before all this to shouts of Hosanna. 00:01:25.659 --> 00:01:28.120 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:01:29.140 --> 00:01:30.500 Blessed is the King of Israel. 00:01:31.539 --> 00:01:35.420 It's been a week of excitement and anticipation. 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:41.200 Just over three years before all this, almost nobody knew who this man was. 00:01:41.859 --> 00:01:47.359 And now here he comes riding into the capital city of Israel in the manner of a king. 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.739 With a massive crowd of people all around him. 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:57.900 And people have gathered from all over to mark the Passover celebration here in Jerusalem. 00:01:58.759 --> 00:02:04.459 And the spotlight, the attention of everyone is on this man, Jesus. 00:02:05.420 --> 00:02:09.139 Up until now, he's been a highly polarizing figure. 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:17.259 And it seems that every time Jesus has come up to Jerusalem for another festival in the years leading up to this, 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:19.579 all kinds of exciting things have been happening. 00:02:20.559 --> 00:02:21.779 There's been healings. 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:24.879 He's done signs, miracles. 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:33.279 There's been heated debate between this rabbi who hails from Galilee and the Jewish religious leaders. 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:40.340 And for some time now, Jesus has come to be on the wanted list of the religious leaders. 00:02:40.699 --> 00:02:42.180 And many in Jerusalem know it. 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:50.080 Many people believe that Jesus is the King, the Messiah, the Christ that God promised long ago. 00:02:50.500 --> 00:02:52.520 And if not that, they believe he's a prophet. 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:58.780 Even some believe he's the ultimate prophet sent from God. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:04.660 But at the same time, many do not believe this about Jesus. 00:03:05.480 --> 00:03:12.040 Some think of him as a great trickster, a deceiver, or even a crazy person. 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:18.079 And all week long, Jesus has been going to the temple courts and teaching the people. 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.439 And the crowd there has been hanging on his every word. 00:03:23.519 --> 00:03:27.039 The religious leaders have been doing everything that they can to challenge him, 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:32.399 to discredit him, to humiliate him, to trick him or trap him in his words. 00:03:32.699 --> 00:03:34.159 But nothing has worked. 00:03:35.579 --> 00:03:39.899 And then, eventually, finally, the evening of the Jewish Passover came. 00:03:39.900 --> 00:03:44.960 And Jesus came to celebrate the Passover with his disciples. 00:03:45.920 --> 00:03:49.120 That very night, under the cover of darkness, 00:03:50.219 --> 00:03:54.759 Judas led a group of men out to where Jesus was. 00:03:55.379 --> 00:03:59.560 And they arrested Jesus and his disciples scattered. 00:04:01.259 --> 00:04:03.680 Jesus was put through a couple sham trials. 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:06.159 He was falsely accused. 00:04:07.140 --> 00:04:07.900 He was beaten. 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:09.900 He was mocked. 00:04:10.700 --> 00:04:14.379 He was handed over to Pilate, the Roman governor, the next day. 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:21.680 The religious leaders stirred up the people in Jerusalem to demand Jesus' execution, 00:04:22.340 --> 00:04:24.780 even though he was found innocent by Pilate. 00:04:26.060 --> 00:04:27.939 And Pilate wanted to calm the crowd. 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.800 So he handed Jesus over to be crucified. 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:37.060 Jesus was nailed to a cross and left to die. 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:45.680 After Jesus had been executed, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Jewish council, 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:51.500 he went and got permission to take Jesus' body down from the cross and bury it. 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:57.279 So he prepared the body and he buried Jesus in his own new tomb. 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.040 He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance. 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:07.899 And then the chief priests and the Pharisees went and got permission from Pilate to secure the tomb. 00:05:07.899 --> 00:05:13.239 They put a seal on it and they posted a guard at the entrance. 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:18.159 They wanted to ensure that Jesus' body remained undisturbed. 00:05:19.099 --> 00:05:22.120 They remembered what Jesus had said while he was teaching, 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:26.599 that he would be killed and then be raised on the third day. 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:31.040 And they didn't want to take any chances, so they put a few extra measures in place. 00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:35.720 Let's read what happened next from Matthew 28, verse 1. 00:05:37.580 --> 00:05:41.980 After the Sabbath, at dawn, on the first day of the week, 00:05:42.780 --> 00:05:47.420 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 00:05:48.580 --> 00:05:50.920 These two women loved Jesus. 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:54.000 They were some of the many close followers of Jesus. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:58.019 Why would they go back to his tomb? 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.040 We don't know their exact thoughts, 00:06:01.379 --> 00:06:05.720 but we know that they loved Jesus deeply and that they believed in him. 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:11.759 Everything that had just happened to Jesus was probably very fresh in their minds, 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:16.120 playing over and over again like a horrific nightmare. 00:06:16.980 --> 00:06:18.120 The shouts of the crowd, 00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:22.759 Jesus' appearance after his beatings, 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.259 the cries of pain as the nails were pounded in, 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:30.439 the utter shame and humiliation of it all 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:34.039 as he hung there, dying in agony on the cross, 00:06:35.039 --> 00:06:39.599 the taunts and the mocking of those who passed by and saw him, 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:46.420 and even his words which he spoke in those last hours and moments before he died. 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.540 Even though they had seen him buried, 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:54.360 these women were probably still going through the full range of emotions. 00:06:55.780 --> 00:06:56.140 Grief, 00:06:57.560 --> 00:06:57.960 shock, 00:06:59.460 --> 00:06:59.860 anger, 00:07:01.280 --> 00:07:02.020 deep loss. 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:04.659 They were mourning. 00:07:06.419 --> 00:07:11.180 Mark tells us that they had bought some spices so that they might go and anoint Jesus' body. 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:15.219 Matthew here tells us simply that they went to see the tomb. 00:07:16.299 --> 00:07:18.579 And they went early in the morning, 00:07:19.299 --> 00:07:20.159 at dawn. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:24.720 verse 2. 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.760 There was a violent earthquake, 00:07:28.400 --> 00:07:31.380 for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. 00:07:32.660 --> 00:07:33.860 And going to the tomb, 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:36.560 he rolled back the stone and sat on it. 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:39.640 His appearance was like lightning, 00:07:40.180 --> 00:07:42.660 and his clothes were white as snow. 00:07:42.660 --> 00:07:49.340 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:53.080 Can you imagine this moment for the women? 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:55.740 Their hearts must have been pounding. 00:07:56.380 --> 00:07:59.040 Their eyes must have been wide as can be. 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.040 Matthew says there was a violent earthquake, 00:08:02.220 --> 00:08:03.640 a great earthquake. 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:06.560 Not just a little rumble in the ground, 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:07.760 but a great earthquake. 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:12.759 And the cause of this earthquake was the angel. 00:08:14.719 --> 00:08:17.719 For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:21.019 Or because an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. 00:08:21.060 --> 00:08:25.199 This is where some of those superhero movies are so helpful to my imagination. 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:27.819 You know those superheroes that fly, 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:29.879 and sometimes they just make their entrance, 00:08:30.019 --> 00:08:31.920 they come shooting down from the sky, 00:08:32.179 --> 00:08:35.139 and the ground beneath their feet crumbles, 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:37.620 and it sends a tremor out in all directions. 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.700 I imagine it may be something like that. 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:45.159 This meteorite streaking down from the heavens 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.899 and impacting the earth. 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.299 What an awesome thing it would have been to see. 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.860 They felt the ground shake, 00:08:53.460 --> 00:08:55.600 and as they approach the tomb, 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:59.379 they find that the stone has been rolled away, 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:02.840 and they see this angel. 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:07.560 They describe his appearance as like lightning, 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:11.820 which probably means that he was nearly blinding in his appearance, 00:09:11.980 --> 00:09:16.220 so bright that their eyes could barely take him in. 00:09:17.060 --> 00:09:19.379 His clothes, white as snow, 00:09:19.660 --> 00:09:22.540 purest white that they'd ever seen. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:27.720 And the women weren't the only ones who saw the angel. 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.899 The guards witnessed all this too. 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:33.759 Matthew says in verse 4, 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:35.560 The guards were so afraid of him 00:09:35.560 --> 00:09:38.300 that they shook or trembled 00:09:38.300 --> 00:09:41.000 and became like dead men. 00:09:43.660 --> 00:09:45.320 You can just imagine them 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:48.300 terrified, in shock, 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:50.399 their hands shaking, 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:52.800 utterly paralyzed with fear, 00:09:52.920 --> 00:09:54.180 unable to move a muscle 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:57.479 in the presence of this awesome angelic being. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:09:59.859 And then, 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:02.019 verse 5, 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.279 the angel speaks 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:05.699 to these women. 00:10:08.219 --> 00:10:09.759 The angel said to the women, 00:10:11.219 --> 00:10:12.199 Do not be afraid, 00:10:13.139 --> 00:10:15.359 for I know that you are looking for Jesus 00:10:15.359 --> 00:10:17.159 who was crucified. 00:10:18.079 --> 00:10:19.479 The first thing he tells them is, 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:20.399 Do not be afraid. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.819 Probably the women in that moment 00:10:22.819 --> 00:10:25.299 felt a lot like the guards felt in that moment. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:27.279 But the angel assures them, 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:28.659 You guys are in no danger. 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:31.319 And then the angel tells them 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:33.559 that he knows why they have come. 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:36.579 You're looking for Jesus. 00:10:36.819 --> 00:10:38.600 You're looking for the one who is crucified. 00:10:41.620 --> 00:10:43.159 You won't find him here, 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.299 says the angel. 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.179 He is not here. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.019 He is risen. 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:51.179 We can only imagine 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:52.340 the shock of the women 00:10:52.340 --> 00:10:53.939 as they try to process all of this. 00:10:54.079 --> 00:10:54.220 Like, 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.860 What is, 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:57.039 what's happening here? 00:10:57.539 --> 00:10:58.259 What are you saying? 00:10:58.340 --> 00:10:59.379 What do you mean he's not here? 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:02.860 We saw him laid right there 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.659 in the tomb. 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:05.379 He is risen? 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:08.100 What do you mean he's risen? 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:10.299 Like, 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:11.419 risen to heaven, 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:11.799 or 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:13.899 risen back to life 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:14.919 and walking around? 00:11:16.079 --> 00:11:17.480 I don't know what they were thinking. 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:19.460 But I know that if I had been there, 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:21.139 I would have had all kinds of questions 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:22.899 just swirling through my mind 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:23.579 in that moment. 00:11:24.699 --> 00:11:25.939 My emotions would probably 00:11:25.939 --> 00:11:28.059 just be all over the place, 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:29.600 looking for a place to land. 00:11:30.319 --> 00:11:32.059 How do I respond to all this? 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:34.460 The angel says, 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:35.939 Come, 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:37.819 and see the place 00:11:37.819 --> 00:11:39.120 where he lay. 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.740 Take a good look in here. 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:43.899 You'll see. 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:45.199 He's not here. 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.340 And then, 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:48.520 the angel gives them 00:11:48.520 --> 00:11:49.140 an assignment. 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:51.920 Verse 7. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.020 Says, 00:11:53.160 --> 00:11:53.800 Go quickly 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:55.180 and tell 00:11:55.180 --> 00:11:56.759 his disciples 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.000 he has risen 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:59.100 from the dead 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:00.640 and is going ahead of you 00:12:00.640 --> 00:12:01.480 into Galilee. 00:12:02.420 --> 00:12:03.440 There you will see him. 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:04.680 Now, 00:12:04.900 --> 00:12:05.940 I have told you. 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:08.340 At this point, 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:09.180 it becomes, 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:10.200 it should be clear 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:10.780 to the women 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:12.259 what kind of risen 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:13.759 the angel is talking about. 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:15.220 The angel says it right there. 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:17.519 Risen from the dead. 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:19.019 Kind of risen. 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:20.039 Like, 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.500 you and the disciples 00:12:21.500 --> 00:12:22.339 are going to see him 00:12:22.339 --> 00:12:23.439 walking around 00:12:23.439 --> 00:12:24.620 bodily, 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:26.459 over in Galilee. 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:27.419 Kind of risen. 00:12:28.059 --> 00:12:28.819 This isn't just 00:12:28.819 --> 00:12:30.100 a spiritual resurrection. 00:12:30.100 --> 00:12:31.899 This is a human body 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:32.860 back to life 00:12:32.860 --> 00:12:34.159 kind of resurrection. 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:35.279 Go, 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:36.339 tell his disciples 00:12:36.339 --> 00:12:37.839 that he's alive. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.440 Verse 8. 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:43.720 So the women 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:44.960 hurried away 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:45.759 from the tomb, 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:46.759 afraid, 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:48.540 yet filled with joy, 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:49.600 and ran 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.100 to tell his disciples. 00:12:52.060 --> 00:12:53.139 This translation 00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:53.860 is probably 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.800 a little bit flat. 00:12:55.340 --> 00:12:56.259 More literally. 00:12:57.379 --> 00:12:58.320 And departing 00:12:58.320 --> 00:12:58.820 quickly 00:12:58.820 --> 00:12:59.840 from the tomb 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:01.620 with fear 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:03.759 and great joy, 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.440 they ran 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:06.920 to report 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:08.379 or announce 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:09.279 to his disciples. 00:13:10.339 --> 00:13:10.879 Can you feel 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:11.479 the intensity 00:13:11.479 --> 00:13:12.279 of this moment 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:12.979 for these women? 00:13:14.479 --> 00:13:15.159 Matthew says 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:16.259 they ran. 00:13:17.579 --> 00:13:18.219 And you have to know 00:13:18.219 --> 00:13:18.919 that this wasn't 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:20.659 just your plain 00:13:20.659 --> 00:13:21.539 Jane Joggers 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:22.299 run in the morning 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:23.059 kind of run. 00:13:23.839 --> 00:13:24.059 No, 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:24.719 they ran, 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.120 it says, 00:13:25.219 --> 00:13:26.039 with fear 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:27.120 and 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.179 great joy. 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:31.480 Probably the adrenaline 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.500 was still coursing 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:33.279 through their veins 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:34.279 from everything 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:35.579 that they just experienced 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:36.040 and just, 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:36.840 you know, 00:13:36.920 --> 00:13:37.300 giving them 00:13:37.300 --> 00:13:39.280 this explosive energy. 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.860 But it wasn't 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:42.060 all from fear. 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.820 It was also 00:13:43.820 --> 00:13:45.780 from great joy. 00:13:48.160 --> 00:13:49.100 Our Lord 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:50.480 is alive. 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.879 I can scarcely 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:53.360 imagine 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.160 what it must have 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:54.759 felt like. 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:56.600 But can you 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.720 imagine them 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:58.800 running? 00:14:01.280 --> 00:14:02.200 There they are 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:02.640 running 00:14:02.640 --> 00:14:04.000 excitedly 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.740 and then 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.399 verse 9. 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:07.980 Suddenly, 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:09.240 Jesus 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.840 met them. 00:14:14.179 --> 00:14:14.700 Greetings, 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.659 he said. 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.960 This is a terrible 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.980 English translation. 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:21.580 In English, 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:22.320 the word greetings 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:23.639 is one of the most 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:24.559 formal greetings. 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.639 It's kind of a 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:26.440 subdued way 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:27.539 of saying hello. 00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:28.879 It's like 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:30.720 the thing you would say 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:31.379 when you step up 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:31.960 to the podium 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.960 to make a speech. 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:34.840 in front of an audience. 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.340 No, 00:14:35.400 --> 00:14:36.139 that's not right. 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:37.280 The word he uses 00:14:37.280 --> 00:14:39.340 in even one of the 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:40.120 latest translations 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.740 of the Bible 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:41.700 puts it in there 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.600 right like this. 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.660 The word he uses 00:14:43.660 --> 00:14:44.360 is actually, 00:14:44.560 --> 00:14:44.879 literally, 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.139 rejoice. 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.740 And that 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.860 actually was 00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:50.840 a common greeting 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.560 back then. 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:53.160 Not unlike 00:14:53.160 --> 00:14:53.900 what we might mean 00:14:53.900 --> 00:14:54.379 when we say 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:55.960 good morning to you, 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:57.759 a joyful day to you, 00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.700 a happy day to you. 00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.660 Rejoice. 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:01.980 But of course 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.620 we know that 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:04.759 in this moment, 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:06.360 this reunion 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:07.379 between Jesus 00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:10.299 and these Marys, 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.819 Jesus probably 00:15:12.819 --> 00:15:13.679 means this greeting 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.259 to the fullest 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.379 possible extent. 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.539 Rejoice. 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:20.199 This is a very 00:15:20.199 --> 00:15:21.899 happy to see you 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:23.100 moment. 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.179 A reunion 00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:25.199 of reunions. 00:15:25.839 --> 00:15:26.480 Rejoice, 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:26.980 he said. 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:28.620 They came to him, 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:30.899 clasped his feet, 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:33.000 and worshipped him. 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.159 I love this. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.019 They just 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:37.100 grab a hold 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.300 of his feet 00:15:38.300 --> 00:15:39.200 and they won't 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.800 let go. 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.139 And they worshipped 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:42.440 him. 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.340 Very strong word. 00:15:44.940 --> 00:15:45.379 They give him 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.060 praise 00:15:46.060 --> 00:15:47.159 and glory. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:51.320 Verse 10. 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:52.840 Then Jesus 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.519 said to them, 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:55.500 do not be afraid. 00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:58.159 Go and tell 00:15:58.159 --> 00:15:58.879 my brothers 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:00.379 to go to Galilee. 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:01.759 There 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.980 they will see me. 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.139 As I was 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.740 reflecting on 00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.259 this week, 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.899 something in this 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:10.480 little phrase 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.320 just touched me 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:12.100 and it was the way 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.899 Jesus referred 00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.440 to the other 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:14.000 disciples. 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:16.019 My brothers, 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:17.879 go and tell 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.600 my brothers. 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:21.320 this is Jesus 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:21.740 here, 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.000 the resurrected 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.720 king, 00:16:24.040 --> 00:16:24.980 the Messiah, 00:16:25.180 --> 00:16:26.180 the son of God, 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.180 God in human 00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:27.620 flesh, 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.240 and the women 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:28.920 know their 00:16:28.920 --> 00:16:29.860 rightful place 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.139 is at his feet 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.620 worshipping. 00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:34.639 And yet, 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:35.100 how does he 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:36.220 refer to his 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.740 disciples? 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.920 My brothers. 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:41.360 My brothers. 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:43.180 I love that. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.180 If I were 00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:44.580 Peter 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:46.139 or any of the 00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.800 other disciples 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.580 who had deserted 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.460 him that night, 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.040 I'm thinking, 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:52.080 I'm not worthy 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:53.259 to be called 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.139 your brother. 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:56.460 I'm not worthy 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.100 to be treated 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:58.139 as a brother, 00:16:58.659 --> 00:17:00.080 as family. 00:17:00.800 --> 00:17:01.759 You're our king. 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.320 You're the son 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.759 of God. 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.279 How can you 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:03.940 call me a 00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:04.259 brother? 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.500 Yet, 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.180 that's what Jesus 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.980 refers to them 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:08.180 as, 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.799 my brothers. 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.039 And he doesn't 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.900 overstate the 00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.500 truth of their 00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:13.099 relationship. 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.000 What a joyful 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.720 and happy day 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.279 this was. 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.359 Jesus. 00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.779 And this 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.180 that we've 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.579 just read 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:18.920 is just 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.539 the beginning 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:21.859 of the story. 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.879 Luke has 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.539 more to say. 00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.619 John has 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.319 more to say 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.139 about all 00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.660 that Jesus 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:28.259 did and 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.859 said after 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.619 he was raised 00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:30.700 from the dead 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.559 up until the 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.019 time that he 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.460 was taken 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.019 into heaven. 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.339 This is the 00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:34.799 story of 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.240 Resurrection 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.720 Sunday. 00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:35.819 today. 00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:37.839 Now, 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.079 what does 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.480 it mean 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.180 for us? 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:40.740 Well, 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.039 there's so 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.400 much to 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:41.880 say here 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:43.240 and I 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.640 don't think 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.339 I'm overstating 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:44.819 it to say 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:46.299 that Jesus 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.600 being raised 00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:47.980 from the 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:49.559 dead means 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.100 everything 00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:51.420 for us. 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.160 Where do we 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:53.779 even start? 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.720 The Apostle 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.339 Paul told the 00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:57.039 Corinthians that 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.839 Jesus being 00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.360 raised from 00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:58.920 the dead is 00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.900 so crucial. 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.839 It's so 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:01.640 critical that 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.640 if he hadn't 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:03.100 been raised 00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:03.620 from the dead 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.140 we'd all be 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.640 lost. 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.340 we'd be 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.180 utterly hopeless. 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.360 We'd still 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:10.240 have our 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.860 guilt and 00:18:10.860 --> 00:18:11.160 we'd be 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.620 stuck in 00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.140 it forever. 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:13.740 We'd be 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.360 facing the 00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.100 final judgment 00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:15.780 of God 00:18:15.780 --> 00:18:16.259 for our 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.240 sins with 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.860 no hope, 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.120 no pardon. 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.860 That Christ 00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:22.420 was raised 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.759 from the 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:24.680 dead is 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:25.200 God's 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.860 declaration 00:18:25.860 --> 00:18:26.400 that the 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:27.020 sacrifice 00:18:27.020 --> 00:18:27.540 Jesus 00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:29.280 offered was 00:18:29.280 --> 00:18:29.880 accepted. 00:18:31.080 --> 00:18:31.640 Mission 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.340 accomplished. 00:18:33.520 --> 00:18:34.180 You and 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.540 I, 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.980 can be 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.780 forgiven, 00:18:37.340 --> 00:18:37.620 were 00:18:37.620 --> 00:18:38.340 forgiven. 00:18:39.020 --> 00:18:39.540 Paul says 00:18:39.540 --> 00:18:39.840 it like 00:18:39.840 --> 00:18:40.180 this to 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.560 the church 00:18:40.560 --> 00:18:41.040 at Rome. 00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:42.340 Jesus 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:43.040 was delivered 00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:43.560 over to 00:18:43.560 --> 00:18:44.080 death for 00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:44.820 our sins. 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.460 This is 00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:46.740 Romans 4.25 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.920 and was 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.680 raised to 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:50.020 life for 00:18:50.020 --> 00:18:50.259 our 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.860 justification. 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.620 In other 00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:52.800 words, 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.140 he was 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:54.000 raised to 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.560 life to 00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:55.580 secure our 00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:56.500 right standing 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.720 with God 00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:59.440 in the 00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.840 courts of 00:18:59.840 --> 00:19:00.120 heaven. 00:19:00.780 --> 00:19:01.480 That's what 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.780 his 00:19:01.780 --> 00:19:02.500 resurrection 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.960 brings about 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.500 for us. 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:05.900 Jesus' 00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.460 resurrection 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.859 means 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.400 everything 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.059 for us. 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.480 It means 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:09.900 that Jesus 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.380 was not 00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:10.759 a false 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.180 prophet. 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.700 He predicted 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.380 his death 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.940 and his 00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.440 resurrection 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.079 three days 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.440 later, 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.839 and exactly 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.200 what he 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.559 said 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.720 came true. 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.200 More than 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.380 that, 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:20.660 it means 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.220 that everything 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.980 Jesus said 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.480 was true. 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.059 Jesus 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.559 claimed to 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.900 be from 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.240 heaven. 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.500 He claimed 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.099 to be sent 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.880 from God. 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:27.920 God. 00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:29.280 He claimed 00:19:29.280 --> 00:19:29.860 to speak 00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:31.040 to the 00:19:31.040 --> 00:19:31.440 people 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.580 God's 00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:32.860 very 00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:33.460 words. 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.820 And so 00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:43.000 the 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:43.340 resurrection 00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:44.940 is the 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.320 ultimate 00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:45.760 proof. 00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.020 It's 00:19:46.020 --> 00:19:46.560 God's 00:19:46.560 --> 00:19:46.920 stamp 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.380 of 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.800 approval 00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:48.080 that 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:48.600 yes, 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.420 he does 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.920 speak for 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.160 me. 00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:52.540 He is 00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:53.160 my 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:53.820 son. 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.760 He is 00:19:54.760 --> 00:19:55.140 the 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.500 Christ. 00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.080 He is 00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.800 the king 00:19:56.800 --> 00:19:57.260 that I 00:19:57.260 --> 00:19:57.440 have 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.920 chosen 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.559 and 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.940 appointed. 00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.820 He is 00:19:59.820 --> 00:20:00.559 the way 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.240 and the 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.600 truth 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.140 and the 00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.519 life. 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.680 So many 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:04.940 of the 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.299 promises 00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.000 of Jesus 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:07.320 rest on 00:20:07.320 --> 00:20:07.480 the 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:07.960 resurrection 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.620 of Jesus. 00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:10.140 Think 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.559 back to 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.799 some of 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.160 the things 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.880 that Jesus 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.680 said that 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.000 we've been 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.500 looking at 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.080 in the 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.660 gospel of 00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.059 John. 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.160 John 5 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:17.600 24, 00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.460 very truly 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.960 I tell 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.259 you, 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.340 whoever 00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:21.100 hears my 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:21.580 word and 00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.120 believes 00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:22.840 him who 00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:23.279 sent me 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.500 has 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:23.920 eternal 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.039 life and 00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.340 will not 00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:26.019 be judged 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:27.160 but is 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.500 crossed 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.000 over from 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.460 death to 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:28.900 life. 00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:30.660 Can 00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.060 Jesus 00:20:31.060 --> 00:20:31.519 give us 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.840 eternal 00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:32.360 life if 00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.820 he's still 00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:33.120 in the 00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.420 tomb? 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:34.980 No. 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.000 Jesus 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.620 goes on 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:37.980 in that 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.519 particular 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.360 conversation. 00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:39.960 He talks 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:41.019 about how 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.560 it's been 00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.080 given to 00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.640 him to 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.759 judge all 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:45.820 people at 00:20:45.820 --> 00:20:46.240 the final 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.680 judgment. 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.440 How can 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.720 he do 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.120 that if 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.500 he's still 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.779 in the 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.040 tomb? 00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.160 He 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.640 can't. 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:55.580 he said 00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:55.860 to them 00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.360 that same 00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:57.040 day that 00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:58.620 there will 00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:58.940 come a 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.300 day when 00:20:59.300 --> 00:20:59.580 he will 00:20:59.580 --> 00:21:00.220 call all 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.860 people out 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.160 of their 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:03.140 graves to 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.759 that moment 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.340 of judgment. 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.120 How can 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.460 he do 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.800 that if 00:21:05.800 --> 00:21:06.320 he's still 00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:06.960 in the 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.320 tomb? 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.700 None of 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.020 this can 00:21:09.020 --> 00:21:09.440 be true 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.920 if Jesus 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.300 stayed 00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:10.660 dead. 00:21:14.080 --> 00:21:14.580 You 00:21:14.580 --> 00:21:14.759 might 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.259 remember 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.080 Jesus' 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:16.740 conversation 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:16.980 with 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.400 Martha 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.620 after 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.119 Lazarus 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.299 had 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.659 died. 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.419 He said 00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:22.139 to her, 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.099 I am 00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:23.359 the 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.039 resurrection 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.399 and the 00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.799 life. 00:21:26.939 --> 00:21:27.699 The one 00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.299 who believes 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.799 in me 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.699 will live 00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.679 even though 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:31.379 they die. 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.799 These are 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.419 totally empty 00:21:34.419 --> 00:21:34.939 words if 00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.779 Jesus himself 00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.279 was not 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.799 even raised 00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.139 from the 00:21:37.139 --> 00:21:37.399 dead. 00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.519 I am 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.739 the 00:21:39.739 --> 00:21:40.399 resurrection 00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.859 and the 00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.259 life. 00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.279 Paul 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.559 doesn't 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.000 overstate 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.419 things when 00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:45.739 he says 00:21:45.739 --> 00:21:46.039 that if 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.439 Jesus 00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:46.979 hadn't been 00:21:46.979 --> 00:21:47.439 raised from 00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:47.879 the dead, 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.880 then our 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.420 faith is 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.980 futile. 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.620 It's good 00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:52.120 for nothing. 00:21:53.020 --> 00:21:53.540 But Jesus 00:21:53.540 --> 00:21:55.240 was raised 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.700 from the 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:55.980 dead, 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:58.040 just as 00:21:58.040 --> 00:21:58.520 we heard. 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.320 And as 00:22:01.320 --> 00:22:02.100 Paul makes 00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.640 clear, if 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.740 Jesus has 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.280 been raised 00:22:04.280 --> 00:22:04.640 from the 00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.940 dead, then 00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.260 we know 00:22:06.260 --> 00:22:06.580 that the 00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.080 way has 00:22:07.080 --> 00:22:07.600 been opened 00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.740 for us 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.060 to be 00:22:09.060 --> 00:22:09.480 raised from 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.840 the dead 00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.140 too. 00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.340 For us 00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:11.820 to have 00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.320 the eternal 00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.240 life that 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.220 Jesus promised 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.320 to everyone 00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.920 who believes 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.260 in his 00:22:16.260 --> 00:22:16.540 name. 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.720 And this 00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.299 is wonderful. 00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.279 This is 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:22.160 great news. 00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.819 It means 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.120 that our 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.420 greatest 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.900 enemy, 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:25.900 death, 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.759 will not 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.480 prevail over 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.539 us at 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.960 the end. 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.380 Neither 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.779 will the 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.180 guilt that 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.539 we have 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.900 for our 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.279 sins. 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.519 Paul 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.180 traces this 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.500 out in 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.839 his letter 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.160 to the 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.519 Corinthians. 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:35.960 We won't 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.299 go into 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.680 all of 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:36.960 that, 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.660 but I 00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.059 love how 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.500 he says 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.640 it. 00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.920 He basically 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.279 says, 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:40.799 because of 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.360 Christ's 00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.079 own victory 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.839 over death, 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.759 all of us 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.360 who are in 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:45.100 him can 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.920 take up a 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.740 taunt against 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.500 death itself. 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.960 Like, 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.180 na-na-na-boo-boo, 00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.640 where, 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:50.920 oh, 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.359 death, 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.119 is your 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.579 victory? 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.720 Where, 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:53.920 oh, 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.140 death, 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.480 is your 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.019 sting? 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.900 It's gone. 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.019 We have 00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.339 victory over 00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.240 death itself 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:02.359 through Jesus 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.920 Christ, 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.859 our Lord. 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:05.839 The list 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.279 goes on. 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.559 We could 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.039 talk about 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.579 how Jesus 00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.059 is in 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.339 heaven, 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.099 interceding 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.460 for us 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.160 right now. 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.259 God, 00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:13.480 he wouldn't 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.060 be if 00:23:14.060 --> 00:23:14.360 there was 00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:14.540 no 00:23:14.540 --> 00:23:15.120 resurrection. 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.160 We could 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.740 talk about 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:19.540 how the 00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.140 promise was 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.700 given that 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.620 a son of 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.040 David would 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.440 come to 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.800 sit on 00:23:22.800 --> 00:23:23.240 David's 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.519 throne 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.500 and rule 00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.960 forever. 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.700 Could that 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.259 be fulfilled 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.019 without Jesus 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.620 rising from 00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.000 the dead? 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.400 No. 00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:30.540 The 00:23:30.540 --> 00:23:30.900 resurrection 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.560 of Jesus 00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:32.460 is everything. 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.820 It's the 00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.519 foundation of 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.080 all that we 00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:35.680 hope for 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.540 and long 00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:37.460 for and 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.880 are waiting 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.980 for as 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.440 Christians. 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:40.960 It's the 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.620 foundation of 00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.799 everything God 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.620 has promised 00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.000 to his 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.759 people through 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.640 all generations. 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.620 But beyond 00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:49.220 all this, 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:51.440 there is one 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.720 thing that 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.220 the resurrection 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.860 of Jesus 00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.440 means for 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.019 each one of 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.440 us that's 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.860 even more 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.240 precious, 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.880 at least to 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.160 me, 00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.160 than all the 00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.539 rest. 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.079 You know, 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.160 I was watching 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.180 a thing with 00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.900 my family 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.960 last night. 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.319 It's the 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.740 story of 00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.319 Jesus done 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.640 in some 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.339 live theater. 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.720 And I got 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.140 thinking, 00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.660 you know, 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.259 the disciples 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.920 had it really 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.320 good. 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.180 They got to 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.980 walk with 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.800 Jesus while 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.480 he was here. 00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:18.800 They got to 00:24:18.800 --> 00:24:19.780 see his face. 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.960 They got to 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.420 see the 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.180 miracles that 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.800 he did with 00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.120 their own 00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.440 eyes. 00:24:24.520 --> 00:24:24.740 They were 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.100 able to 00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.620 touch him 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.220 and feel 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.580 him. 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.240 And he 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:28.759 was able to 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.300 touch them. 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.720 They had a 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.460 very tangible 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:32.280 relationship and 00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:33.100 friendship with 00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:34.380 Jesus that 00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.180 was unique and 00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.780 personal to 00:24:35.780 --> 00:24:36.420 each one of 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.620 them. 00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.060 the 00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:39.820 resurrection of 00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:40.560 Jesus means 00:24:40.560 --> 00:24:41.560 that each 00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:42.080 of their own 00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.580 personal 00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.560 relationships with 00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.300 Jesus didn't 00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:45.840 end the day 00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.540 that Jesus 00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.320 died. 00:24:48.020 --> 00:24:48.800 Think about 00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.320 that for a 00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.560 moment. 00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:51.620 What John 00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.220 had with 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.660 Jesus, 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.400 the Apostle 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.800 John, 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.920 didn't end 00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.680 when Jesus 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.040 died. 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.700 It continued 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.500 after Jesus 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.180 was raised. 00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.820 That special 00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.360 bond that 00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.940 Peter had 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.620 with Jesus 00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.880 continued 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.380 after Jesus 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.140 was raised. 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:08.000 that friendship 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.700 that Mary 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.620 Magdalene had 00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.140 with Jesus 00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.800 before he 00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.140 died. 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.680 It didn't 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.340 end the day 00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.640 of his 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.000 death. 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.460 That friendship 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.340 continued after 00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:17.200 he was raised. 00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.259 Now for all 00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.660 of them and 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.060 for us, 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.540 having a 00:25:20.540 --> 00:25:20.980 relationship 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.660 with Jesus 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:23.120 has changed. 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.400 When he 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.000 went back to 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.259 heaven, 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.860 in some 00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:27.280 respects, 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.800 it became 00:25:27.800 --> 00:25:28.280 almost like 00:25:28.280 --> 00:25:28.900 a distance 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.020 relationship, 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.720 a relationship 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.259 that now 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.520 happens through 00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:33.240 his spirit 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.480 that comes 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.299 to live 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.940 in us 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.759 when we 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.259 believe. 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.000 But there 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.400 is coming 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.839 a day 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.980 when Jesus 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.720 will return. 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.740 A day 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.299 when that 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.880 tangible, 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.480 physical, 00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.359 visible 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.099 relationship 00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.819 with Christ 00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:51.120 will be 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.799 restored for 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.160 Peter 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.099 and John 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.359 and Mary 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.000 Magdalene 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.880 and for us 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.759 who believe 00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.160 in him. 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.059 For all 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.460 of us who 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.799 have never 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.319 seen him 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.799 face to 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.180 face, 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.900 for all 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.140 of us 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.400 who have 00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:05.819 never, 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.819 like they 00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.140 did, 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.539 felt his 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:08.900 strong 00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.519 embrace, 00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.960 there is 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.359 coming a 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.700 day when 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.779 we too 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.400 will have 00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:13.980 that kind 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.660 of relationship 00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.259 with him. 00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.740 We'll see 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.000 him with 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.359 our own 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.720 eyes, 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.620 face to 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.000 face, 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.079 we'll be 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.380 able to 00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:20.859 touch him, 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.180 feel his 00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.680 embrace, 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.579 we'll hear 00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.059 from his 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.680 human lips 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.259 that yes, 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.819 he did 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.500 indeed hear 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.279 every single 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.519 prayer that 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.059 we prayed. 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.539 The 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.920 resurrection 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.599 of Jesus 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.039 is the 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.539 foundation 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.879 of all 00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.200 that we 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.779 hope for 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.500 and long 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.000 for and 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.440 wait for 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.960 as Christians. 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.379 It's the 00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.839 foundation 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.339 of our 00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.200 salvation, 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.119 yes, 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.159 but to me 00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.519 the most 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.220 precious thing 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.539 of all 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.920 is that it 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.299 means that 00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.819 each of us 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.779 can personally 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.019 know Christ 00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.460 himself today 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.700 because he's 00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.139 alive. 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.940 We can have 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.539 that friendship 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.159 with him 00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.899 today, 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.720 knowing that 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.159 one day 00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.099 that distance 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.299 will be gone 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.399 and we 00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.980 will have 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.419 his 00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:00.879 continued 00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.639 love and 00:27:01.639 --> 00:27:02.180 friendship 00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.579 forever 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:05.240 in person. 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.339 This is 00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.639 what it's 00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.180 all about. 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.339 Do you 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.720 remember what 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.639 Jesus prayed 00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.680 on the 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.819 eve of 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.339 his death? 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.259 This is 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.500 what he 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.839 said to 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.339 his father, 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.099 John 17 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.480 3, 00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.899 he said, 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.539 now this 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.299 is eternal 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.839 life, 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.879 that they, 00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:25.139 my followers, 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:25.980 those you 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.299 have given 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.559 me, 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.179 that they 00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:28.319 might know 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.059 you, 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.460 the only 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.319 true God 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.519 and 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:35.000 me, 00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:35.659 Jesus 00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.259 Christ, 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.619 whom you 00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.159 have sent. 00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.279 This is 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.019 what life, 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.359 life eternal, 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.079 life forever 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.720 is all about. 00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.299 It's all about 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.759 knowing Jesus. 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.059 Jesus goes 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.619 on in his 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.000 prayer. 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.220 We won't 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.539 go into 00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.899 all the 00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.359 details. 00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.440 He prays 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.859 not just 00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.339 for his 00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.980 immediate 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.519 disciples, 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.139 but also 00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.639 for those 00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:55.960 who will 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.539 believe in 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.420 him through 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.659 their 00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.159 message. 00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.819 He prays 00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.119 that they 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.619 would be 00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.460 unified 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.980 and be 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.539 one, 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.839 that he 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.259 would be 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.000 in them. 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.240 He says, 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:09.700 I want 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.299 those you 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.759 have given 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.159 me to 00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.879 be with 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.500 me where 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.319 I am 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.799 and to 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.480 see my 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.039 glory, 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.440 the glory 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.819 you have 00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.359 given me. 00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.559 Do you 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:20.879 know that 00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.819 Jesus longs 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.240 for that 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.819 kind of 00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.339 personal 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.980 relationship 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.619 with you? 00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:26.739 he prayed 00:28:26.739 --> 00:28:27.239 for it 00:28:27.239 --> 00:28:29.000 just before 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.339 he went 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.619 to the 00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:29.939 cross. 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.439 A face 00:28:30.439 --> 00:28:31.079 to face 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.439 see my 00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:33.119 glory, 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:34.439 you 00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.899 with me 00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.639 where I 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.119 am 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.239 kind of 00:28:38.239 --> 00:28:38.839 relationship. 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.119 He went 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.379 to the 00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.719 cross 00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.219 because he 00:28:42.219 --> 00:28:43.199 desires that 00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.939 kind of 00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:44.459 relationship 00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:45.079 with you 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.979 and with 00:28:45.979 --> 00:28:46.279 me. 00:28:46.959 --> 00:28:47.500 And if 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.839 he hadn't 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.259 been raised 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.579 from the 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.799 dead, 00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.099 we could 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.619 never have 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.099 that with 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.279 him. 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:52.940 So that's 00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.220 the thing 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.579 that I'm 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.000 celebrating 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.759 most today 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:57.039 because he 00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:57.519 rose from 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.119 the grave 00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.799 and is 00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.559 alive today. 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.639 We can 00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.899 know Jesus 00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.819 Christ himself 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.559 personally, 00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:04.980 deeply, 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.240 and one 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.940 day visibly 00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.740 and tangibly 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.339 face to 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.680 face. 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.619 Let's 00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:11.859 pray. 00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:11.960 Amen. 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.480 Father in 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.639 heaven, 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.060 we give 00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.640 you glory. 00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.980 Lord Jesus, 00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.440 we give 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.020 you glory 00:29:24.020 --> 00:29:24.580 and we 00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:24.880 worship 00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.480 you today. 00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.960 You are 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.600 our king, 00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.440 we believe. 00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.340 You are 00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.720 the son 00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.200 of God 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:32.120 and we 00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.520 thank you 00:29:32.520 --> 00:29:32.880 that you 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.680 have even 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.340 brought 00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.860 yourself 00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:36.100 down to 00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.520 the level 00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:37.120 of brother 00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.840 and a 00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.140 friend. 00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.300 We love 00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:42.660 you so 00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.580 much and 00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.920 we long 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.300 for that 00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:44.740 day when 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.060 you will 00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.660 come back 00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.759 and you 00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.360 will raise 00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:48.080 us to 00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.680 new life 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.240 with you 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.120 forever. 00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.759 May that 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.200 day come 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.640 quickly. 00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.359 In your 00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.680 name, 00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.900 amen. 00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.160 Amen. 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.700 Amen. 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.920 Amen. 00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.400 Amen. 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.440 Amen. 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.539 Amen. 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.920 Amen. 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:00.940 Amen. 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:10.279 Amen. 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.000 Amen.