We're in Acts chapter 25, which is on page 934.
And I go on holiday tomorrow.
And this sermon feels like I'm going on holiday tomorrow.
!
Sometimes they've taken him into protective custody.
And the authorities really don't know what to do with him.
So they play pass the parcel with him.
They shunt him from one to another before finally sending him to Rome.
First it's Felix.
Then it's Festus.
And Festus brings us to Agrippa, who comes to Caesarea on a courtesy call.
And then they ship the apostle off to Rome.
To appear before Emperor Nero.
Great names, aren't they?
Felix the cat.
Nero the dog.
Someone has said, those were the great names in those days.
Felix, Nero.
We call our cats and dogs Felix and Nero.
And people call their sons Paul.
Can you see the reversal?
But there's been how influential Christianity has been on our culture.
The big names of the day were Nero.
He was emperor in Rome.
And Felix was the governor, the new governor of Palestine.
Felix was the worst governor that Palestine ever had.
He was eventually summoned to Rome and was given the sack.
And now Festus is the guy who takes over, Uncle Festus.
And anyway, Paul makes quite an impression before these people.
And we're told, do you remember last week, as Felix heard Paul preach, he trembled.
Agrippa, we're told, is almost persuaded to become a Christian.
At least that's what he says.
Whether he's being sarcastic or whether he's being sincere, we don't know.
But Paul made a remarkable impression.
And this guy, Festus, in the courtroom, loses his cool.
Blows his stack, as they say.
And he shouts at Paul.
Look over the page.
Look at chapter 26, verse 24 and 25.
We're told at this point, as he was saying these things in defense,
Felix said with a loud voice, he shouted,
Paul, you're out of your mind.
Your great learning is driving you out of your mind.
I think you'll agree that's not the normal way.
That's not the way a judge should behave in court.
To shout at the man in the dock.
To call him mad.
Paul made, didn't he?
Quite an impression.
And in these circles, as he's shunted from pillar to post,
there are three different sets of people in Acts 25.
There are three different attitudes in Acts 25
towards the gospel of the Lord Jesus.
And I want to pick up on those three attitudes.
First of all, we see the hard-heartedness of the Jewish leaders.
And I want you to be asking yourself,
as you hear this sermon proclaimed,
what's the attitude in my heart?
And you might think this morning,
it's impossible for me to be hard-hearted.
I wouldn't be in church this morning, would I?
But let me tell you, it's very easy to sit in church like this.
I was brought up in a good church and be very hard-hearted.
I know what it is to sit under sermons and be proud and arrogant
and say, I will not believe this.
We look at the hard-heartedness of the Jewish leaders,
the close-mindedness of them.
And then secondly, the half-heartedness,
the double-mindedness of Philip Festus.
And then thirdly, the whole-heartedness of the Apostle Paul.
So let's see the hard-heartedness of the Jewish leaders.
And there's a key word,
which you might have picked up when Andrew read it,
and it's the word against.
It keeps coming up 12 times in this chapter.
These people are against Paul and against his gospel.
They're against everything he stands for.
Let me show you very quickly.
Chapters 25, verses 1 and 2.
Three days, three days after Festus had arrived in the province.
He went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews
laid out their case against Paul.
And they urged him, asking as a favor against Paul,
that he summon him to Jerusalem
because they were planning to ambush him.
They were against him to kill him on the way.
They cannot wait to get their hands on Paul.
You might have thought,
surely these Jewish leaders would have forgotten him.
It's been two years.
Look at the last verse of chapter 24.
When two years had elapsed,
two years had gone by,
Felix was succeeded by Paulius Festus.
And desiring to do the Jews a favor,
Felix left Paul in prison.
Two whole years, he's been rotting for two years.
Do you remember two years ago?
You might have thought,
two years was enough time for them to forget about Paul.
But Festus hasn't had time to unpack his suitcases.
He's not even kind of done photo opportunities
with other leaders of state.
But the Jewish leaders are knocking on his door.
Look what they say in verse 3.
They urgently request Festus to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem.
They're gunning for him.
They carry out a vendetta against this man, Paul.
And the tense of the verb in verse 3 is they keep on.
They will not let it go.
They will not take no for an answer.
And what's motivating them?
It's not just a concern for law and order.
It's not a concern for justice to be done.
What's the concern in verse 3?
They want to kill him on the way.
They want him to be a dead man.
And they don't care how it happens,
whether it's legally or illegally,
whether it's done by the authorities or it's done by the mob.
They want him silenced.
And when Festus refuses to bring Paul to Jerusalem,
do you notice verse 4?
And he invites them to Caesarea.
They don't waste any time.
Look at verse 4 to 7.
As soon as Festus gets back to Jerusalem,
the very next day they're there again knocking on the door.
They can't even wait for the trial.
They surround him.
They gang up on him.
They charge him.
They will bring any charges.
Can't you see what's happening here?
It's indiscriminate, isn't it?
It's deep-seated, implacable hostility.
There's nothing reasonable about their hostility.
Look at verse 15.
They ask for the death sentence.
When I was in Jerusalem,
the chief priests and the elders of the Jews
laid out their case against him,
asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
But look at the way that they ask him
for him to be condemned.
I would have thought,
if you believe in the death penalty,
it's a very serious thing.
But look at verse 24.
Agrippa gives us a little bit more information about this.
Verse 24.
King Agrippa and all who are present with us,
you see this man about whom
the whole Jewish people petitioned me,
both in Jerusalem and here,
shouting that he ought not to live any longer.
They're baying for blood.
Paul, the prisoner,
he is cool and he's calm and he's collected.
But everyone else is angry.
Everyone else is shouting at him.
His accusers are shouting at him.
The judge is shouting at him.
Paul, you're out of your mind.
You're insane.
Why?
Is the question, isn't it?
Why is there such anger?
Why such hostility against him?
Why such unreasonable hatred towards Paul?
And the reason is this.
The message that he preaches.
What lies behind it?
Why are they so desperate to silence him?
Why do they want him dead?
Strange thing, isn't it?
I think psychologically it's proven
that often people will accuse others unfairly
and passionately of the very things
that they're guilty of themselves.
In fact, the more unreasonable,
the more angry they are,
the more likely they are to be guilty
of the very things they're accusing others of doing.
It's a phenomenon, isn't it?
It's recognized by psychologists.
It's what people often say
about Bible-believing Christians.
There is, despite
incessant news of a quiet revival,
there is neither quiet nor revival,
there is, isn't there,
in our culture,
hostility
towards the biblical message
of the Lord Jesus.
When people really understand
what we believe about human flourishing
and about human sexuality,
when people really believe
what we understand
about rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ
and the reality of hell,
what is the response?
That Christians are dangerous.
At least the fundamentalist Christians are.
Real Christians who believe the Bible,
they are dangerous.
These people, actually,
they believe in a violent God.
They threaten
our stable, multicultural society
and actually we need to silence them.
They are not allowed to express those opinions.
We need to cancel them.
And so if you regard yourself
as a true Christian
and you explain the message
of the gospel,
you will find that people think
you're a violent,
hate-filled,
murderous fundamentalist.
And the UK modern society
would be a better place without you.
I've got an atheist friend
who's a lovely fellow
who worships science
and mocks me
mercilessly
at the rugby club
and he cannot see me
without talking about God.
He cannot
see me without saying,
are you here to influence
young men,
vulnerable young men?
Every time I see him.
What's the response?
The response is this,
why are you so angry
about a God
who doesn't exist?
That's the great question
for atheism, isn't it?
I don't believe in God
and yet I hate him.
Why is that person
so angry
about a God
they don't believe in?
There's actually
nothing reasonable
to it.
There's something else
going on, isn't there?
There's a close-mindedness
to it.
There's a hard-heartedness
to it.
I said to my friend
that I prayed for him.
He said,
I don't give you consent
to pray for you.
I told him I couldn't care less.
Let's move on
from the hard-heartedness
of the Jewish leaders.
There's nothing new
under the sun, is there?
And let's notice
the half-heartedness
of Festus.
Just look at that.
Look at verses 9 to 11.
Let me read it.
But Festus wishing
to do the Jews a favour.
Can you see that?
Said to Paul,
do you wish to go up
to Jerusalem
and there be tried
on these charges before me?
But Paul said,
I am standing before
Caesar's tribunal
where I ought to be tried.
To the Jews,
I've done no wrong,
as you yourself know very well.
If then I'm a wrongdoer
and have committed anything
for which I deserve to die,
I do not seek to escape death.
But if there's nothing
to their charges against me,
no one can give me up to them.
I appeal to Caesar.
Pretty straightforward.
You can't send me up
to Jerusalem.
I'm not prepared
to go to Jerusalem.
The interesting thing
to notice here
is that Festus
changed his mind.
Do you notice
verse 4 and 5
he refuses?
Three days
after taking office
he goes up to Jerusalem
and the Jews
want him to bring
Paul to Jerusalem
to stand a kind
of show trial.
But Festus refuses
very strongly
and firmly there
in verses 4 and 5.
But in verse 9
we're told that he
moots the idea
with Paul.
Would you like to go up?
Are you willing to go?
What's he thinking?
Why has there been
a change of mind?
Why a change of policy?
Why?
Try and get into
the psychology behind it.
Festus is thinking
isn't it
this will look
very good on my CV
if I can pull this off.
The clue is there
in verse 9 isn't it?
It's very simple.
He's a politician
wanting to do
a favour to the Jews.
It's not about
saving justice
it's about
saving his career.
Festus
by all accounts
was a very good politician.
Sadly
only lasted
two years in office
and then he died.
But whereas
Felix was probably
the worst governor
that Palestine ever had
Festus is probably
one of the best.
So he was a good guy
in lots of ways
but he was
a double-minded man.
Can you see?
He's not motivated
by justice here
but by self-interest.
What's good for me?
So where
as the Jewish leaders
are they
closed their mind
they'd hardened
their hearts
to the truth.
Festus is double-minded.
Look at verses 18 to 20.
Festus is talking
to Agrippa
and when the accusers
stood up
they brought no charge
in his case
of such evils
as I suppose.
Rather they had
certain points of dispute
with him
about their own religion
about a certain Jesus
who was dead
but whom Paul
asserted to be alive.
It's an interesting thing
isn't it?
Do you notice that?
Then verse 19
such an incredible
way of putting it.
The man who is
the saviour of the world
the most influential
human being
that's ever existed
can you see how he's
described?
A dead man
named Jesus
who Paul claimed
was alive.
Festus says
I was quite surprised
he didn't realise
that was what
it was all about.
It wasn't what
I was expecting.
Roman law
doesn't actually
cover resurrection.
Insurrection
well I know all
how to deal with that
but resurrection
I've not got any
experience of that.
Festus is out
of his depth
he's clearly
out of his depth
and he's not really
that interested.
It's so obvious
isn't it?
He's dismissive about it.
Some man named
Jesus
a really common
name
he died
this guy says
he came back
to death
came back
to life.
He shrugs it off
but can you
can you just
see under the
veneer
can you just
see underneath
the surface
here
that of course
in that
shrugging it off
Paul is putting
his
Festus is putting
his finger
right on the issue.
Why are the Jews
so angry?
Why are they
so murderous?
Because of the
resurrection of
Jesus Christ
the resurrection
of Jesus
actually reverses
the verdict
of history
I don't think
again I brought
this out in the
book of Acts
but the preaching
of the book of Acts
is you thought
Jesus was this
you threw him
on the scrap heap
of history
but he has died
but he has been
raised to life
he is God's king
forevermore
and what are you
going to do
with him?
they thought
he was just
one of the
dozens of
messiahs
they got rid
of him
they thought
this is the
end of this
Jesus
this Jesus
whom you
have crucified
God has
raised from
the dead
so where does
that leave you?
Well no wonder
you are angry
and if Jesus
is alive
from the dead
if Jesus
has risen
from the dead
then to live
as though
he is dead
well then
who is the fool?
you see
if it really
happened
this is 30
years after
the event
if it really
happened
that this
man Jesus
died
and Paul
says he
came back
from the
dead
you cannot
just shrug
as Festus
does
this is not
some kind
of finer
point of
philosophical
discussion
Paul says
in Corinth
he is on
record
saying if
you can
disprove
that Jesus
Christ
came back
from the
dead
you can
dismantle
Christianity
because if
Christ
has not
risen
from the
dead
your
faith
is
vain
futile
a waste
of time
if
Jesus
died
and did
not
rise
I am
a massive
fool
and so
are you
for believing
it
and Paul
is saying
if he
did rise
from the
dead
who is
the fool
now
Festus
notice
verse 26
he says
to Festus
and Agrippa
this was
not something
done in a
corner
isn't that
brilliant
it's not
hidden away
this is
something that
can be
investigated
here is
something that
is on
public
record
30 years
down the
track
after it
happened
one writer
said it's
the best
attested
fact in
history
Charles
Colson
he was
an insider
in Washington
he worked
in the
White House
he was
involved
in a
scandal
called
Watergate
and he
became a
Christian
while serving
his prison
sentence
this is
what he
said
he commented
on the
40 years
that Jesus
Christ's
disciples
never backed
down on
their witness
to the
resurrection
even to
the point
of martyrdom
and he
said this
we
that's
the
Washington
insiders
that concocted
this story
we couldn't
hold our
stories together
for three
weeks under
that kind
of pressure
he said
I was
around the
most powerful
men in
the world
but we
could not
hold the
lie
if the
resurrection
was not
true
those
disciples
could
never
howl
out
someone
would
have
dug
up the
tapes
or something
or maybe
you're a
fan of
the
Simpsons
some of
you are
too young
for the
Simpsons
kind of
glorious
cultural
commentators
and if you
know of a
man called
Lionel
Hutz
in the
Simpsons
he's the
lawyer
and Lionel
Hutz
is based
on a
real life
lawyer
who is a
very different
character
by all
accounts
Lionel
Hutz
is based
on Sir
Lionel
Luccu
who according
to the
Guinness Book
of Records
is the
most successful
lawyer ever
he has
apparently
245
consecutive
murder
acquittals
which is
pretty
impressive
but Sir
Lionel
Luccu
became a
Christian
at the
age of
64
and what
persuaded
him to
change his
mind was
this dead
guy called
Jesus
who Paul
said was
alive
listen to
the world's
most successful
lawyer he
says I
spent more
than 42
years as a
defence lawyer
appearing in
many parts
of the
world I
can say
unequivocally
that the
evidence for
the resurrection
of Jesus is
so overwhelming
that there is
no room for
doubt
you see
what Festus
so calmly
writes off as
a dead man
who Paul says
has come to
life is
actually
news like
there's a
bomb in the
building
there's a
bomb in the
building
you're not
very convinced
do you
are you
still sitting
there
there's a
bomb in the
building
if you saw
flashing lights
heard sirens
police and army
people come
wearing their
gear
coming in
through the
doors
the bomb
disposal unit
van outside
and they
come into
the room
and they
shout
there is a
bomb in
the building
you would
not sit
there
you'd
evacuate the
building
straight away
and the
resurrection is
that kind of
message
it isn't some
point of
doctrine that
the Jews are
debating with
Paul it is
bomb in the
building stuff
if this man
Jesus really
died and
really came
back from
the tomb
and if the
tomb is
empty in
Jerusalem
if this
thing that
was not
done in
a corner
if this
thing that
has been
done can
be proven
it's
bombing the
building
stuff
and you
cannot just
go on
thinking about
your career
festus
if you only
knew that
you're going
to just
last two
more years
anyway
you can't
just shrug
it off
festus
if there
really is
a bomb
in the
building
it's
madness
not to
do
anything
about
it
and if
Jesus
really did
rise from
the dead
which is
what the
Bible
teaches
and is
at the
heart
of
Paul's
gospel
then it
means
that the
end of
the world
where every
single human
being will
rise from
the dead
has broken
into time
and we
are now
living in
the last
days
between
Jesus
resurrection
and our
resurrection
and that's
what the
resurrection
tells you
it's actually
what Jewish
belief taught
it's what Paul
had in
common with
these Jewish
leaders
they believed
that at the
end of the
age there
would be a
resurrection
of the
dead
and Paul
is saying
in Jesus
that has
happened
and you
cannot just
shrug your
shoulders and
think that's
interesting
it's bombing
the building
stuff
you cannot
continue to be
a Jewish
leader and
not recognise
Jesus as
the Messiah
you cannot
continue to be
a career
politician like
Festus and
put your
career first
if Jesus
has risen
from the
dead
because it
changes
everything
it changes
absolutely
everything
what you've
thought about
him is not
who he was
and you
will meet
him
thirdly
the whole
heartedness
of Paul
there's such
a contrast
between the
half heartedness
of the Jews
the hard
heartedness
of the Jews
and the
half heartedness
of Festus
look at
verses 24
and 25
of chapter
26
as he was
saying these
things in his
defence
Festus cried out
with a loud
voice
Paul you are
out of your
mind
you're nuts
your great
learning is
driving you
out of your
mind
it wasn't
the first
time
that
Christians
have been
called
nuts
and out
of your
mind
and it
certainly
wasn't
the last
time
in 1736
George
Whitfield
was ordained
in his
hometown
of Gloucester
he's one of
the great
Methodist
leaders
along with
John Wesley
one of the
great
18th century
preachers
the following
Sunday
George
Whitfield
preached
his first
sermon
in his
first church
and it
was a
sermon
that
apparently
15
people
were
converted
on the
spot
one and a
half
rows
were
converted
like that
it was
reported
to the
bishop
somebody
reported
to the
bishop
that
he had
driven
Whitfield
had driven
15
people
mad
to which
the bishop
replied
I hope
their madness
lasts till
next Sunday
you see
when somebody
is converted
when somebody
believes in
the Lord
Jesus
and when
somebody
is born
again
and they
begin to
take their
faith in
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
seriously
you're
going to
be accused
of
fanaticism
Tim Keller
in the
reason for
God
says people
will accuse
us of
fanaticism
but the
real problem
with us
is that
we're not
fanatical
enough
and that's
the problem
isn't it
because if
Jesus Christ
really did
rise from
the dead
and if
he's alive
today
then you
and I
ought to be
a lot more
fanatical
than we
are
because it
signals the
end of the
world
and there
is a date
in the
diary of
God
there's only
one date
left in
the diary
of God
and it
is the
day of
judgment
and that's
the significance
of the
resurrection
the resurrection
tells you
that judgment's
coming
and the
very fact
that it
hasn't
happened
yet
is because
God is
compassionate
and he's
patient with
you
and me
and he
doesn't
want you
to perish
and he's
giving us
as a church
family
the opportunity
to take
this message
of the
gospel
to the
ends
of the
earth
but don't
misunderstand
God's
patience
and God's
slowness
the next
date in
the diary
of God
is the
day of
judgment
and God
has served
notice on
the human
race
by raising
this man
Jesus
from the
dead
and Paul
says to you
and I
anyone who
takes
Christianity
seriously
is going
to be
thought of
as mad
I've
thought lots
in the last
few weeks
about the
Lord Jesus
who was
thought of
as mad
by his
family
Jesus is
preaching
to people
he's in
there's crowds
gathering to
hear him
so many
people are
gathering to
hear him
that his
disciples aren't
even able to
eat
they can't
get food
it's so
busy
and then
Mark tells
us that
when his
family
heard that
Jesus was
doing this
they went
to take
charge of
him
because
they
thought
he
was
out
of
his
mind
they
thought
that he
was out
of his
mind
the Lord
Jesus
is that
so encouraging
to some
of you
whose
family
think
you're
out
of
your
mind
is it
so
encouraging
to you
whose
friends
think
you're
out
of
your
mind
that
they
went
to the
man
who
was
most
in
his
mind
the
most
whole
human
being
that's
ever
walked
this
earth
and
they
said
he's
out
of
his
own
family
so
full
of
the
word
of
God
so keen
to do
the
will
of
God
so
zealous
for
the
glory
of
God
and
he
misses
a
meal
and
they
think
he's
out
of
his
mind
some
of
your
friends
and
your
neighbours
they
think
for
you
to
come
to
church
on
a
Sunday
night
you're
out
of
your
mind
but if
Jesus
is who
he says
he is
and the
resurrection
proves
that
those
claims
are
right
you're
in your
own
mind
that's
what
these
men
were
saying
about
Paul
look at
verse
32
this
man
could
have
been
set
free
if
he
had
appealed
to
Caesar
what
kind
of
nutcase
is
he
could
have
freed
him
if
he
had
appealed
to
Caesar
they
cannot
understand
what
was
making
Paul
what
was
why
did
Paul
want
to
go
to
Rome
well
we
know
don't
we
from
the
book
of
Acts
because
in
Acts
23
verse
11
Jesus
told
him
if
you
look
at
that
take
courage
for
as
you've
testified
about
the
facts
about
me
in
Jerusalem
so
you
will
in
Rome
and
so
Paul
wants
to
go
to
Rome
because
he's
been
told
that
he
will
appear
before
Nero
and
he
will
preach
the
gospel
to
the
ends
of
the
earth
Nero
heard
the
gospel
seems
very
unlikely
that
Nero
was
converted
he
wasn't
amazing
thing is
the
praetorium
guard
who
guarded
Paul
the
kind
of
crack
troops
of
the
empire
they
heard
this
prisoner
they
saw
this
prisoner
and
many
of
them
were
converted
and
they
were
sent
all
over
the
Roman
empire
and
we're
told
that
even
some
of
Caesar's
!
household
were
converted
let me
try and
tie this
together
and apply
it
so I
want to
ask you
what is
your
attitude
to the
message
of the
apostle
Paul
what is
it that
makes
you tick
what is
it that
motivates
you
every
one of
us is
like one
of those
old
fashion
watches
I've
got my
old
watch
on
but
every
old
fashion
watch
has
got a
main
spring
and
the
main
spring
makes
the
watch
tick
and
old
watches
tick
is
the
best
thing
about
watches
isn't
it
old
watches
there
is
something
in
you
that
makes
you
tick
there's
something
that
drives
you
there's
something
that
motivates
you
and
I
want
you
to
think
this
morning
as
we
come
to
the
Lord's
table
what
is
it
that
makes
you
tick
is
it
the
gospel
of
the
Lord
Jesus
is
it
the
message
of
the
Lord
Jesus
who
was
dead
but
is
now
alive
and
is
that
what
motivates
you
you've
got
lots
of
problems
you've
got
lots
of
issues
and
I
don't
want
to
underplay
them
but
you
look
to
every
person
in
this
room
and
they've
got
the
same
some
hide
!
it
better
than
others
but
the
message
that
there
was
a
dead
man
who
is
now
alive
changes
absolutely
everything
and
when it
comes to
this
message
of
that
Lord
Jesus
are
you
hard
hearted
close
minded
like
the
Jewish
leaders
implacably
hostile
blindly
prejudiced
but
all
done
through
a
kind
of
Presbyterian
lens
which
is
lovely
and
people
would
never
think
that
there
are
people
in
churches
aren't
there
that
sit
week
by week
and
they've
closed
their
mind
and
they've
hardened
their
heart
and
you
do
not
have
to
be
mad
and
shouting
and
angry
maybe
you're
here
and
you
think
well
actually
I've
got
an
open
mind
GK
Chesterton
said
an
open
mind
is
like
an
open
mouth
you
open
it
in
order
to
shut
it
on
the
food
and
the
truth
you
feed
your
mind
in
the
same
way
you
feed
your
body
you
may be
here
today
and you
say
well
actually
I'm
seeking
for
truth
and
you're
willing
to
discuss
it
but
you're
never
willing
to
shut
your
mind
on
the
truth
that
there
was
a
man
called
Jesus
who
died
and
rose
and
that's
not
philosophy
that's
not
a
religious
belief
that is
a fact
of
history
and
it
happened
in
time
and
space
and
there
were
witnesses
and
will
you
this
morning
fasten
your
mind
on
that
close
your
mind
on
Jesus
Christ
and
his
resurrection
it's
the crux
of the
issue
isn't it
either
it's
true
or
it's
not
true
are
you
hard
hearted
close
minded
when it
comes to
the
facts
of
the
gospel
are
you
half
hearted
like
Festus
but
your
mind
is
somewhere
!
sometimes
your mind
is
somewhere
else
because
the
preaching
is
boring
and
it's
long
I
know
that
sometimes
our
mind
is
someone
else
because
we're
thinking
about
the
week
to
come
and
we
do
our
lists
you don't
think
I can
see that
but I
can
are you
thinking
about your
relationships
with your
friends
I don't
know what
your mind
is on
and at
the back
of your
mind
you think
well I
believe
this
stuff
or at
least I
think
I
do
but it
just
washes
over
you
this
stuff
about
Jesus
being
dead
and
being
alive
again
you've
always
believed
it
so the
back
of your
mind
it needs
to be
at the
forefront
of your
mind
and so
if your
career is
dominating
you
or your
family
or making
money
and that's
what you
wake up
to on a
Monday
morning
and you
think
about
and that's
what
makes
you tick
there's
something
very
wrong
Jesus
Christ
is
risen
!
from the
dead
and you're
half-hearted
and you're
double-minded
when it
comes to
the
gospel
when it
comes to
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
you are
half-hearted
or are
you fully
persuaded
wholeheartedly
committed to
it
would anyone
ever dare
call you
a fanatic
are there
some people
to which
you're a
riddle
they think
you're mad
what's
driving you
blind
prejudice
hatred of
the truth
hostility
self-interest
or
Jesus
a dead
man
who is
risen from
the dead
and is
alive
let's pray
to
him
to
him
to
him
to
!