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 Let me add my word of welcome. If you're a visitor here, if this is your first time here, you are very, very welcome indeed. Don't rush away, we'd love to get to know you.

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 If you've got a Bible near you, I'd love you to turn with me to page 835. Grab one of the Bibles, page 835, and in Matthew 28. Matthew chapter 28.

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 There are days which turn everything upside down. There are days which turn everything upside down, where nothing is the same ever again.

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 Your birth, for the people who were around, your parents, probably turned everything upside down.

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 Nothing was the same in your family ever again. You were born.

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 Marriages. Two people walk into a church. They walk in two single people. They leave joined together in marriage.

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 Their lives are turned upside down. Nothing is the same ever again.

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 A diagnosis from the doctor. I know life is turned upside down.

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 A death.

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 And a tragedy.

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 And life is turned upside down.

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 And Matthew's point in the last chapter of his gospel

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 is that the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 turns everything upside down.

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 And when Jesus walked out of the grave

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 on that first Easter Sunday,

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 nothing is the same ever again.

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 It's a huge reversal

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 in the world.

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 Somebody walks back from death.

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 And Matthew shows us

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 that in this chapter

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 by showing us those reversals

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 in the life of everyone that the resurrection

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 touches.

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 The resurrection of Jesus

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 shatters for all time

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 people going back to normal.

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 Of business as usual.

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 And Matthew's interest

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 is not in the mechanics

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 of how it happened.

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 In fact, we're not told how it happened.

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 We are told that it's a miracle.

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 But we're told of the massive impact

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 it has on four different types of people.

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 And so what I want to do

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 is just walk you through this chapter

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 and see

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 the reversals,

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 the upheaval,

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 the wonderful change

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 that the resurrection brings.

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 First,

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 in

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 the women.

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 Look at verse 1

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 of Matthew chapter 28.

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 Now, after the Sabbath,

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 toward the dawn of the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary

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 went to see the tomb.

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 They don't know that a guard

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 has been posted.

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 They don't know

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 how they're going to roll the stone away,

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 how they're going to get access to the body.

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 But they are in for a huge surprise.

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 When they discover the guards

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 lying on the ground,

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 trembling.

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 And the stone guarding the tomb

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 has been rolled away.

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 And even worse,

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 there's an angel

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 sitting on the stone.

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 And he's no ordinary messenger.

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 This is an angel

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 who has come from God.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 The angel said to the women,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 For I know that you seek Jesus

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 who was crucified.

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 He's not here,

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 for he is risen.

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 As he said,

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 come and see the place

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 where he lay.

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 And then go quickly

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 and tell his disciples

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 that he's risen from the dead.

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 And behold,

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 he's going before you to Galilee

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 and there you will see him.

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 The angel is clear

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 that the stone covering the tomb

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 has been rolled away

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 not to let Jesus out,

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 but to let the women see in.

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 And we are not left to guess

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 what it means.

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 The angel tells you

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 exactly what it means.

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 He says, doesn't he,

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 Jesus who was crucified,

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 who was killed,

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 is now risen.

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 He says it twice.

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 You're at the right tomb.

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 This was Jesus' tomb.

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 And he was dead.

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 But he's no longer dead.

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 And he's risen from the dead.

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 It's not reincarnation.

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 Jesus has risen from the dead.

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 And it is impossible

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 for you and I

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 in those simple words

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 to grasp the enormous transformation

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 that has taken place.

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 For the first time

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 in all of history,

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 the iron grip of death

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 has been broken

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 from the inside out.

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 Somebody has gone through death

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 and come out the other side

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 and shown that he's stronger.

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 The angel says

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 that Jesus

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 has defeated death.

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 Recently,

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 I read of a Muslim student,

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 a Muslim student in Africa

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 who had become a Christian.

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 And when his friends

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 asked him

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 why that is,

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 why he'd become a Christian,

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 this is what he said.

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 He said,

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 well, it's like this.

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 Suppose you're going down a road

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 and the road forks

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 in two different directions

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 and you do not know

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 which way to go.

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 And there at the fork

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 are two men.

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 One dead

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 and one alive.

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 Who would you ask

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 for directions?

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 There is a man

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 who has come back

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 from the dead

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 who has walked

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 out of the grave.

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 And as the women

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 race off

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 to tell the disciples,

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 their imaginations

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 are running

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 ahead of them.

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 You can imagine

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 they're completely

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 discombobulated

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 and they meet

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 the risen Lord Jesus.

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 Verse 9,

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 can you see it?

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 He met them.

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 Verse 9,

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 Jesus met them

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 and said,

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 greetings.

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 And they came up

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 and took hold

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 of his feet

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 and worshipped him.

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 And then Jesus said to them,

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 do not be afraid.

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 Again,

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 second time we're told it,

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 do not be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers

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 to go to Galilee

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 and there they will see me.

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 Jesus meets them,

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 this terrifying figure

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 who's come back

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 from the dead

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 and he greets them

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 in the most

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 ordinary way possible.

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 he says,

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 hi,

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 hello.

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 If he was Australian

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 he'd have said,

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 g'day.

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 If he was Welsh

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 he'd say,

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 shammai.

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 It's just the normal

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 greetings.

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 And they take hold

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 of his feet

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 and they worship him.

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 Why is that important?

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 This is not a ghost.

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 It's not a hallucination.

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 It's not an apparition.

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 It is real.

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 It is tangible.

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 It is bodily.

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 They grab hold

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 of his feet.

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 It is a physical resurrection.

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 resurrection.

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 He's not really,

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 merely resuscitated

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 back to life.

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 When Lazarus,

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 earlier on in the Gospels,

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 rose from the grave,

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 they didn't worship him,

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 did they?

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 But they worshiped Jesus.

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 No, this is a risen

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 Lord Jesus,

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 raised physically

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 from the dead

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 with feet you can

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 hold on to.

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 And Jesus encourages

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 the women,

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 don't fear.

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 And he gives them

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 the same job

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 that the angels

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 gave them.

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 Go and tell.

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 Because their world

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 has turned upside

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 down.

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 Two days ago,

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 those women

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 had been at the cross.

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 You see that

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 at the end of Matthew 27.

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 We're told about them.

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 They stand

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 observing the cross

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 and observing Jesus

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 being buried

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 and they are powerless

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 and they are weak

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 and they are helpless.

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 They are the most

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 powerless people

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 in the story.

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 And on that

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 resurrection morning,

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 they go to anoint

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 a dead body.

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 Their hopes

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 have been shattered.

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 The bottom

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 has fallen out

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 of their world

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 and now,

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 by verse 10

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 of chapter 28,

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 these women

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 are center stage.

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 Their hopes

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 that have been shattered

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 have been literally

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 raised to life.

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 Their fears

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 have been transformed

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 into confidence.

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 They are the first

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 witnesses

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 of the risen Lord Jesus.

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 It is a complete

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 reversal for the women.

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 Their lives

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 are turned upside down

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 and it is based

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 on the fact

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 that Jesus

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 has risen

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 from the dead.

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 Fearful,

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 grieving,

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 hopes dashed,

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 powerless.

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 Is that you

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 this morning?

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 You've come here

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 this morning.

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 Your world

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 is falling apart.

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 Outwardly,

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 everything might seem

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 great,

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 but you don't know

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 how you're going

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 to go on.

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 Your hopes

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 are dashed

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 and there's a message

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 to you from the

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 resurrection this morning.

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 Jesus says

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 your life

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 can be transformed.

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 Your world

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 can be turned

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 upside down.

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 The second group

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 are the guards.

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 The soldiers.

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 I think you've got

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 to have real sympathy

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 for these guards.

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 It's a routine exercise.

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 You can imagine it.

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 What have you got to do?

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 What's the job

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 for tonight?

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 You've got to go

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 and keep a dead body dead.

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 That's all you've got to do.

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 Just stand guard

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 outside the tomb.

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 There's a massive rock

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 outside the entrance.

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 They had sealed it

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 with whatever

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 they could find.

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 These guards,

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 they are the picture,

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 aren't they,

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 of authority

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 and power in the story.

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 They're the ones

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 in control.

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 They are the winners.

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 They've defeated

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 this kind of insurrectionist.

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 They are the ones

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 with the weapons.

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 They are the ones

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 with the capability.

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 They're the ones

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 in command.

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 These are the guys

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 in control.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 And behold,

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 there was a great earthquake

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 for an angel of the Lord

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 descended from heaven

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 and came and rolled

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 back the stone

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 and he sat on it.

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 His appearance

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 was like lightning

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 and his clothing

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 as white as snow.

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 I don't know

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 what you think of

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 when you think of angels.

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 You might think of little kids

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 in a nativity concert,

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 you know,

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 wearing sheets

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 with little wings attached.

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 Angels are talked of

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 really positively,

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 aren't they,

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 in our culture.

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 Sophie Burnham wrote this

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 in a little book of angels.

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 Angels always bring us

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 a calm and peaceful serenity

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 that descends sweetly

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 over you.

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 Their message is

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 always don't worry,

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 things are working out perfectly,

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 you're going to like this.

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 It's nothing like

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 the Bible's angels.

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 Look at this angel.

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 This angel in verse 2,

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 he brings a splintering earthquake,

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 he tosses the stone

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 to one side

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 and then he comes

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 and he rests on it.

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 It's a lovely picture.

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 Here is a picture of death,

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 a symbol

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 of the closed door of death.

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 The security of the grave

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 and the only respect

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 that the angel pays to it

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 is to sit in it.

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 I grew up with two elder brothers.

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 Next elder brother

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 is eight years older than me

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 and occasionally we would fight

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 and we would wrestle

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 and how do you know

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 that you would won the wrestle?

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 How do you know

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 that you would won the wrestle

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 against your brother?

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 What does the victor do?

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 He sits on the loser,

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 doesn't he?

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 And so my brothers

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 would sit on me

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 until you say,

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 I give up,

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 I give up.

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 And here's this glorious picture,

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 isn't it?

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 It's like he's sitting on death.

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 The angel,

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 that's the respect

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 that he pays for it.

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 He's defeated death.

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 Can you see there's a little play

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 on the words

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 in verses 2 and 3?

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 The word tremble.

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 So what happens

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 in verse 2,

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 can you see

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 there's an earthquake,

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 there's a great earthquake.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 can you see what happens

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 to the guards?

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 They quake.

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 They tremble.

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 The guards experience

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 the same word for earthquake.

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 The guards have

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 their own private earthquake

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 as they see the angel

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 and the angel

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 comes to announce

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 that Jesus is risen

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 and the rocks

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 quake

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 before him.

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 And those

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 whose job it was

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 to keep Jesus

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 from rising,

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 they quake as well.

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 All they had to do

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 was to keep

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 a dead man dead

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 and with all their power

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 and all their skill,

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 they couldn't do it.

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 And instead,

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 Matthew says,

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 can you see the play

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 on words,

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 they became like,

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 what did they become like?

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 Dead men.

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 They became like dead men

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 because the one

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 who was dead

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 is now alive.

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 What's happened?

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 Their world has been

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 turned upside down.

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 And the living

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 and the powerful ones

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 become like dead men

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 because the dead one

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 has been raised

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 from the dead.

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 And the resurrection,

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 it brings about

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 a complete reversal.

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 It brings about

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 a complete reversal

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 in the values

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 of our world.

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 What we think of

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 as the great human powers

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 are ultimately

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 utterly powerless.

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 Death,

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 so powerful,

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 is now transformed

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 into life.

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 We don't have time

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 to look at it,

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 but if you look

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 at verses 11 to 15,

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 there's a remarkable

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 contrast between

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 the joy

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 and the thrill

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 and the obedience

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 of the women

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 and the way

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 that the guards

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 reluctantly go

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 to the chief priests

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 and tell them

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 what's happened.

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 And the response

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 of the priests,

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 the response

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 of the authorities

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 is to do whatever

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 they can to cover it up.

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 And I think

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 it's a wonderful

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 little story

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 because it shows

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 you and I

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 that the resurrection

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 faces us

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 with this fundamental

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 choice of

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 are you going

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 to be like the women

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 who fall at Jesus'

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 feet and worship him

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 or are you going

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 to be like the guards

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 and the authorities

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 who hold on

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 to the illusion

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 of their own power

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 and your own control

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 and kid yourself

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 that you're going

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 to keep in control.

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 And one is the way

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 of deception

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 and death

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 and the other

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 is the way of life.

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 The resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 turns everything

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 upside down.

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 And so for the

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 control freak

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 this morning

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 for the person

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 who's buttoned down

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 everything in their life

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 writes endless lists

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 because they can't bear

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 being out of control

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 who has to be in charge

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 who wants to keep

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 their life

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 exactly the way

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 they want it

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 and they've planned

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 out their life

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 for the next 10, 5, 10, 15, 20 years

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 there's a message

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 from the resurrection

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 and the message is

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 you're not in control

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 and sooner or later

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 you will discover

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 that life is in control

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 so stop pretending

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 and recognize

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 the one who is

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 Lord of all.

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 Not only for the women

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 and for the guards

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 but thirdly

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 most importantly

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 the third person

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 that the resurrection

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 brings this reversal for

00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:52.100
 is the Lord Jesus himself.

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 Twice the angel tells you

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 Jesus has been raised.

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 The will of God

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 was not to leave him

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 in the grave

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 but to raise him

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 from the dead

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 and Matthew wants

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 to take his keeper

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 so look at verse 18

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 Jesus speaks after

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 being raised

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 from the dead

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 and he says this

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 he says

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 all authority

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 in heaven and earth

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 has been given to me

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 and the word authority

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 there is not just

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 naked power

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 but it is

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 Jesus saying

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 I have the right

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 to decide

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 I have the freedom

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 to act

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 I can act

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 with God's own authority

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 and now it is

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 Jesus' authority

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 because God has given it to him

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 and Jesus says

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 my authority

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 is unrestricted

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 and unqualified

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 it is unconditional

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 it is an authority

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 that extends

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 from the furthest

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 reaches of space

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 into the smallest

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 subatomic particle

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 it draws under its canopy

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 all men and women

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 and boys and girls

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 who have ever lived

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 and Jesus' authority

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 does not wax and wane

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 it does not diminish

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 over time

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 it doesn't weaken

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 with circumstances

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 no he says

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 all authority

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 in heaven and earth

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 has been given to me

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 it is an incredible claim

00:16:05.819 --> 00:16:06.579
 he is claiming

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 that he has authority

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 over angels

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 and archangels

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 demons

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 principalities

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 over might

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 over thrones

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 over governments

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 over the natural world

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 over the supernatural world

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 over the animals

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 over you

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 and over me

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 and he has the ability

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 and the freedom

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 and the right

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 and that is really important

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 because there is no area

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 there is no people

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 there is no culture

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 there is no single being

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 in all the universe

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 that lies outside

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 the authority

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 of Jesus Christ

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 you might not like it

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 but that doesn't change it

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 Jesus Christ

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 could not assert

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 with any more clarity

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 his absolute

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 faultless

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 consummate authority

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 and here is a man

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 who two days ago

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 was crucified

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 naked on a cross

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 who was put to death

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 who was mocked

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 and scorned

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 and now

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 he is risen from the dead

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 and he is saying

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 all authority is mine

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 and I think that is

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 the key point of the chapter

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 and so it is no wonder

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 is it that Jesus

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 received their worship

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 look at verse 9

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 in verse 9

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 they come up

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 and they take hold

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 of his feet

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 those women

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 and they worship him

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 and in verse 17

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 when they saw him

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 they worshipped him

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 and Jesus receives

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 their worship

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 he doesn't stop them

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 he doesn't say

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 no no I am just a good guy

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 I am not really

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 the son of God

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 Jesus is conscious

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 that the resurrection

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 brings a new moment

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 it is a new day

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 and this new moment

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 is marked by his

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 universal lordship

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 if there is any doubt

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 can you see that he

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 includes himself

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 in the name

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 of the single name

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 of God

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 he talks about

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 in the name of the

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 father

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 the son

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 and the holy spirit

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 this is how God

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 is known

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 and I think

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 that when we

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 understand this

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 we come to the

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 heart of Christianity

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 because when the

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 early Christians

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 preached the gospel

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 this is how they

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 preached it

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 they said

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 you rejected Jesus

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 as worthless

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 and irrelevant

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 you thought he

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 wasn't who he

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 said he was

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 you treated him

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 as worthless

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 and irrelevant

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 but God has

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 raised him from

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 the dead

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 and enthroned him

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 in heaven

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 where he is

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 Lord and Christ

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 and that I think

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 is the key

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 significance of the

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 gospel

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 yes it's true

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 that God loves you

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 very very much

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 and you are important

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 and God wants

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 your very best

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 for you

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 yes it is true

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 that Jesus came

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 and died an

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 atoning death

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 for your sins

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 that is true

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 but the way

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 that the New

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 Testament preaches

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 the gospel

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 it says

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 what you thought

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 of Jesus

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 is wrong

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 and actually

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 he is the exact

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 opposite of what

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 you thought

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 he is Lord

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 and God

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 and the proof

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 of that is the

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 resurrection

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 it's so bold

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 isn't it

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 what you think

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 is wrong

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 what you've done

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 is wrong

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 the one you've

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 crucified

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 now rules

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 heaven and earth

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 you could pick

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 half a dozen

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 sermons in the

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 book of Acts

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 and see this

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 and Matthew's

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 point in Matthew

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 28 is this

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 understand that

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 the resurrection

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 is a great

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 reversal

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 that Jesus

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 is alive

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 and he's

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 stronger than

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 death

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 and you and I

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 must bow before

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 him and worship

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 him

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 and God has

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 given him

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 all authority

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 in heaven

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 and on earth

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 and so we can

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 trust him

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 and we can

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 live for him

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 and we can

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 come under his

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 control

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 he is now

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 Lord and Christ

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 and that is the

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 great reversal

00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.960
 for Jesus

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 and so for some

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 of you that's

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 revolutionary

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 isn't it

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 that Jesus

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 is not who

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 you think he

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 is

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 in fact

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 as you

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 understand

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 something of

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 the great

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 reversal

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 and the

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 significance

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 of Jesus

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 Christ

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 you've got

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 to realise

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 like I did

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 I got it

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 all wrong

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 about him

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 it's why

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 we're running

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 this course

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 Christianity

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 Explored

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 we're going

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 to have three

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 weeks where

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 we look at

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 the teaching

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 of Jesus

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 you can

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 come with

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 any questions

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 and you can

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 come and look

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 at the evidence

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 of who he

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 says he is

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 and what he

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 did and what

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 he's done

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 for you

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 that he is

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 Lord and

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 Christ

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 so there's a

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 reversal in the

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 resurrection

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 for the women

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 and for the

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 guards and for

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 the Lord Jesus

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 but lastly

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 there's a reversal

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 for the

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 disciples

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 the followers

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 the followers

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 of Jesus

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 in the week

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 leading up

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 to the cross

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 what had

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 they done

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 they had

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 deserted him

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 they denied

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 him

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 they'd fled

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 from him

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 they were

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 scattered

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 from him

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 but they

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 gathered

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 together

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 through the

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 words of

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 these women

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 and the

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 point of

00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.900
 verses 16

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.320
 to 20

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 is Jesus

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 wants to

00:21:07.300 --> 00:21:07.980
 spell out

00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.360
 what the

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:08.740
 resurrection

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 means

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 for his

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 followers

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 and here's

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 the central

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 meaning of

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 the resurrection

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 that Jesus

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 has transferred

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.319
 his mission

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:20.240
 what he came

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 to do

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 to our

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 mission

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 as a church

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 that Jesus

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 continues as

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 the risen

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 and ascended

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 Lord

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 he continues

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 to call

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 disciples

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 like you

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 and I

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 from all

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 over the

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 world

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 and when he

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 says

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:37.519
 that he's

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 been given

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.059
 all authority

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.579
 in heaven

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 and earth

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 the question

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 is

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.120
 Jesus

00:21:42.120 --> 00:21:42.460
 what are

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:42.660
 you going

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:42.900
 to do

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.160
 with that

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.600
 authority

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:46.060
 what are

00:21:46.060 --> 00:21:46.220
 you going

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.340
 to do

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:46.560
 with that

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 authority

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.280
 and the

00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:49.660
 answer in

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 verse 18

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.380
 is quite

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:50.720
 shocking

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 isn't it

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 he says

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 to his

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 church

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 all authority

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:52.940
 has been

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 given to

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 me

00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:54.860
 therefore

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.420
 you go

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 and make

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 disciples

00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:00.560
 there's four

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.020
 things in

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 verses 19

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 and 20

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.080
 in our

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 English

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:02.500
 Bible

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.860
 really

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.360
 it's

00:22:03.360 --> 00:22:04.340
 one word

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:04.759
 that Jesus

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.060
 is talking

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.400
 about there

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:06.080
 it's about

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.620
 making

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 disciples

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:09.020
 and it's

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:09.420
 really important

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.800
 that you and

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 I understand

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.860
 what that

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 word means

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 on this

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 resurrection

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 morning

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 it's a

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 really precious

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 word

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 because the

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 word disciple

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.779
 is another

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.120
 word for

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 Christian

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 a disciple

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 first of all

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.200
 is a

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.600
 learner

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:24.720
 when you

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 become a

00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.279
 follower of

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.539
 the Lord

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:26.860
 Jesus

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.800
 you become

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 a lifelong

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:30.060
 learner

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 none of us

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 no matter how

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 long we've

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 been disciples

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.019
 have reached

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.680
 a stage

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.180
 where we've

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.640
 arrived

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:36.980
 where we've

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.380
 got nothing

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.860
 to learn

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 where we've

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.599
 got nothing

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.139
 to learn

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:41.979
 following Jesus

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:42.599
 ought to make

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.259
 you more

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.319
 curious as a

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 human being

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:46.779
 following Jesus

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.419
 means that you're

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:47.959
 a learner

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 but the second

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 part of being a

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 disciple is of

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 being a follower

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 that is there is

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 a personal

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 attachment to

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 Jesus

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 it's not

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 learning for the

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 sake of learning

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 so the life of a

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.319
 disciple is

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 different from

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 every other

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.079
 kind of life

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 precisely because

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.839
 our allegiance

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.759
 is to Jesus

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 we love

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 him

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 and we

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 want to

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 know him

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 and we

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 want to

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 follow in

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 his ways

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 and so

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.579
 becoming a

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.960
 follower of

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 the Lord

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.400
 Jesus

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.900
 becoming a

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.240
 disciple

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.779
 becoming a

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.059
 Christian

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 is not

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 essentially

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 primarily an

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 intellectual

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 assignment

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 it means

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 being willing

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 to open up

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 every area

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 of your life

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 to him

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 and this

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.140
 chapter gives

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 us our job

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 as a church

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 that what

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 is our

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.139
 church

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:38.039
 all about

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 it is about

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 making disciples

00:23:40.219 --> 00:23:41.939
 people who are

00:23:41.939 --> 00:23:42.859
 followers and

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.559
 learners of the

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.019
 Lord Jesus

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:46.079
 and it is to

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.619
 call on you

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.240
 this morning

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.119
 to call on me

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 to change my

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 allegiance

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 to recognise

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!

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 that the one

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 that I thought

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.079
 was irrelevant

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:55.539
 is Lord and

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.039
 Christ

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:58.859
 to call on you

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.479
 to recognise

00:23:59.479 --> 00:24:00.039
 that Jesus

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.919
 has all

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.459
 authority

00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:02.299
 in heaven

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.079
 and on

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.599
 earth

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.220
 and the

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.680
 book finishes

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.139
 with an

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 enormous

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.119
 encouragement

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:10.399
 from the

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.960
 risen Jesus

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.559
 the risen

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.859
 Jesus

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.259
 who

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:14.220
 has all

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.740
 authority

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.299
 he says

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 can you

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:15.859
 see it

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.240
 I am

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.680
 with you

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.079
 to the

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.440
 end

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.720
 of the

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.139
 age

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:23.139
 Mark's

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.399
 gospel

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:23.980
 starts

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:25.480
 with

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.000
 Matthew's

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.240
 gospel

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.740
 starts

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.379
 with Jesus

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.899
 as Emmanuel

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.480
 the baby

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 do you know

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.619
 what the word

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:30.899
 Emmanuel

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.960
 the word

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.180
 Emmanuel

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.839
 means God

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.379
 with us

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 that's why

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.099
 Jesus came

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.559
 he came

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.980
 to be with

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 us

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.159
 and as

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:40.039
 we get to

00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.480
 the end

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.680
 of the

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:40.899
 gospel

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.259
 can you see

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.440
 what the

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.779
 end of the

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.000
 gospel

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.299
 Jesus

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.940
 message is

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.759
 he is

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.359
 with his

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.779
 people

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:46.419
 always

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:50.440
 Jesus

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.519
 came to

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.919
 rescue

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:54.359
 he came

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.740
 to be

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.220
 with you

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:57.440
 he says

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.839
 I am

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.359
 deeply

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.079
 invested

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.099
 I am

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.460
 promising

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.720
 my

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.319
 personal

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:03.299
 companionship

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.259
 every day

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.779
 and so

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.139
 it doesn't

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.480
 matter what

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.339
 your circumstances

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.799
 are this

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.079
 morning

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.899
 it doesn't

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.299
 matter whether

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.019
 you feel

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.379
 like it

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.720
 or not

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.039
 he is

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.539
 with us

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.099
 always

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.579
 to the

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:11.699
 end

00:25:11.699 --> 00:25:11.859
 of the

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.159
 age

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.759
 his

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.220
 presence

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.159
 is not

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.679
 intermittent

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:17.500
 in success

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.199
 or in

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.539
 failure

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:20.379
 his presence

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.059
 doesn't wax

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.500
 and wane

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.099
 in joy

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.819
 or sorrow

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.799
 in youth

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.319
 or in

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.059
 old age

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.839
 he says

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.339
 if you

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.819
 will come

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.279
 to me

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.980
 I will

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.200
 never

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.440
 leave

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.740
 you

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:31.819
 and so

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.319
 we began

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.980
 this morning

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.299
 didn't we

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.920
 by thinking

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:35.420
 of days

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:35.960
 which turn

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.420
 everything

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.200
 upside down

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:39.359
 of days

00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:40.119
 which change

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.720
 everything

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.920
 and the

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.420
 resurrection

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.960
 of the

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.359
 Lord Jesus

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.740
 Christ

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.440
 is one

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.879
 of those

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.440
 days

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:48.980
 but today

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.079
 can be

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.359
 one of

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.920
 those days

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:53.859
 you can

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.240
 come

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.940
 to the

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.399
 Lord Jesus

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:57.340
 with all

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:57.620
 your

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.280
 fears

00:25:58.280 --> 00:26:00.160
 and all

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.320
 your

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.860
 worries

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:03.300
 and all

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:03.660
 your

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.680
 broken

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.519
 and shattered

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.360
 dreams

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.800
 like the

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.019
 women

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:10.019
 and you

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.400
 can come

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.759
 with all

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.040
 your

00:26:11.040 --> 00:26:11.519
 control

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.040
 freakery

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:13.600
 and you're

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.240
 trying to

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.600
 organise

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.240
 life

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.300
 and trying

00:26:16.300 --> 00:26:16.740
 to not

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.500
 let anything

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.980
 slip

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.420
 and you

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.040
 can bring

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:20.019
 it all

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.360
 to the

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.840
 Lord Jesus

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.879
 and you

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.259
 can bring

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.480
 your

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.359
 brokenness

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.379
 and your

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.859
 rebellion

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:27.279
 and your

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.859
 ignoring

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.299
 him

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.619
 and treating

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.279
 him like

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.119
 an irrelevance

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.599
 and not

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.220
 realising

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.759
 who he

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.119
 is

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:34.619
 and see

00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:35.059
 that he

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.379
 is the

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.699
 one

00:26:35.699 --> 00:26:36.740
 who lived

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.859
 and died

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.500
 for your

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.019
 sins

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.699
 but who

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.319
 is wonderfully

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.019
 risen from

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.439
 the dead

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:41.799
 and he

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.399
 is now

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.079
 Lord

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.859
 and God

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.779
 and he

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.459
 is all

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.899
 authority

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.419
 and he

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:47.059
 is worthy

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.519
 of your

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.879
 worship

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.299
 and your

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.720
 life

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.700
 and you

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.240
 today

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.680
 can come

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.200
 with all

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.420
 your

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.019
 hangups

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.299
 and you

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.640
 can put

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.240
 your life

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.660
 into the

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.140
 hands of

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:57.400
 the Lord

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.640
 Jesus

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.140
 Christ

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.500
 and say

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.940
 I want

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.220
 to be

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.380
 your

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.799
 disciple

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.559
 I want

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.240
 to follow

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.860
 the Lord

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.160
 Jesus

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.680
 I want

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:04.900
 to be

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.500
 a lifelong

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:05.819
 learner

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.339
 I don't

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.519
 know

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:06.860
 everything

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.380
 there is

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:07.779
 to know

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:09.759
 but what

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.160
 I do

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.500
 know

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.019
 is that

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.460
 I need

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.620
 you

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:11.900
 Lord

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:13.940
 and you

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.700
 can ask

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:14.940
 him

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.400
 today

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.980
 and if

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.279
 you will

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.039
 trust him

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.480
 and if

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.879
 you will

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.399
 submit

00:27:20.399 --> 00:27:20.940
 yourself

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.319
 to his

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.819
 authority

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:23.159
 he says

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.839
 I can

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.440
 forgive you

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:26.099
 and you

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.700
 can ask

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.039
 him to

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.779
 save you

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.480
 and rescue

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.839
 you

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:30.500
 and you

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.079
 can trust

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.379
 him

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:33.019
 and the

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.639
 promise is

00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.099
 this that

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:34.420
 he will

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.000
 lead you

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.399
 and he

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:35.940
 will guide

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.220
 you

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.899
 and he

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.240
 will be

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.920
 with you

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:39.559
 and so

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:39.899
 you can

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.619
 walk out

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:40.899
 of this

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.359
 building

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.839
 knowing

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:44.339
 that he

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.899
 who has

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:46.119
 all authority

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.920
 in heaven

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.519
 and earth

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.599
 will be

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:48.859
 with you

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 to the

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 of the

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 age

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 or you

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 can pretend

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 or you

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 can pretend

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 that the

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 resurrection

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 never really

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 happened

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 you can

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 pretend

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 that he

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 doesn't

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 have

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 all

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 authority

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 pretend

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 that you're

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 in control

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 and you

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 can sort

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 yourself

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 out

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 how's that

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 working out

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 how is that

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 going

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 recognize

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 the reality

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 that there

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 was a day

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 when someone

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 walked out

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 of the grave

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 and he

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 is Lord

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 and God

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 and so

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 follow him

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 call out

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 to him

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 cry

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 into him

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 and you

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 will be

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 saved

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 let's

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 pause

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 for a moment

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 I'm going

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 to pray

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 let's

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 pause

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 in the

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 silence

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 you can

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 cry to

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 God

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 now

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 you can

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 pray to

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 him in

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 your

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 heart

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 God

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