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 John chapter 20 verses 1 to 18. We're taking a break for a few weeks from our series in

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 1 John, so we're looking at the Easter story today. Next week we have a guest, Seth Lewis.

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 Seth Lewis? It's not Lewis. It is Lewis, yeah. Seth Lewis from Yaw will be coming to speak

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 and then the following Sunday we'll be looking at the big question of yes or no, the marriage

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 referendum and then we'll get back to 1 John. But we're not taking a complete break from 1 John,

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 it's the same author. John's Gospel also wrote the letters of 1 and 2 and 3 John, so

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 we're going to look at this together and I've asked Joe, it's good to have Joe back with us as well,

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 from his studies and Joe is going to read for us this morning. Thank you.

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 Hello.

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 John 20 from verse 1.

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 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb

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 and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and

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 the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, they have taken the Lord out of the tomb

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 and we don't know where they have put him. So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb,

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 both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and

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 looked in at the strips of linen lying there, but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him,

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 arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that

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 had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. Finally,

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 the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

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 They still did not understand from scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

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 Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the tomb crying.

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 As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body

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 had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, Woman, why are you crying?

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 They have taken my Lord away, she said, and I don't know where they have put him.

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 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

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 Woman, he said, why are you crying? Who is it that you are looking for?

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 Thinking he was the gardener, she said, Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have

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 put him, and I will get him. Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic,

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 Rabboni, which means teacher. Jesus said, Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the

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 Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God

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 and your God. Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news, I have seen the Lord. And she told

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 them that he had said these things to her.

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 Thanks very much, Joe. Well, please keep your Bibles open there in John 20. We're going to pray

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 and ask that God would help us to understand perhaps a familiar story to us, but that would be fresh

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 and that it would encourage us. Let's pray.

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 Father, we thank you for this true story, this eyewitness account, this record of those who first came to the empty tomb

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 and encountered the risen Jesus.

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 Father, we thank you for this true story, this is our prayer.

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 And it is our prayer that as we listen, as we read and engage with your word,

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 that we too, by the power of your Holy Spirit, would encounter the risen Lord Jesus.

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 that he would meet us where we are today.

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 Whether we believe, whether we doubt,

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 or whether we don't yet believe.

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 Lord Jesus, would you please come

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 and speak to us

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 and teach us what this resurrection means

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 for us today.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, Jesus has already died.

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 He's been buried.

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 And we read this in chapter 20, verse 10.

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 Then the disciples went back to their homes,

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 But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying.

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 I think we can all identify with Mary

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 because we've all been there.

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 We've all experienced the heartache and pain

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 of losing a loved one.

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 With family and friends, we've stood round the grave

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 as we've said goodbye to those we deeply care for.

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 For Mary, this is the end.

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 All she has left are memories.

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 It's the tragic end of a life

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 that has been cut short,

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 33 years of age.

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 And her friend, the one who had healed her life,

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 restored her life,

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 is gone.

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 Death is always painful

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 because it robs us of our friends

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 and it steals away our joy.

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 Now, while tears are understandable,

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 we do not need to grieve like Mary.

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 You see, on at least three different occasions,

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 Jesus had said that he must suffer many things,

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 that he must be killed,

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 and after three days, rise again.

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 Jesus could not be clearer.

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 Three times we know he said this publicly,

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 I will be killed,

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 but I will rise.

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 So if Mary knows this,

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 why is she still crying at the tomb?

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 You see, while we all want the resurrection to be true,

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 like Mary,

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 we can struggle with disbelief.

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 And even if we do believe,

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 we can still have doubts

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 and wonder if this is just a made-up story.

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 For Mary,

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 the resurrection of Jesus

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 simply could not have happened.

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 You see, Mary came looking for a dead Jesus.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Early on the first day of the week,

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 while it was still dark,

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 Mary Magdalene went to the tomb

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 and saw that the stone

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 had been removed from the entrance.

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 Now we might think,

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 as we follow along with Mary,

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 that she was on her way to see

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 if the resurrection had happened.

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 But we've got to get into the head of Mary

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 because she didn't have a belief in the resurrection.

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 Mary was actually just like

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 another character in John's Gospel,

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 Martha.

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 Keep your finger in John chapter 20

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 and go back to John chapter 11.

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 John chapter 11.

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 Here we meet a different Mary

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 and she's with her sister Martha.

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 And their brother Lazarus has just died.

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 And Jesus has arrived.

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 And this is what Jesus says to Martha.

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 Let's read verse 23 of chapter 11.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Martha answered,

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 Martha answered,

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 I know he will rise again in the resurrection

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 at the last day.

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 You see, Martha was a Jew.

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 She believed in a general resurrection.

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 A resurrection that would only happen

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 at the very end of time,

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 or as it says there in verse 24,

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 on the last day.

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 Jews, even Greeks, Romans,

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 they didn't believe that a person would rise from the dead

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 in the middle of history.

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 Religious or non-religious people at that time

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 did not have in their thinking a resurrection in time.

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 It wasn't part of their belief.

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 So go back to chapter 20.

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 So here's Mary arriving at the tomb.

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 She's not looking for a risen Jesus.

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 She's looking for the dead Jesus.

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 And even when Mary does see Jesus,

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 look at verse 14.

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 At this she turned round

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 and saw Jesus standing there,

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 but she did not realise that it was Jesus.

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 Even though she was there in his presence,

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 it was just outside of her thinking

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 that he could be there.

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 There was simply no hope of a resurrection.

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 In fact, Mary's only conclusion

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 is that the body has been stolen.

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 So look at chapter 20, verse 2.

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 So she came running to Simon Peter

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 and the other disciple,

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 the one Jesus loved,

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 and said,

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 they have taken the Lord out of the tomb

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 and we don't know where they have put him.

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 It's quite clear,

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 Mary had no belief in a resurrection.

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 Someone must have taken the body.

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 In fact, when she does see Jesus,

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 she thinks he's actually responsible for the theft.

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 So look at verse 15.

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 Woman, he said,

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 why are you crying?

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 Who is it you are looking for?

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 thinking he was the gardener,

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 she said,

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 sir, if you have carried him away,

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 tell me where you've put him

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 and I will get him.

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 It's just a comical scene, isn't it?

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 The risen Jesus is being accused by Mary

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 of stealing the dead Jesus.

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 You see, Mary is not yet a convinced believer.

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 She is just like people like us.

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 She's like the person we work with

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 who sees death as the end

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 but has no category of thinking

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 of life beyond the grave.

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 To them, it's just not possible.

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 People we work with,

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 people that we know,

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 they may have some kind of confused thoughts

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 about becoming part of the material world,

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 but a physical, bodily resurrection

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 is simply not part of their thinking.

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 Mary's also like the person

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 who is just anti-God.

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 They spend their time thinking of reasons

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 why the resurrection can't be true.

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 They are sceptical.

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 Jesus didn't die.

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 Jesus didn't rise again.

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 His body was just simply stolen.

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 They make up things.

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 So the question for us here is,

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 are we like Mary?

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 Are we looking for a dead Jesus?

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 Or do we just think that the body was stolen?

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 Do we disbelieve what has been written?

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 And even if we do believe this story,

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 do we have a little nagging doubt

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 in the back of our heads

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 that somehow this has just been made up

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 and it's not really true?

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 Well, like Mary,

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 we can know with absolute certainty

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 that the resurrection is true.

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 We have evidence to believe.

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 First,

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 the body was not stolen.

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 Have a look at verse 5.

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 Mary is gone to tell two of her friends.

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 In this account here,

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 it's Peter and John.

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 And we pick it up in verse 5.

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 This is John.

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 He bent over and he looked in

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 at the strips of linen lying there,

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 but he did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter,

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 who was behind him,

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 arrived and went into the tomb.

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 He saw the strips of linen lying there.

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 Now,

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 in the first century,

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 burials are very different

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 to what they are now.

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 But what you did then

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 was that you would wrap

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 the dead body

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 in strips of layered cloth.

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 One layer would be put on

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 and then it was covered

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 in spices and perfumes

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 to help with the process

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 of decaying and the bad smell.

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 Then there would be another layer,

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 then more spices,

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 another layer,

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 and so on and so on.

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 So tell me this.

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 Why would anyone stealing a body

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 take the time of unwrapping it all?

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 It doesn't make sense, does it?

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 Why would they leave,

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 as it says in verse 6,

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 the strips of linen lying there?

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 And as Peter looks into the tomb,

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 the way that it says he saw,

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 he's thinking,

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 he's pondering,

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 what?

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 No body,

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 strips of linen,

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 what's going on here?

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 A stolen body,

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 you would take the strips of linen cloth

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 with you,

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 all wrapped up,

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 especially a body like Jesus's

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 that had been battered and bruised

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 and pierced with a spear.

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 A body that had been mangled like Jesus,

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 you wouldn't want to unwrap that.

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 But look what else Peter sees

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 in verse 6 and 7.

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 He saw the strips of linen lying there

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 as well as the burial cloth

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 that had been around Jesus' head.

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 The cloth was folded up by itself,

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 separate from the linen.

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 Now again, think about it.

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 If you're a thief,

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 why would you go through

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 the whole intricate detail

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 of folding up the cloth,

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 placing it all neatly in a pile?

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 Thieves don't hang around.

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 They get in as quick as possible

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 and they get out as quick as possible.

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 They're not concerned about

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 leaving things nice and tidy.

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 So the theory of the stolen body

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 doesn't stand up.

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 In fact,

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 if we're going to accuse the disciples

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 of stealing the body,

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 then we have to deal with the fact

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 that nearly all of the disciples

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 suffered a martyr's death,

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 crucified some of them,

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 killed because of their belief

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 in a resurrection.

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 And why would you allow yourself

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 to be killed

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 over something you knew wasn't true?

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 It doesn't weigh up.

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 It doesn't stand up.

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:09.000
 In other words,

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.039
 the evidence points to a resurrection.

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:15.559
 The other piece of evidence

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 for the resurrection in this story

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 is that the first witness

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 to the empty tomb

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 is a woman.

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 In fact,

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 it's the same in the other gospel accounts.

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 She is the first witness,

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 Mary Magdalene,

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 as she comes to the tomb.

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 Now, why is this important?

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 Is it because women never lie?

00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.860
 Don't think so.

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 It's important because

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 a woman's testimony

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 was not acceptable.

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 Listen to this historian,

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 Josephus,

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:53.640
 who was writing at the time.

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 This is what he writes.

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 He says this,

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 But let not the testimony

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 of woman be admitted

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 on account of the levity

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 and boldness of their sex,

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 since it is probable

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:09.019
 that they may not speak truth

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.820
 either out of hope of gain

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 or fear of punishment.

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 I don't agree with it.

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 I'm just stating

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 that was the way it was.

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 In the first century,

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 a woman's testimony

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 was not admissible evidence

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 in court.

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 You didn't have a woman say,

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 oh, I saw that,

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 because they didn't trust them.

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 In other words,

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 if you wanted to prove

00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:32.600
 the fact of the resurrection,

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 you would never use

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:35.880
 the witness or testimony of woman.

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.500
 That would only undermine

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.559
 your evidence.

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 Writers of that time

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 never used women

00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.680
 to back up their case.

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 So why does John do it?

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 Well, the only reason

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:48.360
 John would tell it like this

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 is because Mary

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 was the first witness.

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 Because it was true.

00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:57.940
 She was the first eyewitness

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.759
 to the tomb.

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 The tomb was empty.

00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:02.440
 Jesus was raised.

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:06.400
 You see,

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:08.400
 faith in the resurrection

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:11.680
 is based on facts.

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:15.920
 Christianity is not subjective.

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.279
 It is objective.

00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:19.799
 It is based on reality.

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.600
 People say religion

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 is something that takes

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 the place of facts.

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 That's not true.

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:26.299
 Christianity is built

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.299
 and founded on

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:29.620
 the truth of the historical,

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:31.200
 personal, bodily

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.900
 resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 So the message

00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.299
 from this story is

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:37.420
 believe in the resurrection

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 not because it's a nice story

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 or because it feels right

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:43.779
 or we'd like it to be true

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.940
 but believe it

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:46.640
 because it is true.

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.779
 But we need more

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.740
 than just evidence.

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:57.019
 We also need grace.

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:59.279
 Like Mary,

00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:01.420
 we need an intervention

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:04.299
 from the living Jesus.

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.980
 First,

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:09.900
 we need a personal intervention.

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 Have a look at verse 11.

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 There's Mary

00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:16.299
 outside the tomb crying.

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.680
 As she wept,

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.059
 she bent over

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:21.180
 to look into the tomb

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:23.900
 and saw two angels in white

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.299
 seated where Jesus' body

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.779
 had been,

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.899
 one at the head

00:21:26.899 --> 00:21:27.899
 and the other

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 at the foot.

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 They asked her,

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.019
 Woman,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:34.279
 why are you crying?

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 Now this is not

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:38.159
 a sympathetic question.

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.139
 They're not handing out

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:40.059
 the tissues here.

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.700
 It's a rebuke.

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.819
 Mary,

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.200
 why are you crying?

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:47.079
 You don't need to be.

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.779
 Jesus asked the same question

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.759
 in verse 15.

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.639
 Woman,

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.299
 he said,

00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.980
 why are you crying?

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:55.200
 Who is it

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.339
 you are looking for?

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.019
 You see,

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.759
 if Mary was left

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.759
 at the tomb crying

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.620
 in verse 11,

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.559
 if that's where

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.620
 the story ends,

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.880
 she would never,

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:09.200
 ever come to believe.

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.819
 On her own,

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.559
 she would not

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.319
 have understood.

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.400
 She had heard

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.240
 the words of Jesus

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.579
 saying,

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.079
 I'll die

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.880
 and I'll rise again.

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.759
 She's seen

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.940
 the empty tomb,

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.380
 but she still

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.299
 doesn't understand.

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.240
 It still hasn't

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.720
 triggered inside her mind.

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.819
 It hasn't

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:25.319
 hit her heart.

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.880
 It took more

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:29.120
 than just evidence.

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.880
 It takes

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.519
 a personal

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.380
 intervention

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.759
 from the risen

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.140
 Lord Jesus.

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.299
 And that's

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.079
 what happens.

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.519
 At first,

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.519
 in this very

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.620
 comical scene,

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.960
 here we have Mary

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:44.700
 crying her eyes out

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.740
 and this person

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:48.319
 arrives in verse 15,

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:48.960
 says,

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.019
 why are you crying?

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.799
 Who is it

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.759
 you're looking for?

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.639
 And she thinks

00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.700
 it's the gardener.

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.779
 It's the caretaker

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.660
 who looks after

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.200
 everything

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.379
 and says to him,

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.879
 well,

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.259
 why have you

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.859
 taken him away?

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.599
 Or sorry,

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.319
 verse 15,

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.579
 sir,

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.180
 if you've carried

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.599
 him away,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.539
 tell me where

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.059
 you've put him

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.900
 and I'll get him.

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.900
 But then Jesus

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.639
 called her

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.480
 personally

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.839
 by name.

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.519
 Verse 16,

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.839
 Jesus said to her,

00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:20.599
 Mary.

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.939
 Mary.

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.019
 Jesus

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:26.059
 takes

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.039
 the initiative

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.339
 and he comes

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.959
 to this

00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:30.500
 disbelieving,

00:23:30.959 --> 00:23:31.480
 doubting

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.119
 woman

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:33.500
 and he calls

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.819
 her

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.759
 personally

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.879
 by name,

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.720
 Mary.

00:23:39.399 --> 00:23:40.339
 She turned

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.199
 towards him

00:23:41.199 --> 00:23:42.099
 and cried

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.179
 out in Aramaic,

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.240
 Rabboni,

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.059
 which means

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.980
 teacher.

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.099
 teacher.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.700
 This is the

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.279
 personal

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.360
 intervention

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.599
 into her

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.500
 life that

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.420
 causes her

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.519
 to see

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.819
 that this

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.420
 is Jesus.

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.920
 And this

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.279
 is the

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.900
 intervention

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.759
 we all

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.440
 need in our

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.960
 lives

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.059
 if we are

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.680
 to believe.

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:07.279
 well,

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.680
 you might

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.259
 say that's

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.660
 great.

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.320
 Wasn't

00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.060
 Mary lucky

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.519
 to have

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.120
 been there?

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.460
 Because if

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.880
 the risen

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:14.720
 Jesus turned

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.279
 up right

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.519
 here,

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.000
 right now

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.240
 and he

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.519
 walked

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.740
 through

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.080
 those

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.400
 doors

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.940
 and he

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.220
 called

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.660
 me by

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:18.940
 name,

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.580
 Johnny,

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:21.640
 I'd

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.100
 believe.

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.360
 Would you

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.840
 believe?

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:27.279
 So do

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.939
 we expect

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:28.619
 Jesus to

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.159
 turn up

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.559
 and sit

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.220
 beside us

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.659
 and call

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.039
 us by

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.399
 name?

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.959
 Well,

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.439
 listen to

00:24:34.439 --> 00:24:34.980
 what Jesus

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.539
 says.

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.319
 Have a look

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.619
 at verse

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.179
 29.

00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:38.679
 It's a

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.199
 little further

00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:39.839
 on in

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.459
 the story.

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.220
 Here we

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.619
 meet a

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.019
 different

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.399
 person who

00:24:45.399 --> 00:24:47.439
 was disbelieving

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:48.179
 and doubting.

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.699
 His name

00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.299
 was Thomas.

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.559
 And he

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.480
 encounters the

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:53.759
 risen

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.200
 Jesus

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.700
 too.

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.319
 And we

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.660
 pick it

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:55.960
 up in

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.839
 verse 28.

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.700
 Thomas

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.220
 said to

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.500
 him,

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.579
 my Lord

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:01.180
 and my

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.660
 God.

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.019
 Then

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.359
 Jesus

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.099
 told him,

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.140
 because you

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.779
 have seen

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.119
 me,

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.319
 you have

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.099
 believed.

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.660
 You've

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.359
 seen me

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.140
 and you

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.700
 believe.

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.200
 Now look

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.720
 at this.

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.960
 Blessed

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.019
 are those

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.920
 who have

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:17.400
 not seen

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:19.400
 and yet

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.619
 have

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.160
 believed.

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.220
 Jesus

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.680
 says,

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.079
 even

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.480
 though you

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.939
 can't

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:24.559
 see me,

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.139
 even

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.599
 though you

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.639
 cannot hear

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.679
 an audible

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.359
 voice,

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.119
 you too

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.099
 can still

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.819
 believe.

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.639
 And it's

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.240
 all because

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.819
 of my

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.359
 gracious

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:35.379
 intervention

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.439
 in your

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:36.939
 life.

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.539
 You see,

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:38.939
 as we

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.519
 follow

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.579
 Mary on

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.279
 her journey,

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.379
 as we

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.259
 watch her

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:44.339
 get closer

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.199
 to the

00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:45.559
 tomb,

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.299
 as we

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.000
 watch her

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.679
 look into

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.460
 the empty

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.899
 tomb,

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:48.960
 name,

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.519
 as we

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.140
 see her

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.880
 crying,

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.560
 as we

00:25:52.560 --> 00:25:53.360
 hear Jesus

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.200
 call her

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.680
 name,

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.440
 as we

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.259
 follow along

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.880
 with Mary,

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.860
 we too

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.500
 are looking

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.100
 at the

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.920
 evidence for

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.500
 ourselves

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.240
 and we

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.980
 are also

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.720
 hearing the

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.400
 call of

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.780
 Jesus

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.900
 into our

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.440
 lives.

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.100
 Through this

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.920
 story of

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.280
 Mary,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.340
 Jesus is

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.220
 calling each

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.940
 one of us

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.740
 by name,

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.060
 personally

00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.940
 calling our

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.860
 names so

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.219
 that we

00:26:16.219 --> 00:26:16.859
 will follow

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.179
 him and

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:19.059
 trust him.

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.579
 Blessed are

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.479
 those who

00:26:22.479 --> 00:26:23.119
 do not

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.899
 see,

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.579
 but yet

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.159
 believe.

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.879
 You see,

00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:30.459
 most of the

00:26:30.459 --> 00:26:30.919
 time we

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.479
 think that we

00:26:31.479 --> 00:26:31.859
 can get

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.419
 through life

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.799
 all on

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.199
 our own.

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.000
 If I

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.419
 want to

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:36.859
 believe,

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.119
 well,

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.859
 I'll believe

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.439
 if I want

00:26:39.439 --> 00:26:39.639
 to.

00:26:40.219 --> 00:26:40.879
 If I want

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.279
 to follow

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.679
 Jesus,

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:41.939
 well,

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:42.379
 then that's

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.839
 something I

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.279
 might do

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.619
 when I'm

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:43.879
 a bit

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.259
 older.

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.439
 But that's

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:46.839
 not how

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.479
 it works.

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.219
 It takes

00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:50.879
 the personal

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.759
 intervention

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.679
 of the

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.240
 risen Lord

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.939
 Jesus by

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.539
 his Holy

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.500
 Spirit to

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.099
 open up

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.899
 our spiritual

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.740
 ears and

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.379
 our eyes

00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:59.299
 so that we

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.439
 see and

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:00.779
 that we

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.779
 hear the

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.539
 call of

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.799
 Jesus calling

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.679
 us personally

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.419
 by name.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.679
 Follow

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:08.079
 me.

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.799
 Mary

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.379
 heard the

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.679
 call.

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:16.519
 she saw

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.799
 the

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.500
 evidence

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:19.560
 and it

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.460
 changed and

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.299
 transformed

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.460
 her life.

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.539
 And this

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.900
 is what

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.400
 happens,

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.080
 and this

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.320
 is what

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.840
 happens to

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.360
 us as it

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.820
 happened to

00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:27.660
 Mary when

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.519
 we believe

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.240
 the resurrection,

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.759
 when we

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.340
 put our

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.799
 confidence in

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.480
 the risen

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.940
 Jesus.

00:27:33.320 --> 00:27:33.779
 We're going

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.180
 to look at

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:35.140
 four things

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.080
 really quickly,

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.660
 four things

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.240
 that happen

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.120
 when we

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.000
 believe that

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.660
 we can take

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.600
 away with

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:41.900
 us.

00:27:42.100 --> 00:27:42.660
 Here's the

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.220
 first one.

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.880
 God is

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.180
 present with

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.680
 us.

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.779
 Look at

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.580
 verse 17.

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.480
 Jesus

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.360
 said to

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.700
 Mary,

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:58.080
 do not

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:58.660
 hold on

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.100
 to me,

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.900
 for I

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.400
 have not

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.380
 yet returned

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.759
 to the

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.140
 Father.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.840
 Don't

00:28:04.840 --> 00:28:05.340
 hold on

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.640
 to me,

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:05.960
 Mary.

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.940
 You see,

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.860
 when Jesus

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:10.180
 returned to

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.800
 the Father,

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.859
 he promised

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.279
 that he

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.659
 was going

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.399
 to send

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:15.220
 the Holy

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.659
 Spirit.

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.799
 You can

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.180
 have a look

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.619
 back in

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.159
 John chapter

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.960
 14 or

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.879
 just simply

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.339
 listen.

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.819
 In John

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.700
 chapter 14,

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.359
 Jesus is

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.940
 speaking and

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.319
 he says,

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.879
 I will

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.319
 ask the

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.879
 Father and

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.220
 he will

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.859
 give you

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.419
 another

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:29.200
 counsellor to

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.579
 be with

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.180
 you forever,

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.180
 the Spirit

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.940
 of truth.

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.480
 He says,

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.159
 I will not

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.940
 leave you

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.460
 as orphans.

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:37.240
 I will

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.960
 come to

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.240
 you.

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.100
 And then

00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.579
 he says

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.799
 this wonderful,

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.180
 comforting and

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.319
 reassuring words.

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.400
 Jesus says

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.759
 in verse

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.400
 23,

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.720
 My Father

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.920
 will love

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.140
 him and

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.700
 we will

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.380
 come to

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:52.340
 him and

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.180
 make our

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:54.740
 home with

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.180
 him.

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.059
 So Jesus

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.660
 is saying

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.380
 to Mary,

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.079
 as she

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.880
 grasps who

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.539
 Jesus is,

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.360
 you don't

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:01.799
 need to

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.319
 hold on

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.660
 to me,

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.039
 Mary.

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.380
 You can

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.019
 let go

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.480
 of me

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.299
 because you're

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.960
 never going

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.579
 to lose

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.900
 me.

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.960
 I am

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.480
 going to

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.140
 return to

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.680
 the Father

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.340
 and when

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.079
 I return

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.519
 to the

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.860
 Father,

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.940
 the Father

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.920
 and Jesus

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.480
 by the

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.779
 Spirit,

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.259
 we will

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.000
 come and

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.960
 live in

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.180
 you.

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.779
 We will

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.299
 not leave

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.660
 you as

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.200
 orphans.

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.160
 God will

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.920
 be present

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.440
 in your

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.840
 life,

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.600
 dwelling

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.000
 within

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.340
 you,

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:25.980
 making

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.900
 your life

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.059
 his home.

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:29.960
 The

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.420
 resurrection

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:32.180
 means that

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:33.960
 Jesus is

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.960
 present with

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.279
 us in

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.059
 our lives.

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:39.059
 God's

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.399
 God's

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.519
 God's

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.599
 God's

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.399
 God's

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.740
 life.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:41.819
 The second

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:41.879
 thing is that

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.819
 we can enjoy

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.639
 a personal

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:45.139
 relationship with

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.099
 this living

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.599
 God.

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.379
 Back in

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:48.259
 chapter 20,

00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:49.220
 verse 17,

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.859
 let's read it

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.159
 again.

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.079
 Jesus says,

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:51.720
 don't hold

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.339
 on to me,

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.279
 for I've yet

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.139
 to return to

00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.679
 the Father.

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.720
 Go instead

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.319
 to my

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.460
 brothers and

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.139
 tell them,

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.079
 I am

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.899
 returning to

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.879
 my Father

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.399
 and your

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.960
 Father,

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.400
 to my

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:05.740
 God and

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.579
 your

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.100
 God.

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.779
 Jesus

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.579
 enjoyed the

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.400
 most intimate

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.299
 and personal

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.340
 relationships with

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.840
 the Father.

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.799
 The Son

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.660
 enjoyed the

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.460
 Father and

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.019
 the Father

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.960
 enjoyed the

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.240
 Son.

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.860
 They were

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.759
 one together

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.500
 in that

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.039
 perfect

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.720
 intimacy.

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.440
 And that

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.200
 is what we

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.140
 now have

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.759
 if we

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.559
 believe in

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.259
 the resurrection.

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.019
 Look at

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.620
 what God,

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.000
 Jesus,

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.980
 says to

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.400
 Mary.

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.360
 I am

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.060
 returning to

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:32.840
 my Father

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.800
 and your

00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.400
 Father,

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.620
 to my

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.120
 God and

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.800
 your

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.320
 God.

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.740
 We have

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.160
 a living

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.900
 God who

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.320
 is not

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:41.920
 only with

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.200
 us,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.820
 but he

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.540
 is speaking

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.120
 to us

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.480
 through his

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.800
 word.

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.000
 He communes

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.440
 with us

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.940
 by his

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.780
 spirit and

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.440
 he's listening

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.120
 to us as

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:49.740
 we pray.

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.519
 We can

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.780
 enjoy a

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:52.440
 relationship

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.320
 with the

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:53.980
 living God.

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.759
 The third

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.320
 thing that we

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.000
 have because

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.320
 of the

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.880
 resurrection

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.620
 is we've

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.940
 got a

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.860
 new purpose

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:04.000
 for life.

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.000
 Look at

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.760
 verse 18.

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.920
 Mary Magdalene

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.540
 went to the

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.380
 disciples with

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.960
 the news,

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.360
 I have

00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:12.020
 seen

00:31:12.020 --> 00:31:13.780
 the Lord.

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:15.060
 I have

00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:15.500
 seen the

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.800
 Lord.

00:31:16.020 --> 00:31:16.500
 And she

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.540
 told them

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.580
 that he

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:18.960
 had said

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.500
 these things

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.120
 to her.

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.000
 Before

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.820
 we saw

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.440
 Mary at

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.980
 the tomb

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.800
 crying.

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.420
 She had

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.980
 no hope.

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.400
 She had

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.040
 no purpose.

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.800
 This was

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.340
 the end.

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:28.880
 There was

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.500
 no meaning

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.079
 for Mary

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.619
 beyond the

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:30.880
 grave.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.460
 That was

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.660
 it.

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.019
 It was

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.819
 all over.

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.119
 But now

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.660
 all of

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.019
 that has

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.220
 been

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.740
 completely

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.299
 changed

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.519
 and

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.079
 transformed.

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.960
 She now

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.420
 has a

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.000
 life to

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.279
 live.

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:39.859
 She has

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.299
 been given

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.160
 a commission.

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.180
 She has

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.000
 been sent

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.839
 by Jesus.

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.920
 Go and

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.380
 tell them

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:45.779
 that you

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.380
 have seen

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.640
 me,

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.059
 that I

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.660
 am alive,

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.079
 that I

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.440
 live.

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.000
 And

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.619
 followers

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.339
 of Jesus

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.500
 who know

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.099
 the presence

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.640
 of Jesus,

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.259
 who have

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.019
 that personal

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.700
 relationship

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.299
 with him,

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.000
 have this

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.759
 wonderful

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.940
 privilege

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.920
 of bringing

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.779
 this news

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.420
 that we

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.700
 know the

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:03.960
 risen

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.580
 saviour.

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.100
 The risen

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:07.039
 saviour is

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.620
 the hope

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.299
 for our

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.740
 broken,

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.700
 suffering

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.480
 world.

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.100
 He will

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.799
 come again

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.360
 and judge

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:12.819
 the world

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.500
 with justice

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.160
 and he

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.779
 will raise

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.340
 up all

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:16.120
 those who

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.740
 love him.

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.660
 That

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:20.019
 is

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:21.460
 our

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.000
 future.

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.220
 That is

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.779
 the hope

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.700
 for our

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.019
 broken

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.640
 worlds.

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.540
 And the

00:32:28.540 --> 00:32:28.960
 final

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.640
 thing that

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.100
 we have

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.700
 because we

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.320
 believe the

00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.840
 resurrection

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:34.420
 is the

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.980
 promise

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.380
 that death

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.620
 is not

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.320
 the end.

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.960
 Surely

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.700
 this is the

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.600
 big point

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.420
 of the

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.060
 resurrection,

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.460
 that death

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.920
 has been

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.440
 defeated,

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.820
 the grave

00:32:46.820 --> 00:32:47.320
 has been

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.919
 destroyed.

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.539
 Death is

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.539
 not the

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.200
 end.

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.539
 Because

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:54.000
 Jesus lives,

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.559
 we who

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.639
 believe like

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.759
 Mary will

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:59.339
 also live.

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.059
 There will

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.639
 be that

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:03.119
 great reunion

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.000
 of all

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.879
 those who

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.700
 love him

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.439
 gathered

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.359
 together from

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.299
 throughout all

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.960
 of history.

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.200
 And we

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.019
 will share

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.740
 with the

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.419
 Lord Jesus

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.339
 in his

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:14.899
 eternal

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.960
 kingdom where

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.559
 there is no

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.299
 more suffering,

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.419
 suffering,

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.259
 no more

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.819
 pain,

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:20.159
 and there

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.579
 is no

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.259
 more death.

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.539
 There will

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.220
 be no more

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.099
 funerals to

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.539
 attend,

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.099
 and there

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.500
 will be no

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.200
 more crying,

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:29.240
 because Jesus

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.659
 has risen.

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:36.560
 listen to

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.240
 these words

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:39.160
 that Jesus

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:41.080
 spoke at

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.640
 the funeral

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.180
 of his

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.740
 friend,

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.400
 Lazarus,

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.600
 and he

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.240
 speaks those

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.800
 words to

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.259
 us.

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.040
 Jesus

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:49.540
 said,

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.240
 I am the

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.880
 resurrection

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.220
 and the

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.620
 life.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.740
 He who

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.480
 believes in

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.720
 me will

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:59.500
 live even

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.920
 though he

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.400
 dies.

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.880
 And whoever

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.740
 lives and

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.400
 believes in

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.519
 me will

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.480
 never die.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.420
 Do you

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.320
 believe this?

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.480
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.500
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.519
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.539
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.559
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.579
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.599
 Let's pray.

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.559
 Let's pray.

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:18.559
 Let's pray.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.559
 Let's pray.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.619
 Let's pray.

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:19.719
 Let's pray.

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:34.159
 Our Father God,

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.960
 we thank you

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.960
 that we

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.619
 have a

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:38.960
 risen

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:40.199
 Lord,

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.940
 a risen

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.699
 Saviour.

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.679
 The evidence

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.380
 is there

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.300
 before us

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:49.559
 that he

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.200
 rose from

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.840
 the grave,

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:53.820
 the folded

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:55.500
 grave clothes,

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:58.200
 the eyewitness

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:58.880
 accounts.

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.619
 We thank you

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.380
 too that you

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.280
 call us

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.559
 by name,

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.840
 speaking to

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.820
 us personally,

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.900
 saying,

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:12.539
 see and

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:12.920
 listen.

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:16.579
 we thank you

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.180
 that this is

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.800
 all true.

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.460
 And we

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.920
 thank you

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.460
 that because

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.079
 this is

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.400
 true,

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.460
 we have a

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.000
 personal,

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.220
 living

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.920
 relationship

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:28.500
 with our

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.599
 eternal God,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.300
 present,

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.200
 living within

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.659
 us,

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.980
 his power

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.639
 at work

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.500
 within us,

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.940
 providing us

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.480
 with this

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.980
 purpose

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.260
 to bring

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:41.280
 hope to

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.760
 a broken

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.320
 world,

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.900
 and the

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.400
 guarantee

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.139
 of life

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.639
 to come.

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.680
 We thank

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.039
 you that

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.700
 life is

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.380
 all sorted

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:51.059
 from beginning

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.740
 to end

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:53.220
 because

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.740
 Jesus

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:55.099
 lives.

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.240
 Would you

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.880
 please help

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:59.619
 us if we

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:01.079
 disbelieve

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:04.059
 to see

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.780
 clearly who

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.300
 you are?

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.200
 And would

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.700
 you please,

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.300
 if we do

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.860
 believe,

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.820
 ground these

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.599
 truths into

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.319
 our hearts

00:36:12.319 --> 00:36:13.860
 so that

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.319
 we live

00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:15.519
 with confidence,

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.299
 trusting you

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:18.559
 every step

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.980
 of the way.

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:21.119
 We ask

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.500
 this in

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.759
 Jesus'

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.179
 name.

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.460
 Amen.

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.579
 Amen.

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.840
 We're going

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.500
 to sing as

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.800
 we close

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.280
 our time

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.720
 together.

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.639
 It's really

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.500
 a song about

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.179
 the story

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:33.720
 we've just

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.220
 looked at

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.699
 together.

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.880
 See what a

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.300
 morning,

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.880
 gloriously

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.460
 bright,

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.559
 with the

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.139
 dawning of

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.300
 hope in

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.880
 Jerusalem.

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.119
 The second

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.440
 verse,

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.480
 see Mary

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.079
 weeping,

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.119
 where is

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.599
 he laid,

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.360
 as in sorrow

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.179
 she turns

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.220
 from the

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:50.059
 empty tomb.

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.980
 Here's a

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.780
 voice speaking,

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.519
 calling her

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.880
 name, it's

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.460
 the master,

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.139
 the lord,

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.280
 raised to

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.880
 life again.

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.800
 Let's

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:59.079
 celebrate this

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.139
 wonderful truth

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.300
 that Jesus

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.619
 is alive.

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:04.619
 Amen.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:37.960
 Daunting of hope in Jerusalem.

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:45.359
 Home is a great road to fill with life.

00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:51.920
 As the angels announce, Christ is risen.

00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.859
 Amen.

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:04.619
 Amen.

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:34.619
 Amen.

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:06.619
 Amen.

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:08.619
 Amen.

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:10.619
 Amen.

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:12.619
 Amen.

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:16.619
 Amen.

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:18.579
 Amen.

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:20.579
 Amen.

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:22.579
 Amen.

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:28.420
 Amen.

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:30.460
 Amen.

00:39:30.460 --> 00:40:00.440
 Thank you.

00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:30.440
 Thank you.

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:36.780
 Let's pray. Father, we give you our thanks for the risen Lord Jesus.

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:44.900
 We pray that you would help us, like Mary, to declare to others that the Lord is risen,

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:51.599
 to tell this true story so that others may have the hope of life to come,

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:56.679
 the presence of God and the relationship with him.

00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:00.119
 Father, go before us and help us, we pray.

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:02.799
 In Jesus' name we ask.

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.880
 Amen.

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.019
 Amen.

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.300
 Amen.

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:07.219
 Amen.

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:08.019
 Amen.

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.679
 Amen.

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:10.019
 Amen.

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:13.400
 Amen.

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.139
 Amen.

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.420
 Amen.

00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:14.980
 Amen.

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:44.960
 Thank you.

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.199
 Amen.

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:16.980
 Amen.

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:46.980
 Amen.

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:16.980
 Amen.

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:46.980
 Amen.