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 Father, it's my great privilege and honor, and I'm not worthy of it, Father, that I would

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 get to stand at the front here and try to open your word.

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 And I confess before you, Father, that I am not worthy of this, and yet your Son has called

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 me to this.

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 But Father, we want to hear from Jesus this morning.

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 Father, we thank you so much that Jesus is present in our midst.

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 Father, we thank you that he is present.

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 May he open the Bible to us, and may he so open the Bible to us, and may you so pour out

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 your Holy Spirit upon us that our hearts will burn with a holy fire as Jesus opens the Scriptures

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 to us all this morning.

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 And this we ask in Jesus' name, your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, earlier this week, I was in one of my regular Starbucks working on my sermon, and

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 there's this really, really fine older man that I've been having conversations with for

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 about three years.

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 He started talking to me because he saw the open Bible in the Starbucks.

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 He knows I'm a minister of this church.

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 He has a very different view of me.

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 He goes to a mainline church.

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 So, on certain moral issues and a range of other things, he has very different views than

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 I do.

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 But we've had very, very, very friendly civil conversations over the last three years.

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 So, I'm sitting there in the Starbucks, and one of the things you can pray for me is that

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 when the Holy Spirit sort of nudges me that I'm going to be far more attentive to it.

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 And anyway, so I'm sitting there in the Starbucks.

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 I know that I'm going to be talking about the resurrection.

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 And I see, I'm going to call him Bob.

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 And I see Bob there.

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 And I know that Bob is a retired scientist, that he was in the hard sciences.

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 And as he's getting up to leave, it's as if the Holy Spirit nudges me.

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 And he's going to walk right by me to chat.

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 And so, I know I have to ask him a question.

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 So, I ask him a question.

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 I say, Bob, I'm not asking you this because I don't want to start an argument.

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 I'm not just, Bob, I'm actually just really, really curious.

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 I'm preaching on the resurrection on Sunday.

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 And I would just love to know, do you believe in the resurrection?

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 And, you know, I'm not trying to cause, I'm just really curious.

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 So, Bob, you know, looked at me, had this nice smile on his face.

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 And he sort of looked up at the top of the ceiling for a moment.

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 And then he said, no.

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 And then what really surprised me is we talked for half an hour.

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 And he did 25 minutes of the talking.

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 And it was as if I just was able to be there with occasional interjections.

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 As he revealed that he was, in fact, very, very, very thoughtful about the issue.

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 And that he noticed that there's, he just knew that there's all sorts of problems, like riddles, that he couldn't solve.

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 In fact, just, you know, a bit of a thing.

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 One of the things that really struck me afterwards is that, you know, if we want to bear witness to Jesus in a post-Christendom culture like we live in now,

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 that maybe one of the things that we have to do is just ask non-threatening questions because we're just really curious to hear what the other person would say.

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 Because I actually, I was just very curious.

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 Because I know he went to a, I know he went to a mainline church.

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 And I know that, I know he went to a mainline church where there probably wouldn't be very clear Bible teaching.

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 And I knew he was a scientist.

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 I was just very curious.

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 So for 25 of the 30 minutes, he just shared with me a whole range of riddles.

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 At the bottom line for him, early on in the conversation, was if he did not believe that there could be any miracles if science was true.

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 I didn't say that very well.

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 He believed that if he started believing in miracles, it would mean that science didn't work.

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 And it would throw into, and he knows that science, you know, isn't perfect.

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 He knows better than you or I would.

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 I mean, I shouldn't say that because some of you are scientists as well.

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 But he knew that there's lots of things that, you know, sort of go wrong with science and are problematic with science.

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 But he just did not, he did not believe that you could have the miracles and science.

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 They didn't go together.

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 And, in fact, one of the things he, and he said that's why he didn't believe in the virgin birth as well.

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 And it's also why he said that he doesn't believe in any, so I said you don't believe in any of the miracles in the Bible.

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 He said, no, I don't believe in any of the miracles.

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 But he said the other miracles aren't as problematic as the resurrection.

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 And I'm going to tell you a little bit more as we go on about it.

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 I'll just say one other thing that I said about his, I said to him, you know, one of the riddles you must, I don't know if you ever thought about it, Bob.

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 But it's sort of funny, isn't it, Bob, that the very, very book that tells us that miracles actually happen is the same book, the same faith, that provided the social context for science to develop.

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 I said to him that, you know, human ingenuity is common amongst all people.

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 There's no group of people that are more ingenious or clever than another.

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 They're probably equally distributed amongst human beings.

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 And, you know, obviously in Islam and Hinduism and Buddhist cultures and Confucius cultures, there was a lot of ingenuity and a lot of things that were developed.

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 But it was only in the Christian world that the Bible provided both a teaching of miracles but an intellectual framework and basis for science to develop.

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 And he looked at me and he smiled and he said, yes, that's one of many riddles that I can't get my mind around.

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 Like, I just can't get my mind around how that actually could be.

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 But he acknowledged that that was, in fact, the case.

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 So I'm going to mention some other things that Bob said as we look at the text.

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 And so if you get your Bibles, it would be a great help to me if you would turn in your Bibles to the book of Luke, chapter 24.

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 We'll look at these 32 verses and I'll also share you a few other things that Bob had problems with and shared with me his problems while I just listened.

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 And so it begins, actually, we're going to begin not at chapter 24, but we're going to begin at chapter 23, verse 50.

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 Last week we looked at this and a bit more and I actually didn't read it, but I just said that one of the things, and the death of Jesus is a few verses earlier,

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 but there's time and time and time again in the text that they want to communicate, Luke wants to communicate to us that Jesus is dead, dead, dead, dead, dead.

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 And it's just sort of important that we sort of just get a bit of the flow here.

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 So if you begin at verse 50 of chapter 23.

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 So Jesus has died, and now in verse 50.

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 Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea.

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 He was a member of the council, that's what we call the Sanhedrin, a good and righteous man who had not consented to their decision and action,

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 and he was looking for the kingdom of God.

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 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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 Then Joseph took it down, the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid Jesus' body in a tomb cut in stone where no one had ever been laid.

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 It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

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 Now you might just remember, just pause here for a second, that the reading I did, I kept saying they, they, they, they, they,

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 and yet you might not have known who the they was.

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 Now we discover who the they is, are.

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 I don't know the grammar there.

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 Who the they is that is going to happen in verse 24.

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 It happens here in verse 55.

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 The woman who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph, in a sense, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.

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 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments.

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 I just want to pause here for a second.

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 This is one of these really, really, really neat little historical comments in the gospel.

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 Because, you know, what it's sort of implying is, okay, so there's all these women, four or five or six women, and they're watching Joseph.

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 And we know from another account that Nicodemus was also with it.

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 So we see these two guys putting Jesus' body in the tomb and sort of trying to prepare it.

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 And their response of seeing them do it was in verse 56.

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 Then they returned and prepared some spices and ointments.

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 And it was really as if they said, oh, good grief.

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 Leave it to men to mess it up.

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 Look how messy it is.

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 They use the wrong spices.

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 It's all messy.

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 There's no flowers.

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 We're going to have to do this ourselves.

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 Like, it's just as if, if you were to come to my house sometime and my wife wasn't present, or my daughters, and I set the table, you would say, George needs help in setting tables.

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 You would know whether Louise set the table or George set the table.

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 You would instantly know the difference.

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 So it's just a little historical moment.

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 The women see the men do it, and they say, I guess we're going to have to go get some spices and do the job right.

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 And so it continues on, the second part of verse 56.

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 On the Sabbath day, they rested according to the commandment.

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 Verse 1, chapter 24.

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 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared.

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 And just sort of pause here for a second.

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 Here's the first point, if you could put it up.

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 Say it again.

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 What the scriptures show here, what the historical evidence shows, and in fact, all four pieces of historical evidence all show the exact same thing.

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 That everyone, even his closest disciples, thought that Jesus was discredited and dead, and that he would stay discredited and dead.

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 Now, you can't see the discredited part here.

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 You're going to see it when we talk about the Emmaus text.

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 And so I'll just sort of, we heard it a few moments ago, but what you're going to see in a couple of minutes in the next story is that these two disciples, they're leaving.

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 They're out of there.

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 They're out of there because they thought Jesus was a prophet, but obviously he's not a prophet.

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 They thought he was the one who was going to redeem Israel, but obviously he's not the one who's going to redeem Israel.

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 He's discredited by his death.

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 And they were leaving.

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 In Emmaus, they didn't think he was going to come back to life.

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 They didn't think the resurrection was going to happen.

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 They didn't think there'd be a change of opinion about him.

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 And as we go through here, all the way through here, the women, the men, his disciples, everybody, everybody thinks that Jesus is dead.

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 Pilate thinks he's dead.

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 Roman soldiers, the priests, everybody believes him dead.

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 Everybody believes him discredited.

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 Everyone believes that he'll stay dead.

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 Everyone believes he'll stay discredited.

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 That's like a rock solid thing of all the historical evidence, dead and discredited.

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 And so, and you see, that's in a sense what my friend Bob would say.

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 Dead people stay dead.

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 They don't come back to life again.

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 Dead people stay dead.

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 They don't come back to life again.

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 And he said, you know, how would it, it would change the entire universe and all of our understanding to think that a dead man could come back to life again.

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 And, you know, if the resurrection actually happened, then in principle, I have no problem with any miracle.

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 But he shared with me, and I said to him, by the way, I didn't actually, other than pointing out this little thing about how it was within the Christian culture that science developed.

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 That's a bit of a riddle for him, which he knew of.

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 Often people aren't educated to understand that.

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 But he knew that.

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 And I said, some other time I'll buy you a coffee.

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 We should talk a little bit about how science and miracles can fit together.

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 But Bob understood that everything, intellectual, all, the whole universe, the whole mental world and his map would have to change if the resurrection actually happened.

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 So let's just continue, you know, going on.

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 Verse 2.

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 So these are the women.

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 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

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 But when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

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 And we discover later on that they're angels.

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 And as they were frightened, that's the women, not the angels.

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 As the women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them,

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 Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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 So put up the second point if you could.

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 Luke is saying that what happened to Jesus is as real as your bank records, the NBA finals statistics, or the list of Canada's prime ministers.

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 Luke is saying that what happened to Jesus is as real as your bank records, the NBA finals statistics, or the list of Canada's prime ministers.

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 This is one of the things which was very interesting in my conversation with Bob.

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 Very different than some of the other conversations I have in Starbucks.

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 Apart from being a scientist, he's an older man.

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 And he'd also done some other reading just in literature and in mythology and myths.

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 And he accepted that basically Luke was making an historical claim here.

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 He accepted that that was basically the type of thing.

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 And in fact, actually, one of the things which really puzzled him about it is he really puzzled over with me how it's...

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 He said, you can't...

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 You have to believe in the historical evidence that the...

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 I mean, it's just clear that Christianity exploded quite quickly.

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 And that the belief that Jesus' body was gone and that he was resurrected, that that was the historical belief they had.

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 And he said, you know, I puzzle over the fact that it couldn't have been the Roman soldiers.

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 They would just have blown that belief out of the water in an instant by producing the body.

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 And so would the chief priests and so would...

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 And he said, the other thing he said that just really puzzles me is I believe and I know and I accept that the 11 disciples,

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 that all but one of them died martyr's death.

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 And I just have a hard time believing that all 11 of them would have been in on a hoax.

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 And a hoax that went to their death.

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 A hoax...

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 He said, I understand hoaxes if it makes you lots of money and fools the gullible and makes you powerful.

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 But it didn't make any of them lots of money.

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 It didn't make any of them powerful.

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 And it just led to their death.

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 And I understand that there's some historical reality there.

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 And I understand that Luke is making some historical claim.

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 But as a scientist, I just can't believe that a dead man would come to life again.

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 And he knew that it wasn't resuscitation, that it was resurrection.

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 It wasn't Jesus just becoming alive, but that he becomes...

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 And still to die later, but that the claim is that the grave is empty.

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 He understands.

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 It was a very...

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 You know, one of the surprising things about asking questions of people is that it's easy to think

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 that they're going to maybe have all these other beliefs.

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 And so sometimes the reason it's just so important to ask in sharing about Jesus just honest questions

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 is it's really helpful just to find out what they actually think and believe.

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 Like in the case with Bob, I would not...

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 I don't have to have a conversation with him.

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 I mean, I might have to have a conversation with him about when the book was written and all that type of stuff.

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 But the fact that this was making a historical, real claim in all of the details, Bob accepted that.

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 He thought it couldn't be true.

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 But he puzzled over how it could...

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 How the Christianity developed and how this could not be true.

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 And he said, I have no answer to how these things go together.

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 Just as a bit of an aside, you should pray for Bob.

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 You should pray for Bob.

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 And because he was surprisingly and is surprisingly thoughtful about all of this stuff.

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 Now, but some of you might say,

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 George, I have a bit of a separate problem.

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 I'm familiar with some of the other four historical evidences about the gospel.

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 Four other historical evidences of what happened on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

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 And George, don't some of the people see one angel and some see two?

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 And there's some other...

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 George, like, how does that fit in?

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 Like, surely just the presence of an angel means that it's not historical.

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 But even if I accept that angels are possible, how...

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 Like, aren't there just real problems here?

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 Like, some see one and some see two?

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 And that's a really, really good question.

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 One of the problems that we have, and it's a big problem with commentaries,

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 it's a big problem in the Christian community,

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 is that we don't take the record as data to understand and put together.

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 But we have our theories and our beliefs about how reality works

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 and therefore will dismiss data sometimes.

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 But if we actually just for a second humble ourselves

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 and say that we're going to take these historical records,

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 at first at least, to consider them as data,

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 then what it tells us is that seeing an angel or angels

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 isn't like seeing another person.

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 In fact, if you take it as data,

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 there's all sorts of very interesting things in here.

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 The data on angels is that usually when you meet one,

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 unveiled, so to speak, or one is revealed to you,

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 it creates within you a sense of awe

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 and a sense of humility

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 and a desire to bow your head.

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 And in the Old Testament and other places,

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 sometimes even a desire to worship them.

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 And that there's this odd human experience of both fear

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 and a type of dread

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 and a desire to worship at the same time.

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 And the other thing is that since angels are inherently invisible,

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 it means it's up to them to reveal to us

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 or allow us or do something in our head

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 so that we can perceive them.

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 So in a sense, what this data is telling us

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 is I actually think that both accounts are right.

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 In fact, what I would say is that afterwards

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 when the women were walking home,

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 I said, I can't believe I saw two angels.

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 And another one of them said, I only saw one angel.

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 And it wasn't that one of them was in a corner

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 and they had a better angle on it.

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 It would just maybe very, very well

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 is that the way that the world actually works,

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 because you see, at the end of the day,

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 I think that the Bible is true.

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 I think there really is a God that does exist.

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 I believe this because I believe Jesus really did rise from the dead,

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 triumphing and triumphed over sin and death

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 and all hostile spiritual powers in his resurrection.

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 And that means there is a God that does exist.

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 It means that he did create all things.

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 He sustains all things.

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 He will bring all things to their completion.

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 That there is a no ability to reality,

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 but because God is sovereign,

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 he can continue to act in reality.

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 And the order that he created,

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 then he sustains and he can act in it sovereignly.

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 And sometimes his sovereign actions

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 are what we understand as miracles.

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 And I believe and I accept all of that.

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 And it means that if God was to all of a sudden

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 have an angel which is present in our service right now

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 or angels that are present in our service right now,

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 and if God was to decide that it was for our great good

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 that we could see that afterwards,

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 after we'd gotten off our faces

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 and we're having coffee talking about it,

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 some of you would say,

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 I saw two angels.

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 I only saw one.

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 I saw three.

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 I saw five.

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 I don't know.

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 Because, you see,

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 when we see another human being,

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 we're seeing something in the sense

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 of the same type of created order as us.

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 And if one of you sees two

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 and another one sees one,

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 maybe it's because one of your eyesight

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 doesn't work very well

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 or maybe one of the two people's behind something

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 and another person needed an angle.

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 But just the very, very nature,

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 if we take this as data,

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 it just means the very, very data

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 is that angels have to, in a sense,

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 reveal themselves to us.

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 And some of the women saw two

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 and some of the women saw one.

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 And by the way,

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 if you understand this type of basic distinction,

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 it means that a whole pile of the apparent contradictions

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 or inconsistencies or problems

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 in how the four texts go together are removed.

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 You don't have to have multiple trips

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 going back and forth for some to see one

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 and some to see two.

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 I would just take it as data.

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 I actually believe that I might have seen an angel once.

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 You know, I don't talk about it,

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 but I think I had an experience once

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 where I saw an angel.

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 But I couldn't...

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 I saw something that physically wasn't there.

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 I had an experience with something

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 that was physically not there.

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 And that happened to me once.

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 It might never happen to me again.

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 And many very godly Christians,

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 it never happens to them.

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 But I believe we walk in a world

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 where there are angels and demons

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 present around us all of the time.

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 And most of the time we do not see them

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 because they need to reveal themselves to us.

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 And God, in his sovereign wisdom,

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 usually does not allow that to happen.

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 One of the things I think that we'll see from this text

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 is that all of these texts give us a bit of a way

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 to understand what the new heaven

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 and the new earth will be.

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 And in the new heaven and the new earth,

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 we will see angels

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 as our elder brothers and sisters

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 and our elder friends.

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 And part of the real world

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 of the new heaven and the new earth

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 will be conversations with them.

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 But I get ahead of myself.

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 I get ahead of myself.

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 One of the things which Bob talked about

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 was just that he accepted

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 that the historical records

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 must have shown that the tomb was empty.

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 He accepts that.

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 And he just can't,

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 he said, I can't explain it.

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 I can understand that if the tomb wasn't empty,

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 that Christianity would not have developed.

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 But I just can't explain the empty tomb.

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 And the next part of Luke's historical record

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 of what happened

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 is Luke beginning to explain the empty tomb.

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 So if you could go back to verse 5a,

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 hopefully Luke chapter 24,

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 sort of 5b,

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 the second part of verse 5,

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 the angels say to the women,

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 Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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 He is not here, but is risen.

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 Remember how he told you

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 while he was still in Galilee

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 that the Son of Man must be delivered

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 into the hands of sinful men

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 and be crucified

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 and on the third day rise.

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 And they remembered his words.

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 Just sort of pause there.

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 In other words,

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 they remember Jesus' words.

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 Those of you who have been sojourning with us

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 as we've gone through the Gospel of Luke

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 know that there's been quite a few times

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 in the Gospel of Luke

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 where Luke shares with us

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 that Jesus said

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 that he's going to Jerusalem to die.

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 I'm going to Jerusalem to die.

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 I'm going to Jerusalem to die.

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 I'm going to die on the cross.

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 I'm going to rise from the dead.

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 The women,

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 as I said in my first point,

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 everyone,

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 even his closest disciples,

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 thought that Jesus was discredited and dead

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 and that he would stay discredited and dead.

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 But now,

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 if you could put up the third point, Adam,

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 Luke tells the good news

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 that Jesus died on a Friday

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 and that the grave was empty on a Sunday

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 because Jesus had been raised

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 and vindicated by God the Father.

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 If you think there's a bit of ambiguity

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 in that sentence,

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 it's true in both senses.

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 Luke tells this good news

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 because Jesus had been raised

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 and vindicated by God the Father.

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 And the good news is

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 that Jesus had been raised

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 and vindicated by God the Father.

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 Luke tells the good news

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 that Jesus died on a Friday

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 and that the grave was empty on the Sunday

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 because Jesus had been raised

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 and vindicated by God the Father.

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 That's the news.

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 That's the news of the angels.

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 That's how they interpret the empty tomb.

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 Yesterday, I was driving back from Starbucks

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 where I was putting the finishing touches

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 to my sermon.

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 And I had decided I would bike

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 to a Starbucks

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 a couple of kilometers away from where I live.

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 And as I was driving back,

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 I was just sort of filled with praise to God.

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 I love riding a bike.

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 I love it.

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 It was a beautiful morning.

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 It was around lunchtime.

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 It was beautiful out.

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 And, you know,

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 my bike is just gliding along

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 and it's working pretty good

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 and the streets are nice and quiet

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 where I was.

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 And it was just so beautiful.

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 I was so thankful

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 just to be able to be enjoying

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 a beautiful day in Ottawa

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 riding my bike along.

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 Like, I meant,

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 and as I was doing this,

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 I was thinking about

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 a counseling session

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 that I'd had quite a few years ago

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 when I was in my previous church.

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 Some of you,

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 I've heard,

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 I've told you before

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 how one of the things,

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 if you're ever trying to help

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 a friend who's in distress

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 and they're,

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 you know,

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 mental or emotional sadness

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 or, you know,

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 whatever,

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 they're in a big conflict

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 and you're trying to help them,

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 like one of the things

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 that you have to do

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 in your conversation

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 is to try to get them

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 to ask some questions

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 and not only find out

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 what happened,

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 but you also have to ask them

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 how they feel

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 about different things

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 that happened

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 and you also have to ask them

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 how they understand

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 what's happening to them.

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 And I was riding along

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 on my bike

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 and I thought back to it

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 because quite a few years ago

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 when I was in my other church,

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 there was one day

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 on a Sunday,

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 I think it was,

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 no,

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 it was a Saturday,

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 it was a Saturday,

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 it was a Saturday

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 and I'm driving to a place

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 and I have to go

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 to a day-long meeting.

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 It was a beautiful day

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 like it was yesterday.

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 Beautiful,

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 beautiful day in June

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 and I'm driving

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 down this country road

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 and I see a guy

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 that I know

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 and he's driving his bike

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 on the country road

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 and I think to myself,

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 dang,

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 here I am in a car,

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 I was dressed,

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 clothes,

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 collar,

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 going to a day-long meeting

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 and look at that guy.

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 I feel so jealous

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 for that guy.

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 I'm envious of that guy,

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 shorts,

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 t-shirt,

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 riding his bike

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 on a beautiful country road

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 on a beautiful June day

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 in the Ottawa Valley.

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 That's what I'm thinking.

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 So,

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 a week or two later,

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 this guy comes to me

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 because he's in great distress

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 and as fate would have it,

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 he talks about that day.

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 He's driving along

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 in his bike

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 and I ask him about it,

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 you know,

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 and I ask him the question

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 about what he meant

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 and he said,

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 oh, George,

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.480
 that was one of the worst

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.380
 days of my life.

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.579
 I was driving along

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.619
 this country road

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:07.279
 on my ex-girlfriend's

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.019
 son's bike

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.279
 and I felt like

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.759
 I was one inch tall.

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.400
 I felt so embarrassed

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.240
 and humiliated.

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:14.880
 Every time a car

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:16.000
 or a pickup truck

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.759
 went by,

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.799
 I tried to hide my face.

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.660
 It was completely

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:22.200
 and utterly demeaning

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.920
 to me

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:24.460
 to be on a bike,

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.880
 not in my truck

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.380
 or my car

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.980
 because he lost it.

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.099
 That's a whole other thing.

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:30.819
 So,

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.700
 see what I mean by

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.120
 you have to ask people

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:34.220
 how they understand it.

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.839
 Here I am.

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.400
 So,

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.240
 if he had just told me

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.319
 he's driving his bike to this,

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.680
 I'm thinking,

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.059
 oh boy,

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.660
 he's in a really,

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.620
 really good mood

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.819
 because he gets to drive

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.440
 his bike

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.839
 on a beautiful country road

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.419
 in June

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.480
 in the Ottawa Valley.

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:46.179
 But his understanding

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.679
 of the event

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.819
 was that he was embarrassed

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.679
 and humiliated

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.480
 and demeaned.

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.419
 So,

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.399
 you always have to understand

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.639
 not just what happens,

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.459
 you have to try to understand

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:56.439
 what it means.

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.019
 And so,

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:59.899
 what Luke provides here

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.980
 in the historical record

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.939
 and it's going to continue

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.599
 throughout the rest

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.319
 of Luke 24

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:05.399
 is that Luke provides

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.740
 the interpretation

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:09.699
 of the death of Jesus

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.720
 upon the cross,

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.960
 his entry into death

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.420
 and his resurrection

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.059
 and the empty tomb

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:18.019
 and Luke interprets it

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.799
 for us.

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:21.100
 He tells us

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:22.079
 what it means.

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.339
 He says

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.779
 that it's good news.

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:27.259
 Jesus has been raised

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.420
 by God the Father

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:30.380
 and he's been vindicated

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.880
 by God the Father.

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.220
 Why is it that I believe

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.700
 the Bible?

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.839
 I believe it in the Bible

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.400
 ultimately

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:38.580
 because Jesus trusted

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.840
 and loved the Bible

00:30:39.840 --> 00:30:41.240
 and Jesus

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.420
 was raised

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.200
 from the dead.

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.240
 Why do I follow Jesus?

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.860
 Because he was raised

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.840
 from the dead.

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.820
 There's other reasons

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.320
 as well.

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.780
 But the resurrection

00:30:51.780 --> 00:30:52.480
 of Jesus

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:54.100
 vindicates.

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.400
 Remember the first point

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.860
 is that every single one

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:58.000
 of Jesus' friends

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.640
 and disciples

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.600
 and everybody thought

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.280
 two things

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:01.700
 that Jesus was discredited

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.860
 and dead.

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:05.479
 And with the empty tomb

00:31:05.479 --> 00:31:06.240
 and the resurrection

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:08.219
 Jesus is alive

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:09.799
 and vindicated.

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.219
 His teaching

00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:11.959
 is vindicated.

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.139
 His death on the cross

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.879
 is vindicated.

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.719
 He is vindicated.

00:31:15.959 --> 00:31:17.259
 His teaching now has

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.179
 it makes

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.000
 it's

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.639
 you have to listen

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.479
 to his teaching.

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.339
 It has to turn

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.579
 your world upside down

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.599
 if you come to that belief.

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:27.279
 Bob understood

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.579
 that his world

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.319
 would be turned

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.599
 upside down.

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.579
 His intellectual world

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.859
 his emotional world

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.759
 would be turned

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.939
 upside down

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:37.539
 if he came to believe

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.279
 that Jesus

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.339
 was raised

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:40.240
 from the dead.

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.000
 And Luke tells us

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.099
 that Jesus

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.399
 was raised

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.179
 by the Father

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:46.679
 and vindicated

00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:48.079
 by God the Father.

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.059
 Now interestingly enough

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.859
 I didn't say this

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.960
 to Bob

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.659
 but

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.839
 I actually

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:56.000
 know slightly

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.779
 the minister

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.339
 of the church

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.039
 that he goes to.

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.279
 And I was

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.220
 thinking to myself

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.519
 in fact I might do this

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.480
 if I'm being really

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.700
 mischievous and playful

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:06.460
 I might say

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.460
 to him

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.759
 that he should ask

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.700
 the senior minister

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.559
 at his church

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.480
 if she believes

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.180
 in the resurrection

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:16.420
 because

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:18.740
 she doesn't.

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:22.099
 But she believes

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.819
 that the New Testament

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.700
 is stories

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:27.619
 to communicate hope.

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.859
 That it's a type

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.779
 of mythology

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:33.599
 and Bob

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.000
 would have

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.839
 nothing to do

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.359
 with it.

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:37.859
 In an odd way

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:39.500
 Bob believes

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:39.899
 more

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:41.179
 than his minister

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:43.339
 including the fact

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.879
 that he would

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:45.240
 honestly say to me

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:47.059
 that he doesn't

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.859
 believe the resurrection

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.659
 was possible.

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.019
 I'm going to

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.959
 say more

00:32:50.959 --> 00:32:51.539
 about this

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:55.099
 I'm going to

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.859
 tell you this now

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.619
 one other thing

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.579
 that Bob said to me

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.220
 and I want to

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.899
 say this now

00:32:58.899 --> 00:33:00.220
 before we go on

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.379
 I know I need

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.079
 to keep moving

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.460
 on throughout

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.980
 the thing.

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.299
 Bob

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:05.639
 towards the end

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.460
 of the conversation

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.359
 Bob said to me

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.899
 George I guess

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.379
 you don't think

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:09.039
 I'm a Christian

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:11.699
 because I don't

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.139
 believe in the

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.559
 resurrection.

00:33:13.939 --> 00:33:14.439
 And I said

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.740
 to him

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.279
 well Bob

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:17.119
 we probably

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.439
 have to have

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.000
 a coffee

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.839
 over that one

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.399
 because it's

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:19.859
 a little bit

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.639
 more complicated

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.500
 than you think.

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:27.000
 earlier on

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.559
 another one

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.960
 of the things

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.380
 that Bob

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.960
 had said

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.740
 is that

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.480
 one of the

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.819
 things that

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.319
 he puzzles

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.740
 over

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.720
 was after

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.180
 I shared

00:33:33.180 --> 00:33:33.440
 with him

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.779
 about the

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.119
 Bible

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:35.660
 and all

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.099
 was the

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.680
 basis of

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.359
 science

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.200
 and he

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.619
 acknowledged

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:38.940
 that

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.119
 and he

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.259
 said

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.599
 and it's

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:39.980
 more than

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.220
 that

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.619
 George

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.859
 he said

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.839
 I can't

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.480
 get my

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.880
 mind

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.240
 around

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.859
 the fact

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.440
 that this

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.019
 story

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.380
 has

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.279
 transformed

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.000
 so many

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.640
 people's

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.079
 lives

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.920
 he said

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:51.660
 you listen

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.360
 to Bach

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:54.580
 you listen

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:54.820
 to the

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.039
 beauty

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.400
 of that

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.800
 music

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.700
 you go

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.779
 to Europe

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.160
 and you

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.620
 see these

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.460
 unbelievable

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.840
 cathedrals

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:02.680
 and you

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.200
 think of

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.500
 some of

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.039
 the literature

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.460
 that was

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.940
 produced

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.400
 and if

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.860
 this

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.320
 isn't

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.779
 true

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:09.119
 how

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.980
 could that

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.480
 be a

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.860
 basis

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.639
 of so

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.139
 much

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.059
 creativity

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.820
 and so

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.180
 much

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.680
 beauty

00:34:14.680 --> 00:34:16.280
 and so

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.579
 much

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.119
 courage

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.980
 and heroism

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:20.039
 and it's

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.559
 a riddle

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.139
 for him

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.400
 that he

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.780
 couldn't

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.420
 put together

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.740
 in his

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.039
 head

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.159
 and so

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.780
 when he

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.119
 asked me

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.500
 about being

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.059
 a Christian

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.760
 I said

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:27.960
 to him

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.300
 it's a bit

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.519
 more complicated

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.900
 than you

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.199
 think

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.219
 I said

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.659
 first of

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.880
 all

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.340
 Bob

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:33.559
 if we

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.960
 have to

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.460
 pass

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.539
 get 100%

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:35.920
 on a

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.420
 theology

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.780
 test

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.079
 to get

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.260
 into

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.579
 heaven

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.900
 nobody's

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.079
 going to

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.380
 make it

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.740
 to heaven

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.960
 so it

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.300
 doesn't matter

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.740
 your

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.219
 background

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.619
 if you're

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.240
 Roman Catholic

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:44.280
 Thomas Aquinas

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.760
 won't get

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.219
 into heaven

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:46.119
 if you're

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.900
 more reformed

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.760
 Calvin's

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.200
 not going

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.460
 to get

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.680
 into

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:48.940
 heaven

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.260
 Billy Graham

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.920
 he's not

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:52.140
 going to

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:52.460
 get into

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:52.640
 heaven

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.320
 nobody's

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.840
 theology

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.640
 is perfect

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.740
 so

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.680
 I said

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.240
 everybody

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.680
 is in

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:57.920
 heaven

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.120
 with

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.620
 imperfect

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:58.960
 and

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.540
 incorrect

00:34:59.540 --> 00:35:00.160
 theology

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:01.080
 and I

00:35:01.080 --> 00:35:01.220
 said

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.680
 the second

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.020
 thing

00:35:02.020 --> 00:35:02.360
 is

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.780
 I

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.040
 think

00:35:04.040 --> 00:35:04.220
 that

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.540
 God's

00:35:04.540 --> 00:35:04.780
 a bit

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.240
 shameless

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.900
 in terms

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.180
 of how

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.300
 he

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.960
 has

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.320
 Jesus

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.680
 relate

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:07.840
 to

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.180
 people

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:09.680
 and I

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.120
 think

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.320
 that

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.540
 in

00:35:10.540 --> 00:35:10.840
 heaven

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.060
 there'll

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.200
 be

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.560
 a lot

00:35:11.560 --> 00:35:11.720
 of

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.120
 people

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:14.060
 who

00:35:14.060 --> 00:35:14.540
 have

00:35:14.540 --> 00:35:14.940
 a lot

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.100
 of

00:35:15.100 --> 00:35:15.560
 questions

00:35:15.560 --> 00:35:16.140
 and maybe

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.460
 don't

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:16.840
 believe

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.060
 some

00:35:17.060 --> 00:35:17.340
 things

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.640
 that they

00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:18.059
 should

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.400
 but

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.800
 they

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.079
 just

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.600
 really

00:35:19.600 --> 00:35:20.660
 have

00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:20.940
 this

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:21.700
 fundamental

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.620
 trust

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:23.180
 in

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.600
 Jesus

00:35:23.600 --> 00:35:23.880
 and

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.440
 attraction

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.760
 to

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.180
 Jesus

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.980
 and they

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.380
 can't

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.180
 explain it

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.820
 but it's a

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.380
 deep-seated

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.800
 thing

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.340
 and it

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.920
 affects how

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.660
 they live

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.240
 their lives

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.660
 in some

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:32.960
 ways

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.260
 and I

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.420
 think

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.640
 there'll be

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:33.900
 a lot

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.220
 of people

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:34.620
 like that

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:34.980
 in heaven

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:37.480
 I

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.500
 I

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.780
 said

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:37.980
 I

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.079
 don't

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.199
 know

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.320
 how

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.480
 that

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.719
 fits

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:38.860
 in

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.019
 with

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.119
 you

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.360
 but I

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.500
 think

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.619
 there'll

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:39.940
 be a lot

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.059
 of

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.260
 people

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.619
 like that

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:40.980
 in heaven

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.940
 I

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.099
 said

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.400
 the thing

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.800
 about the

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.320
 resurrection

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:44.360
 is

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.840
 to not

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.380
 believe

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.800
 certain

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.440
 things

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.219
 in your

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.820
 trust in

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.119
 Jesus

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.360
 it robs

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.760
 you of a

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.480
 whole range

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.960
 of things

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.380
 about how

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:52.679
 to live

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.159
 your life

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:55.219
 if you

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.699
 believe in

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:55.820
 the

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.260
 resurrection

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:56.559
 of

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.860
 Jesus

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.219
 it

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.159
 starts

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.400
 to

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.039
 transform

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.639
 or has

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.199
 the potential

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.960
 to transform

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.400
 your

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.000
 willingness

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.880
 to risk

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.940
 your

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.500
 willingness

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.039
 to die

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.420
 for the

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:05.800
 faith

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.119
 it

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.119
 inspires

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.599
 you

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.159
 and gives

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.300
 you

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.840
 confidence

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.219
 probably

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.659
 to create

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.119
 that type

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.619
 of beauty

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.280
 and the

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:12.059
 sacrifices

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.480
 and the

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.860
 courage

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.099
 and the

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.460
 intellectual

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.980
 development

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.099
 you miss

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.780
 a lot

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:17.340
 you miss

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.900
 a lot

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.380
 by not

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.920
 coming to

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.480
 accept

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.599
 the full

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.360
 doctrines

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:24.340
 but

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.579
 it's

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.940
 ultimately

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.460
 all about

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.340
 trust in

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.579
 him

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.820
 that was

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.159
 actually how

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.539
 we finished

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.380
 our conversation

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.980
 with the

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.239
 promise

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.480
 that we

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.619
 would

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:31.880
 talk

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.140
 again

00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:32.660
 in the

00:36:32.660 --> 00:36:33.019
 future

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.880
 but

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.579
 as I

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.720
 said

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:36.960
 if I

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.200
 was

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.680
 mischievous

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:38.220
 I would

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.660
 say that

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.019
 he should

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.320
 maybe

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:40.059
 ask his

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.940
 rector

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:42.140
 about this

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.740
 whether

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.360
 she

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.820
 believes

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.099
 in the

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.519
 resurrection

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.119
 of Jesus

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.260
 because

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.559
 you see

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.900
 the very

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.640
 story

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:48.619
 that we

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:48.940
 get here

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.599
 the historical

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.960
 evidence

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.280
 shows

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.559
 if you

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.720
 don't

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.000
 really

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.360
 believe

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.680
 that it

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:52.180
 happened

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.420
 then it's

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.760
 actually

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.220
 not an

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.820
 inspiring

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.380
 story

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.940
 at all

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.180
 that it's

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.559
 actually

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.000
 something

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.400
 which is

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.700
 sort of

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.280
 crazy

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.740
 which Bob

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.119
 gets

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.559
 but a lot

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.039
 of religious

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.799
 and spiritual

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.519
 people don't

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.739
 get

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.460
 if you just

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.179
 continue reading

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.860
 it Luke

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.380
 brings this

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.539
 out

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.920
 actually we'll

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.360
 go back to

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.119
 verse 8 again

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:09.460
 and we'll start

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.199
 going really quick

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:10.599
 by the way

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.019
 in case you're

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.480
 really wondering

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.799
 about it

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.179
 but and they

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.880
 remembered his

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.759
 words and

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.500
 returning from the

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.659
 tomb

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.539
 that's Jesus's

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:15.860
 words

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:17.320
 remembering his

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.820
 words

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.799
 and they

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.099
 sorry

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.739
 verse 9

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.199
 and returning

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.880
 from the tomb

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.679
 they told all

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.320
 these things to

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.759
 the eleven

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.320
 and to all the

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.639
 rest

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.820
 now it was

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.739
 Mary Magdalene

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.279
 and Joanna

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:27.119
 and Mary the

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.759
 mother of James

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.259
 and the other

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:29.039
 women with them

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.840
 who told these

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.400
 things to the

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.800
 apostles

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:32.300
 but these

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.119
 words seemed

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.539
 to them

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.160
 an idle

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.639
 tale

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.440
 and they

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.780
 did not

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.360
 believe them

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.400
 the words

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.119
 translated as

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.860
 idle tale

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.940
 Luke was a

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.320
 doctor

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.880
 the guy who

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.220
 wrote the

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.760
 gospel of

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.160
 Luke is a

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:42.500
 doctor

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.639
 and he uses

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.380
 a medical

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.980
 term from

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.420
 the time

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.320
 and the

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.960
 medical term

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.300
 from the

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.599
 time

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.480
 which translated

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.780
 here is

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.440
 idle tale

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.400
 it's a

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:51.260
 medical condition

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.840
 when you

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.519
 babble

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.559
 due to

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.440
 a delirium

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:56.119
 in other

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.680
 words if you

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:57.240
 have a type

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.860
 of illness

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.519
 which is

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:58.860
 causing

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.660
 delirium

00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:00.140
 and you

00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:00.660
 start to

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.220
 babble

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:02.420
 that's how

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.180
 they interpreted

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.559
 what the

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.039
 women said

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.400
 to them

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.280
 they didn't

00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:05.720
 take it as

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.280
 wow this is

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:06.539
 a really

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.519
 hopeful story

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:07.940
 too bad

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.360
 it's not

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.760
 true

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.780
 they said

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.880
 this is

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.720
 the babbling

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:12.440
 these are

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.380
 babblings of

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.079
 delirious

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.700
 people

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:16.079
 that's how

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.700
 they understood

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.120
 it

00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:18.820
 verse 12

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.300
 but Peter

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.059
 rose and ran

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.559
 to the tomb

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.200
 stooping and

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.700
 looking in

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.539
 he saw the

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.260
 linen cloths

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.519
 lining

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:25.680
 linen cloths

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.319
 by themselves

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.239
 and he

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:28.639
 went home

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.639
 marveling

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.199
 at what

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.940
 had happened

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:32.599
 and

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:34.119
 just sort

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:34.319
 of

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:35.159
 pause here

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.319
 if you

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.599
 could put

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:35.940
 up the

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.779
 fourth point

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:38.440
 and we'll

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.839
 use this

00:38:38.839 --> 00:38:39.460
 fourth point

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:39.859
 to start

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.839
 to get

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.179
 into the

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.599
 last part

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:41.799
 of the

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.179
 story

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:43.239
 what we

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.819
 see here

00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.699
 is that

00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.339
 Jesus is

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:45.819
 not an

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.279
 illustration

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.859
 of what

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.500
 happens to

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.879
 everyone

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.500
 because they

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.059
 are human

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:50.659
 he is

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.339
 God's

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:52.019
 promised

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.699
 power

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.619
 for salvation

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.440
 to everyone

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.359
 who believes

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.000
 in him

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.880
 Jesus is

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.260
 not an

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.680
 illustration

00:38:59.680 --> 00:39:00.200
 of what

00:39:00.200 --> 00:39:00.760
 happens to

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.099
 everyone

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.700
 because they

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.200
 are human

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:03.460
 he is

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:04.000
 God's

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.579
 promised

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.140
 power

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.980
 for salvation

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.680
 to everyone

00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:07.660
 who believes

00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:08.180
 in him

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:09.120
 in an earlier

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:09.800
 conversation

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.440
 with Bob

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.400
 about a year

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.860
 earlier

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.120
 he had

00:39:14.120 --> 00:39:15.160
 shared with

00:39:15.160 --> 00:39:15.500
 me that

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.660
 he

00:39:15.660 --> 00:39:18.000
 even though

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.519
 he knows

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.320
 that scientifically

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:20.000
 you'd have to

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.460
 say that the

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.960
 dead stay

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.300
 dead

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:22.400
 he had a

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.240
 basic sense

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.559
 that that

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.140
 couldn't be

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.420
 true

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:24.800
 that there

00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.260
 must be

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.640
 something

00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:26.120
 after

00:39:26.120 --> 00:39:26.680
 and something

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:27.140
 greater

00:39:27.140 --> 00:39:28.260
 but he

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.500
 couldn't

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.019
 articulate

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.440
 it

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.860
 but here

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.360
 we see

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.900
 that Jesus

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.480
 is not

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.039
 an illustration

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.519
 of what

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.000
 happens to

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.220
 everyone

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.740
 because they

00:39:34.740 --> 00:39:35.060
 are human

00:39:35.060 --> 00:39:35.700
 nowhere in

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.300
 the text

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:37.039
 does it

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.620
 talk about

00:39:37.620 --> 00:39:37.940
 it as

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.180
 being

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.620
 something

00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:39.019
 like a

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.420
 natural

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.220
 process

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:41.600
 it see

00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:41.980
 that he

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.660
 is God's

00:39:42.660 --> 00:39:43.100
 promised

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:43.580
 power

00:39:43.580 --> 00:39:44.340
 for salvation

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.980
 to everyone

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.560
 who believes

00:39:45.560 --> 00:39:45.980
 in him

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:47.000
 now

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.680
 we're going

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:47.840
 to go

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.180
 into the

00:39:48.180 --> 00:39:48.920
 sort of

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.480
 very briefly

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.280
 the trip

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.940
 to Emmaus

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:52.320
 and some

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.539
 of you

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.760
 are going

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.179
 to wonder

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.599
 you know

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.220
 George

00:39:54.220 --> 00:39:55.440
 I can

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.659
 maybe

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.159
 understand

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.539
 what you

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.840
 have to

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.000
 say

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.280
 about

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:58.099
 angels

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.920
 and they

00:39:58.920 --> 00:39:59.179
 have to

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.700
 be revealed

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.139
 to us

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.800
 but surely

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.659
 you have

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.320
 some problems

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:02.679
 with the

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.260
 whole story

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.720
 of the road

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.340
 to Emmaus

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:04.800
 and why

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.179
 it is that

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.659
 two people

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.019
 who knew

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.340
 Jesus

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.740
 couldn't

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.320
 recognize

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.559
 him

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.700
 and surely

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.019
 George

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.440
 there's some

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.800
 problems

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.179
 with this

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.500
 story

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.940
 that makes

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.400
 it wonder

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:11.860
 whether it's

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.440
 an historical

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.000
 story

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.559
 so we're

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:13.740
 going to

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.220
 close by

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.659
 looking at

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:14.860
 that

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.720
 verse 13

00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:19.339
 that very

00:40:19.339 --> 00:40:19.619
 day

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.139
 two of

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.399
 them

00:40:20.399 --> 00:40:21.139
 were going

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:21.599
 to a village

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.259
 named Emmaus

00:40:22.259 --> 00:40:22.859
 just pause

00:40:22.859 --> 00:40:23.459
 for a second

00:40:23.459 --> 00:40:25.739
 in the original

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.179
 language

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:26.719
 it's very

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:27.599
 very interesting

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.659
 it doesn't

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.179
 say two

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.579
 men

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:31.319
 it might

00:40:31.319 --> 00:40:31.819
 be two

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:32.159
 men

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.759
 but it

00:40:32.759 --> 00:40:33.039
 doesn't

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.279
 say

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:33.959
 specifically

00:40:33.959 --> 00:40:34.399
 that it's

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:34.759
 two men

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.019
 we know

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.359
 that one

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:35.559
 of the

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:35.819
 two

00:40:35.819 --> 00:40:36.199
 is a

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:36.399
 man

00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:36.699
 because

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.019
 we know

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.319
 his name

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:37.480
 is

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.000
 Cleopas

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.759
 but it

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.000
 says

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.519
 two of

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:39.659
 them

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.159
 so it's

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.559
 actually

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.980
 quite

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.619
 possible

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.500
 that it

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.799
 was a

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.179
 man

00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:43.779
 a husband

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.419
 and wife

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:45.619
 or a

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:45.980
 father

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.699
 and daughter

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.380
 that were

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:47.759
 walking

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:48.480
 to Emmaus

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.759
 because the

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:50.359
 text doesn't

00:40:50.359 --> 00:40:51.460
 specify men

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:53.440
 but says

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:54.239
 just two

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:55.659
 that very

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.239
 day two

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.579
 of them

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:56.960
 were going

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.460
 to a village

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:58.339
 named Emmaus

00:40:58.339 --> 00:40:59.239
 about 11

00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.139
 kilometers from

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:00.519
 Jerusalem

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.380
 and they were

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.119
 talking with each

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.739
 other about all

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.420
 these things

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.699
 that had

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.119
 happened

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.980
 while they

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.639
 were talking

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.259
 and discussing

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:06.739
 together

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.719
 Jesus himself

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:08.319
 drew near

00:41:08.319 --> 00:41:08.819
 and went

00:41:08.819 --> 00:41:09.299
 with them

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:10.199
 but their

00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:10.819
 eyes were

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:11.420
 kept

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.719
 from recognizing

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.119
 him

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:14.339
 and he said

00:41:14.339 --> 00:41:14.719
 to them

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.519
 what is

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.460
 this conversation

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.820
 that you

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.280
 were holding

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.699
 with each

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:17.880
 other

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.179
 as you

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.559
 walk

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:19.460
 and they

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.739
 stood

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.360
 still

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.699
 looking

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.199
 sad

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:21.599
 then one

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:21.860
 of them

00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.159
 turned

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.639
 named

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.219
 Cleopas

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.679
 answered

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.119
 Jesus

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.960
 are you

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.400
 the only

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.820
 visitor

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.440
 to Jerusalem

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:26.920
 who does

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.420
 not know

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.219
 these things

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:28.500
 that have

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.900
 happened

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.219
 there

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.619
 in these

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:29.980
 days

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.519
 and he

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.699
 said

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:30.960
 to them

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.179
 what

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.659
 things

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.440
 and they

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:32.739
 said

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:33.119
 to him

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.780
 concerning

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.219
 Jesus

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:34.500
 of

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.980
 Nazareth

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.539
 a man

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.840
 who was

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.420
 a prophet

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:36.920
 mighty

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.380
 in deed

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.739
 and word

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.320
 before God

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:38.599
 and all

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.039
 the people

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.780
 and how

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.280
 our chief

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.679
 priests

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:41.199
 and rulers

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.860
 delivered him

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.320
 up to be

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.719
 condemned

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.280
 to death

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:43.920
 and crucified

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.280
 that he

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.679
 was the

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:46.860
 one

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.380
 to redeem

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.880
 Israel

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:49.259
 ah yes

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:50.099
 and besides

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.639
 all this

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.300
 it is now

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.739
 the third

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.099
 day

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.679
 since these

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:52.960
 things

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.300
 happened

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:53.719
 moreover

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:54.320
 some women

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.639
 of our

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.019
 company

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.679
 amazed us

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.320
 they were

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:56.679
 at the

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:56.900
 tomb

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.340
 early in

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.739
 the morning

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.360
 and when

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.780
 they did

00:41:58.780 --> 00:41:59.340
 not find

00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.820
 his body

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.360
 they came

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.659
 back

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:00.920
 saying

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.199
 they had

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.480
 even

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:01.699
 seen

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.039
 a vision

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.719
 of angels

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.159
 who said

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.340
 that he

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:04.059
 was alive

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:05.219
 some of

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:05.500
 those

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.039
 who were

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.519
 with us

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.940
 went to

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.360
 the tomb

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.840
 and found

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.280
 it just

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:08.679
 as the

00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:09.119
 women

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.699
 had said

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:10.579
 but

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.440
 Jesus

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.900
 they did

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.360
 not see

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:14.159
 and Jesus

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.559
 said to

00:42:14.559 --> 00:42:14.679
 them

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.320
 oh foolish

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.740
 ones

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:16.380
 and just

00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:16.700
 so you

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:16.920
 know

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.760
 in Matthew

00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.220
 5

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:18.700
 it talks

00:42:18.700 --> 00:42:19.080
 about how

00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.380
 you should

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.820
 never call

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.260
 someone a

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:20.500
 fool

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:22.019
 in Greek

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.400
 it's a

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:23.039
 different word

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:23.300
 here

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.800
 so Jesus

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.660
 isn't

00:42:24.660 --> 00:42:25.200
 doing what

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:25.519
 he said

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:25.900
 not to

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.160
 do in

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.440
 Matthew

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.960
 5

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:28.600
 oh foolish

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:28.960
 ones

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.440
 and slow

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.900
 of heart

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.559
 to believe

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.039
 all that

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:31.620
 the prophets

00:42:31.620 --> 00:42:32.240
 have spoken

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:33.360
 was it not

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.860
 necessary

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:34.320
 that the

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:34.780
 Christ

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.760
 should suffer

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:36.360
 these things

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:36.760
 and enter

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.160
 into his

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.480
 glory

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:38.880
 and beginning

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.480
 with Moses

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.059
 and all the

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.440
 prophets

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.080
 he interpreted

00:42:41.080 --> 00:42:41.519
 to them

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:42.180
 in all the

00:42:42.180 --> 00:42:42.620
 scriptures

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:43.200
 things

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.720
 concerning

00:42:43.720 --> 00:42:44.220
 himself

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:45.419
 so they

00:42:45.419 --> 00:42:45.839
 drew near

00:42:45.839 --> 00:42:46.099
 to the

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.439
 village

00:42:46.439 --> 00:42:46.819
 to which

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:47.099
 they were

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.419
 going

00:42:47.419 --> 00:42:48.279
 he acted

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.579
 as if

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:48.799
 he were

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.099
 going

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.539
 farther

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:49.980
 but they

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:50.480
 urged him

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.899
 strongly

00:42:50.899 --> 00:42:51.379
 saying

00:42:51.379 --> 00:42:52.319
 stay with

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:52.599
 us

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.119
 for it is

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.839
 toward evening

00:42:53.839 --> 00:42:54.379
 and the day

00:42:54.379 --> 00:42:54.699
 is now

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.439
 far spent

00:42:55.439 --> 00:42:56.619
 so he went

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:57.159
 in to stay

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:57.559
 with them

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.500
 when he was

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.939
 at table

00:42:58.939 --> 00:42:59.319
 with them

00:42:59.319 --> 00:42:59.739
 he took

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.199
 the bread

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.899
 and blessed

00:43:00.899 --> 00:43:01.519
 and broke

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.179
 it and gave

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.559
 it to them

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:15.299
 and gave

00:43:15.299 --> 00:43:15.679
 it to them

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:28.980
 and their eyes

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.539
 were opened

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.019
 and they

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.880
 recognized him

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:31.079
 and he

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.579
 vanished from

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.119
 their sight

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:33.179
 and they

00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:33.539
 said to

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:33.920
 each other

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.380
 did not

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.880
 our hearts

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:35.460
 burn within

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.759
 us

00:43:35.759 --> 00:43:36.119
 while he

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:36.539
 talked to

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:36.779
 us on

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.139
 the road

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:37.880
 while he

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:38.299
 opened to

00:43:38.299 --> 00:43:38.659
 us the

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.019
 scriptures

00:43:39.019 --> 00:43:40.819
 now I'm

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:40.980
 going to

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.420
 talk about

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:41.860
 why they

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.099
 didn't

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:42.840
 recognize him

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.400
 in a moment

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:44.599
 but we

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:44.900
 don't know

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:45.440
 for sure

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.460
 but it's

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.860
 been long

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.319
 held by

00:43:47.319 --> 00:43:48.059
 many Christians

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:49.099
 that Jesus

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:49.719
 was probably

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.259
 wearing like

00:43:50.259 --> 00:43:51.179
 a long robe

00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:52.119
 a robe

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:52.880
 with sleeves

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:53.159
 that would

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.420
 have come

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.799
 down to

00:43:53.799 --> 00:43:54.159
 here so

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.639
 he's walking

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:54.900
 along

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.599
 there talking

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:58.139
 but many

00:43:58.139 --> 00:43:59.199
 wonder if

00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:00.119
 the moment

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.539
 of the

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.039
 recognition

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.639
 of Jesus

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.320
 is when

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.900
 Jesus

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:04.820
 has a

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:05.179
 table

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.539
 and he

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.039
 takes the

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.739
 bread to

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:07.340
 bless it

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:08.619
 and break

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:08.860
 it

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:10.539
 and at the

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:10.880
 eight o'clock

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.500
 service I was

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.320
 wearing robes so

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:12.679
 it would have

00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:13.259
 been an object

00:44:13.259 --> 00:44:13.759
 lesson I

00:44:13.759 --> 00:44:14.559
 showed and

00:44:14.559 --> 00:44:15.779
 the robes

00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:16.500
 fall down

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:18.099
 and they would

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:18.779
 have seen the

00:44:18.779 --> 00:44:19.599
 nail marks in

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.199
 his hands

00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:24.519
 and so many

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.119
 people throughout

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.839
 church history

00:44:25.839 --> 00:44:26.659
 think that the

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:27.599
 moment that God

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.279
 allowed their

00:44:28.279 --> 00:44:28.919
 eyes to be

00:44:28.919 --> 00:44:29.699
 open to see

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.259
 was at the

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:30.879
 same moment

00:44:30.879 --> 00:44:31.259
 that they

00:44:31.259 --> 00:44:31.539
 would have

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:32.779
 seen the

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:33.439
 nail prints

00:44:33.439 --> 00:44:34.119
 in his

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:35.259
 hands that

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:35.799
 were covered

00:44:35.799 --> 00:44:36.739
 until that

00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:37.079
 moment

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:39.359
 so here's the

00:44:39.359 --> 00:44:39.819
 thing let's

00:44:39.819 --> 00:44:40.439
 talk about this

00:44:40.439 --> 00:44:40.939
 story very

00:44:40.939 --> 00:44:42.079
 briefly if you

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.399
 could put up

00:44:42.399 --> 00:44:42.699
 the next

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:43.079
 point

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:44.579
 the first

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.139
 thing that Luke

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:45.819
 is telling us

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:46.480
 is that Jesus

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.260
 is the same

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:48.120
 person on

00:44:48.120 --> 00:44:48.940
 Easter Sunday

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.860
 as he was

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.320
 on Good

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.840
 Friday but

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:52.760
 now he is

00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:54.220
 resurrected with

00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:54.820
 a resurrected

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.360
 body

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:57.300
 Jesus is the

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:58.360
 same person on

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:59.300
 Easter Sunday

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:00.420
 as he was on

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:01.140
 Good Friday

00:45:01.140 --> 00:45:02.820
 but now he is

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:04.280
 resurrected with

00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:04.880
 a resurrected

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.440
 body

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:07.180
 once again we

00:45:07.180 --> 00:45:07.620
 have to take

00:45:07.620 --> 00:45:08.600
 this as data

00:45:08.600 --> 00:45:10.680
 how many of us

00:45:10.680 --> 00:45:11.100
 have seen a

00:45:11.100 --> 00:45:11.980
 resurrected body

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:15.660
 rather than

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.480
 us sort of

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:17.559
 thinking that

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.639
 we that a

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:19.420
 resurrected body

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.319
 has to act the

00:45:20.319 --> 00:45:21.179
 exact same way

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:21.980
 that our bodies

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:23.559
 do we need to

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.420
 have look at the

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:25.319
 data and if you

00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:25.899
 look at the data

00:45:25.899 --> 00:45:26.819
 it does not seem

00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:27.559
 as if resurrected

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.379
 bodies act the

00:45:28.379 --> 00:45:28.839
 way we do in

00:45:28.839 --> 00:45:29.319
 fact this is

00:45:29.319 --> 00:45:29.879
 partly how we

00:45:29.879 --> 00:45:30.359
 can understand

00:45:30.359 --> 00:45:30.940
 what our new

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.779
 bodies what

00:45:31.779 --> 00:45:32.379
 will be like

00:45:32.379 --> 00:45:33.199
 when we put

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:33.699
 our faith and

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.319
 trust in Jesus

00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:35.039
 we share in his

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.819
 resurrection what

00:45:35.819 --> 00:45:36.759
 heaven the new

00:45:36.759 --> 00:45:37.199
 heaven and the

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:37.699
 new earth is

00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:38.319
 going to be like

00:45:38.319 --> 00:45:39.179
 we're still going

00:45:39.179 --> 00:45:39.859
 to have bodies

00:45:39.859 --> 00:45:40.519
 we're going to be

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:41.399
 the same person

00:45:41.399 --> 00:45:42.199
 as we were before

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:43.199
 dead but we will

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:44.279
 be resurrected we

00:45:44.279 --> 00:45:45.079
 will have no more

00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:45.559
 sin

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:47.059
 and our spirits

00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.759
 our souls will

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:48.399
 have a completely

00:45:48.399 --> 00:45:49.319
 different relationship

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:50.119
 with our body

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:51.259
 and our body will

00:45:51.259 --> 00:45:51.980
 have a different

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.859
 relationship with

00:45:52.859 --> 00:45:53.819
 the rest of matter

00:45:53.819 --> 00:45:55.579
 and here we see

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.519
 that part of what

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.539
 it is is that God

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:59.159
 keeps them from

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.799
 being able to

00:45:59.799 --> 00:46:00.599
 recognize it's a

00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:01.659
 miracle that God

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:02.819
 does not Jesus but

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.779
 that God does so

00:46:03.779 --> 00:46:04.679
 that Jesus is not

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:06.359
 recognized and

00:46:06.359 --> 00:46:07.199
 some of you you

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.980
 know sometimes when I

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.679
 say certain things

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.559
 about this and we

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:10.639
 get we get really

00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:11.839
 really worried about

00:46:11.839 --> 00:46:12.500
 certain things we

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.359
 have objections and

00:46:13.359 --> 00:46:13.960
 I might say you

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.559
 know somebody I

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:15.259
 say George that's

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:16.240
 sort of scary to

00:46:16.240 --> 00:46:17.380
 me because the

00:46:17.380 --> 00:46:18.040
 idea that God

00:46:18.040 --> 00:46:18.840
 could just stop

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.760
 me from recognizing

00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:20.880
 something and then

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:22.000
 allow me to recognize

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.880
 something George I

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.740
 find that very very

00:46:23.740 --> 00:46:24.780
 scary what do you

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:25.940
 say about that and

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:27.580
 I would say yes

00:46:27.580 --> 00:46:30.980
 it is scary

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:33.460
 God's bigger than you

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:35.480
 are he's bigger than

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:37.520
 I am he's sovereign

00:46:37.520 --> 00:46:39.400
 and the more you

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:40.140
 think that you're

00:46:40.140 --> 00:46:42.060
 autonomous the more

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:43.279
 that Jesus is going

00:46:43.279 --> 00:46:44.320
 to terrify you

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:46.900
 because you come to

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:48.219
 Jesus and you start

00:46:48.219 --> 00:46:49.940
 to learn to give up

00:46:49.940 --> 00:46:51.579
 your autonomy but

00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:53.779
 here's the thing he's

00:46:53.779 --> 00:46:57.099
 wildly good and he's

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:58.299
 going to prepare he's

00:46:58.299 --> 00:46:59.659
 fitting you for an

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:02.119
 eternity of union with

00:47:02.119 --> 00:47:03.699
 your creator and a

00:47:03.699 --> 00:47:05.440
 resurrected person in a

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:06.980
 resurrected body in a

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:08.159
 new heaven and a new

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:09.900
 earth and that's where

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:11.420
 he's going with you and

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:12.280
 you're going to give up

00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:13.300
 your autonomy because

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:15.680
 autonomy is a myth and

00:47:15.680 --> 00:47:17.340
 an idol that's not even

00:47:17.340 --> 00:47:19.039
 true anyway the

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:20.380
 tiniest little virus and

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:21.539
 you're dead the tiniest

00:47:21.539 --> 00:47:22.780
 bit of the increase in

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:24.099
 air pressure and wind and

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:25.019
 your whole world is

00:47:25.019 --> 00:47:26.740
 blown to part if you

00:47:26.740 --> 00:47:28.079
 live your life on the

00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:29.059
 basis of being

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:30.240
 completely and utterly

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:31.920
 autonomous you're living

00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:33.240
 your life based on a

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:37.099
 lie but the option is in

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:38.159
 giving up autonomy and

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:39.279
 being a doormat the

00:47:39.279 --> 00:47:40.319
 option is to give

00:47:40.319 --> 00:47:42.400
 yourself to Jesus who

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:44.339
 died for you who loves

00:47:44.339 --> 00:47:46.179
 you who only wants to

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:46.960
 fit you for the new

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.819
 heaven and the new

00:47:47.819 --> 00:47:50.119
 earth and so what Luke

00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:50.860
 is showing here in a

00:47:50.860 --> 00:47:52.239
 very powerful way is he's

00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:53.099
 showing something about

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:54.519
 the resurrected body he's

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:55.360
 showing that the body

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:56.960
 will be able to vanish

00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:58.119
 that it will be able to

00:47:58.119 --> 00:47:59.099
 move it's he's showing

00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.779
 that it isn't just Jesus

00:48:00.779 --> 00:48:03.299
 having come back to life

00:48:03.299 --> 00:48:04.699
 on this side of the death

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:05.719
 and he's hobbled with

00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:06.619
 all of his injuries and

00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:08.119
 he's stuck in Jerusalem

00:48:08.119 --> 00:48:09.500
 he can be in Jerusalem

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:11.399
 appearing to Mary Magdalene

00:48:11.399 --> 00:48:12.079
 and then he can be

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:12.879
 walking with the eleven

00:48:12.879 --> 00:48:13.819
 disciples and then he

00:48:13.819 --> 00:48:15.119
 can appear to Peter and

00:48:15.119 --> 00:48:15.839
 then he can be in the

00:48:15.839 --> 00:48:17.219
 locked room and it's

00:48:17.219 --> 00:48:18.159
 showing that it's a

00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:19.179
 body it's the same

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:20.079
 person but it's a

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:21.619
 resurrected body in

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:23.259
 Jesus is resurrected and

00:48:23.259 --> 00:48:24.500
 it's a resurrected body

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:26.259
 and you look at it and

00:48:26.259 --> 00:48:27.480
 and and if we want to

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:28.399
 have a sense especially

00:48:28.399 --> 00:48:29.439
 those of us maybe at a

00:48:29.439 --> 00:48:31.259
 time close to death and

00:48:31.259 --> 00:48:32.279
 we can look at it with

00:48:32.279 --> 00:48:33.500
 ourselves or a loved one

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:34.539
 who's dying and if we

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:35.739
 study the accounts of

00:48:35.739 --> 00:48:37.139
 the resurrected of Jesus

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:38.519
 we are getting a sense

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:41.360
 of when I breathe my

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:44.059
 last I breathe my last

00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:45.199
 on this side of the

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:47.279
 grave and the next thing

00:48:47.279 --> 00:48:49.059
 I will know is that I

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:50.300
 am breathing in the new

00:48:50.300 --> 00:48:51.579
 heaven in the new earth

00:48:51.579 --> 00:48:53.320
 as a resurrected person

00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:55.039
 with a resurrected body

00:48:55.039 --> 00:48:56.960
 that will be like Jesus

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:59.279
 is and it's not because

00:48:59.279 --> 00:49:01.539
 I'm a good person it's

00:49:01.539 --> 00:49:03.380
 it's because Jesus

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:06.659
 reaches across death and

00:49:06.659 --> 00:49:08.079
 when I put my hands in

00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:09.699
 the hands of Jesus he

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:11.519
 will never let me go and

00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:13.159
 I will share in his

00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:14.559
 triumph and in his

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:16.739
 resurrection it's not on

00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:18.300
 one hand natural to me in

00:49:18.300 --> 00:49:19.320
 terms of me being able to

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:21.000
 do it in my own body but

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:22.340
 it's natural to me in the

00:49:22.340 --> 00:49:24.619
 sense that you and I were

00:49:24.619 --> 00:49:29.139
 made for this we were made

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:31.039
 to be at one with God

00:49:31.039 --> 00:49:35.039
 in healed and whole bodies

00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.900
 that have a different

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:37.339
 relationship with our soul

00:49:37.339 --> 00:49:38.400
 and the entire created

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:40.319
 order including angels and

00:49:40.319 --> 00:49:41.379
 archangels and all the

00:49:41.379 --> 00:49:42.960
 company of heaven and that's

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:44.639
 what we were made for that

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:45.639
 is the Christian hope

00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:47.859
 brothers and sisters you

00:49:47.859 --> 00:49:50.119
 put your hand in the strong

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:52.559
 hand of Jesus to other

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:54.400
 things very quickly you can

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:56.299
 put up the next point Jesus

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:57.960
 teaches that his betrayal

00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:00.420
 crucifixion death

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:02.220
 resurrection and

00:50:02.220 --> 00:50:04.340
 glorification are seen in

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:06.380
 all of the Bible and that

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:07.519
 is what the Bible is all

00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:09.640
 about jesus teaches that his

00:50:09.640 --> 00:50:11.539
 betrayal crucifixion death

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:12.420
 resurrection and

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:14.140
 glorification are seen in all

00:50:14.140 --> 00:50:16.000
 of the Bible and that is

00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:17.160
 what the Bible is all about

00:50:17.160 --> 00:50:19.600
 you know if you read the

00:50:19.600 --> 00:50:21.300
 Bible thinking it's all

00:50:21.300 --> 00:50:24.200
 about I I listened to a I

00:50:24.200 --> 00:50:25.740
 went to a clergy retreat when

00:50:25.739 --> 00:50:27.559
 I was still in part of the Anglican Church of Canada.

00:50:28.359 --> 00:50:31.500
 And the entire purpose of the entire clergy retreat

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:33.819
 was to show how Matthew's gospel

00:50:33.819 --> 00:50:36.459
 was actually a type of early Marxism

00:50:36.459 --> 00:50:37.879
 to deconstruct.

00:50:37.939 --> 00:50:38.859
 I'm not making this up.

00:50:38.959 --> 00:50:40.459
 I am not making this up.

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:45.079
 All your money going to send clergy to clergy days

00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:46.819
 and we spent 48 hours

00:50:46.819 --> 00:50:48.939
 having a guy with a PhD tell us

00:50:48.939 --> 00:50:51.559
 that the gospel of Matthew was proto-Marxist

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:53.539
 attempt in code

00:50:53.539 --> 00:50:58.840
 to deconstruct the capitalist and feudal and empire structures

00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:02.099
 so that it would inspire poor people

00:51:02.099 --> 00:51:04.559
 to take the means of production

00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:07.360
 and to be able to strive for a more just future.

00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:10.199
 That's crazy.

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:12.279
 Completely ludicrous.

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:14.860
 Here's the thing.

00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:16.679
 Many years ago, I know this person,

00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:18.039
 I can't remember what the other movie was,

00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:21.659
 but she went to a movie with her husband

00:51:21.659 --> 00:51:24.359
 and she thought she was going to a Tom Cruise movie.

00:51:24.440 --> 00:51:26.480
 I think it was maybe one of the Mission Impossible movies.

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:28.119
 And unbeknownst to her,

00:51:28.199 --> 00:51:29.500
 because she wasn't really paying any attention,

00:51:29.659 --> 00:51:32.159
 the Mission Impossible movie was sold out.

00:51:32.339 --> 00:51:34.899
 So they went in to see the Will Smith movie,

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.480
 I, Robot.

00:51:36.399 --> 00:51:37.759
 And they told me this story.

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:39.199
 Halfway through the movie,

00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:41.639
 she says to her husband,

00:51:42.219 --> 00:51:44.559
 this is a really funny Tom Cruise movie.

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:48.059
 Like, where's Tom Cruise?

00:51:49.799 --> 00:51:51.299
 It doesn't make any sense.

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:53.639
 Like, where's the spy stuff?

00:51:54.340 --> 00:51:55.539
 What's all this stuff with robots?

00:51:56.239 --> 00:51:57.659
 And the husband had to say to her,

00:51:58.139 --> 00:51:59.659
 Mission Impossible was sold out,

00:51:59.739 --> 00:52:01.039
 we're in a Will Smith movie.

00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:02.579
 And then she realized,

00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:04.099
 oh, well, that makes sense.

00:52:04.159 --> 00:52:06.179
 That's why I see Will Smith all the time.

00:52:06.639 --> 00:52:08.019
 That's, it's iRobot.

00:52:08.119 --> 00:52:09.219
 That's why there's robots.

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:11.659
 So here's the thing.

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:14.480
 If you think that the Bible is all about

00:52:14.480 --> 00:52:16.199
 gender theory,

00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:17.539
 queer theory,

00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:18.799
 Marxism,

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.799
 Freudianism,

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:21.019
 behaviorism,

00:52:21.379 --> 00:52:22.480
 imperialism,

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:24.739
 the British Empire-ism,

00:52:24.799 --> 00:52:26.699
 if you think the Bible is all about that,

00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:27.519
 and you read the Bible,

00:52:27.679 --> 00:52:30.019
 it doesn't make any sense.

00:52:31.460 --> 00:52:33.239
 It makes no sense.

00:52:33.980 --> 00:52:35.399
 It's dark and unclear.

00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:37.339
 But Jesus,

00:52:38.019 --> 00:52:39.980
 who is risen from the dead,

00:52:39.980 --> 00:52:40.799
 tells us,

00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:42.760
 what is the Bible all about?

00:52:43.400 --> 00:52:45.120
 What will start to make Leviticus

00:52:45.120 --> 00:52:46.580
 and Numbers make sense?

00:52:47.340 --> 00:52:49.080
 Look at it from the perspective

00:52:49.080 --> 00:52:51.200
 that it's all preparing you

00:52:51.200 --> 00:52:52.260
 to understand

00:52:52.260 --> 00:52:53.600
 the betrayal,

00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:54.740
 death,

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:55.920
 resurrection,

00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:57.400
 glorification

00:52:57.400 --> 00:52:58.860
 of Jesus,

00:52:59.340 --> 00:53:00.160
 the Messiah,

00:53:00.620 --> 00:53:01.340
 who came

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:02.860
 as the power of God

00:53:02.860 --> 00:53:03.640
 for salvation

00:53:03.640 --> 00:53:04.940
 for all who believe,

00:53:05.200 --> 00:53:06.019
 and the Bible

00:53:06.019 --> 00:53:07.039
 will start

00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:08.380
 to make sense.

00:53:08.380 --> 00:53:11.420
 it's like being

00:53:11.420 --> 00:53:12.380
 in iRobot

00:53:12.380 --> 00:53:14.039
 thinking it's a Tom Cruise movie

00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:15.280
 to not think otherwise,

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:16.280
 to not think that.

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:18.300
 That's what Jesus tells you.

00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:20.019
 Just final thing in closing,

00:53:20.140 --> 00:53:20.599
 I'm going to ask you

00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:21.519
 to stand a moment in prayer.

00:53:21.940 --> 00:53:23.059
 One of the professors

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:23.960
 at Royal College,

00:53:24.160 --> 00:53:25.400
 I had coffee with him

00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:26.380
 a couple of months ago,

00:53:26.579 --> 00:53:27.000
 and because, you know,

00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:28.240
 professors who write books

00:53:28.240 --> 00:53:29.380
 on all like that,

00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:29.880
 they asked me,

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:30.119
 they said,

00:53:30.160 --> 00:53:30.500
 what do you think

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:31.160
 the Gospel of Luke

00:53:31.160 --> 00:53:31.680
 is all about?

00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:34.159
 And my next point here,

00:53:34.199 --> 00:53:34.819
 if you could put it up,

00:53:35.539 --> 00:53:37.519
 I think the whole Gospel of Luke

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:38.839
 is to bring us to a point

00:53:38.839 --> 00:53:40.259
 to be able to pray this prayer.

00:53:41.819 --> 00:53:42.460
 Dear God,

00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:43.539
 please grow in me

00:53:43.539 --> 00:53:45.139
 a humble, trusting,

00:53:45.639 --> 00:53:46.919
 walking, knowing

00:53:46.919 --> 00:53:48.159
 of the greatness,

00:53:48.819 --> 00:53:49.159
 glory,

00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:50.279
 and grace

00:53:50.279 --> 00:53:52.359
 of my Lord

00:53:52.359 --> 00:53:53.239
 and Savior,

00:53:53.699 --> 00:53:54.579
 Jesus Christ,

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:56.359
 crucified and risen.

00:53:57.359 --> 00:53:57.980
 If you go back

00:53:57.980 --> 00:53:58.419
 to the beginning

00:53:58.419 --> 00:53:59.279
 of Luke's Gospel,

00:53:59.440 --> 00:54:00.079
 he writes it

00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:02.239
 to a pagan named Theophilus.

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.400
 And we don't know

00:54:03.400 --> 00:54:04.779
 if he's a pagan skeptic,

00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:05.400
 we don't know

00:54:05.400 --> 00:54:06.599
 if he's a pagan seeker,

00:54:06.920 --> 00:54:07.420
 we don't know

00:54:07.420 --> 00:54:08.239
 if he's a pagan

00:54:08.239 --> 00:54:09.360
 who has just become

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:09.880
 a Christian.

00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:11.779
 But he writes it

00:54:11.779 --> 00:54:13.099
 for Theophilus

00:54:13.099 --> 00:54:14.699
 so that Theophilus

00:54:14.699 --> 00:54:15.319
 will know

00:54:15.319 --> 00:54:17.079
 the story of Jesus.

00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:18.500
 Luke writes

00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:19.940
 the Gospel of Luke

00:54:19.940 --> 00:54:21.599
 so that as we come

00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:22.360
 to the end of it,

00:54:22.380 --> 00:54:23.319
 and hopefully long

00:54:23.319 --> 00:54:24.099
 before this,

00:54:24.420 --> 00:54:25.380
 in our heart,

00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:26.819
 we want to pray

00:54:26.819 --> 00:54:27.920
 a prayer like this.

00:54:28.019 --> 00:54:28.639
 Dear God,

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:30.359
 please grow in me

00:54:30.359 --> 00:54:31.359
 a humble,

00:54:31.819 --> 00:54:32.400
 trusting,

00:54:32.819 --> 00:54:33.259
 walking,

00:54:33.739 --> 00:54:34.259
 knowing

00:54:34.259 --> 00:54:35.420
 of the greatness,

00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:36.400
 glory,

00:54:36.799 --> 00:54:37.460
 and grace

00:54:37.460 --> 00:54:39.179
 of my Lord

00:54:39.179 --> 00:54:39.940
 and Savior,

00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:41.099
 Jesus Christ,

00:54:41.480 --> 00:54:42.799
 crucified and risen.

00:54:43.179 --> 00:54:43.480
 Amen.

00:54:44.059 --> 00:54:45.519
 That's what Luke's about.

00:54:47.139 --> 00:54:48.639
 That's what he hopes

00:54:48.639 --> 00:54:50.619
 that you will want to pray.

00:54:50.900 --> 00:54:51.859
 And a prayer like that

00:54:51.859 --> 00:54:52.579
 is how you begin

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:53.460
 the Christian life,

00:54:53.579 --> 00:54:54.859
 and a prayer like that

00:54:54.859 --> 00:54:56.099
 is how you live

00:54:56.099 --> 00:54:56.900
 the Christian life

00:54:56.900 --> 00:54:57.440
 every day.

00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:59.160
 Every day,

00:54:59.240 --> 00:54:59.720
 in a sense,

00:55:00.019 --> 00:55:01.240
 for the rest of my life,

00:55:01.280 --> 00:55:02.280
 I could pray a prayer

00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:02.880
 like this,

00:55:02.940 --> 00:55:03.480
 and it would be

00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:04.180
 a good prayer.

00:55:05.260 --> 00:55:06.519
 As I start my day

00:55:06.519 --> 00:55:07.420
 or end my day

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:07.780
 to say,

00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:08.340
 Dear God,

00:55:08.440 --> 00:55:09.780
 please grow in me

00:55:09.780 --> 00:55:10.840
 a humble,

00:55:11.160 --> 00:55:11.619
 trusting,

00:55:11.960 --> 00:55:12.360
 walking,

00:55:12.780 --> 00:55:13.160
 knowing,

00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:14.200
 the greatness,

00:55:14.740 --> 00:55:15.099
 glory,

00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:16.059
 and grace

00:55:16.059 --> 00:55:17.840
 of my Lord

00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:18.680
 and Savior,

00:55:19.039 --> 00:55:19.880
 Jesus Christ,

00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:21.300
 crucified and risen.

00:55:21.500 --> 00:55:21.720
 Amen.

00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:23.039
 Please stand.

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:23.119
 Amen.

00:55:23.119 --> 00:55:23.160
 Amen.

00:55:23.160 --> 00:55:23.200
 Amen.

00:55:23.200 --> 00:55:23.240
 Amen.

00:55:23.240 --> 00:55:23.300
 Amen.

00:55:23.300 --> 00:55:23.340
 Amen.

00:55:23.340 --> 00:55:23.360
 Amen.

00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:23.380
 Amen.

00:55:23.380 --> 00:55:23.960
 Amen.

00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:25.119
 Amen.

00:55:25.119 --> 00:55:25.160
 Amen.

00:55:26.900 --> 00:55:27.340
 Amen.

00:55:32.680 --> 00:55:33.539
 Just bow our heads

00:55:33.539 --> 00:55:33.980
 in prayer.

00:55:38.599 --> 00:55:39.579
 If you want to join me

00:55:39.579 --> 00:55:39.960
 in this prayer,

00:55:39.980 --> 00:55:40.619
 I'm just going to pray

00:55:40.619 --> 00:55:41.579
 the prayer on the screen.

00:55:41.660 --> 00:55:42.360
 If you want to join me

00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:42.599
 in that,

00:55:42.680 --> 00:55:43.320
 that would be great.

00:55:43.420 --> 00:55:43.880
 But if you don't,

00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:44.680
 that's fine too.

00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:46.280
 Whatever the Holy Spirit

00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:47.059
 leads you to do.

00:55:48.300 --> 00:55:49.079
 Dear God,

00:55:49.780 --> 00:55:51.460
 please grow in me

00:55:51.460 --> 00:55:52.300
 a humble,

00:55:52.680 --> 00:55:53.139
 trusting,

00:55:53.579 --> 00:55:53.980
 walking,

00:55:54.460 --> 00:55:55.400
 knowing of the

00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:55.840
 greatness,

00:55:56.380 --> 00:55:56.720
 glory,

00:55:57.000 --> 00:55:57.579
 and grace

00:55:57.579 --> 00:55:58.880
 of my Lord

00:55:58.880 --> 00:55:59.660
 and Savior,

00:56:00.019 --> 00:56:00.900
 Jesus Christ,

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:02.760
 crucified and risen.

00:56:03.240 --> 00:56:03.619
 Amen.

00:56:03.619 --> 00:56:04.220
 Amen.

00:56:04.220 --> 00:56:05.160
onda

00:56:05.160 --> 00:56:07.280
 Welcome to language

00:56:07.539 --> 00:56:09.220
 into size and

00:56:09.220 --> 00:56:09.280
 true happiness.

00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:09.440
 In the phrase

00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:11.280
 있지,

00:56:11.340 --> 00:56:11.400
 please make us

00:56:12.119 --> 00:56:13.619
 at the time

00:56:13.660 --> 00:56:14.619
 save and

00:56:14.619 --> 00:56:15.340
ugo transcend

00:56:15.340 --> 00:56:15.360
ה Merive

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:17.079
 under

00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:17.460
 Iowa,

00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:17.800
 wise,