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 We're going to go from Matthew chapter 27, verse 62, to chapter 28, verse 15.

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 As you're turning there, if you haven't signed up for the retreat, please do sign up.

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 Jared Torrance is a friend of mine who's going to be preaching.

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 He's a force of nature.

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 His forearm is the size of my thighs.

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 He lifts weight like crazy.

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 His water bottle is like the size of a propane tank.

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 He preaches like that too, which is what you're really interested in.

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 So you're going to not want to miss that.

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 It's going to be a great time, so please come to the retreat.

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 As you find a way there, let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we stand in the line of this veritable heritage you've given us

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 of those who have borne witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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 Thank you that you have counted us among their number.

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 You have called us and saved us.

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 And as we read this account again, as you address us and speak to us from your Word in Matthew again,

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 embolden us as your witnesses.

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 And if there are those here who have not yet professed faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord,

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 give them this morning eyes to see, ears to hear.

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 In Jesus' holy name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand.

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 Let us honor God by standing as we read from His Word.

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 Matthew chapter 27, starting verse 62, and I will read it out loud for us.

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 The next day, that is, after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said,

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 Sir, we remember how that imposter said, while he was still alive,

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 After three days I will rise.

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 Therefore, order the tomb to be made secure until the third day,

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 lest His disciples go and steal Him away and tell the people,

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 He has risen from the dead.

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 And the last fraud will be worse than the first.

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 Pilate said to them,

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 You have a guard of soldiers.

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 Go, make it as secure as you can.

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 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

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 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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 And behold, there was a great earthquake,

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 for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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 His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.

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 And for fear of him, the guards trembled and became like dead men.

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 But the angel said to the woman,

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 Do not be afraid,

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 for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.

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 He is not here,

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 for He has risen,

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 as He said.

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 Come,

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 see the place where He lay.

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 Then go quickly and tell the disciples that He has risen from the dead.

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 And behold,

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 He is going before you to Galilee.

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 There you will see Him.

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 See,

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 I have told you.

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 So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to tell His disciples.

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 And behold,

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 Jesus met them and said,

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 Greetings.

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 And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshipped Him.

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 Then Jesus said to them,

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee,

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 and there they will see me.

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 While they were going,

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 behold,

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 some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.

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 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel,

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 they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said,

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 Tell people,

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 His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.

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 And if this comes to the governor's ears,

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 we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.

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 So they took the money and did as they were directed.

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 And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Please be seated.

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 By God's grace,

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 I've been walking with the Lord,

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 following Jesus for several decades now.

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 And now that I'm a Christian,

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 the world,

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 the surrounding world,

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 and the course of human history,

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 they all make sense to me.

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 I don't feel any longer like a loose leaf wandering and tossed to and fro by the wind.

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 Now I feel like a rooted tree,

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 grounded in reality.

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 Now that I'm a Christian,

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 when the heavy burden,

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 the weight of my own sins come crashing down on me

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 and crushes me down to the depths of despair,

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 I can shake off my guilt,

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 my shame,

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 and stand upon the rock of Christ,

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 my Savior who paid for all my sins.

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 Now that I'm a Christian,

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 when the worries caused by the dangers

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 and the uncertainties of life

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 tighten around me like a vice grip,

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 I can fly in prayer to my sovereign Lord

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 who is in control over every detail of my life

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 and who assures me that

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 all things,

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 he works out all things together for me.

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 Now that I'm a Christian,

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 when I feel my own weakness and neediness keenly,

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 I can rest in the power and provision of my Heavenly Father

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 who is higher than I

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 and who is mightier than I.

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 Now that I'm a Christian,

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 the friendship and companionship of the Lord Jesus

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 is ever with me.

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 And I'm never alone.

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 And the very Spirit of God comforts me

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 and guides me.

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 Now that I'm a Christian,

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 I can't imagine life apart from Christ.

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 The very thought of life apart from Christ

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 is gutting and devastating.

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 But what's incredible

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 is that that devastating scenario

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 very well could have been.

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 If my parents hadn't shared the gospel with me,

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 if they hadn't brought me to church,

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 if their pastor in a rural town in Korea

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 hadn't shared the gospel with them,

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 if that pastor hadn't become a Christian

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 because that foreign missionary

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 who went through that town

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 had never shared the gospel with him,

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 where would I be today?

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 Where would you be today

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 if no one invited you to church,

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 if no one shared the good news of Jesus Christ with you?

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 The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ,

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 his death and resurrection

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 for the salvation of sinners.

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 And this news must be published.

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 It must be proclaimed

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 or it does no good for anyone.

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 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

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 shall be saved,

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 but how can they call upon him

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 unless they believed him?

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 How can they believe him

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 unless someone has preached to them?

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 They've heard the gospel,

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 someone's preached to them,

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 and how can they preach

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 unless someone sends them?

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 It's Romans 10, paraphrase.

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 Our passage this morning

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 in the Holy Scriptures

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 is here for that purpose,

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 to recruit heralds for the king,

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 to raise up witnesses for Jesus.

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 And will you today answer the king's call?

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 Will you go and tell people

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 that Christ has risen,

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 that Christ the king has risen from the dead?

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 And that's the main point of my sermon.

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 Go and tell Christ has risen.

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 And there are two diametrically opposed ways

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 that we can respond to this call.

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 The first one we see

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 is the cover-up and the hush money

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 of the Jewish leaders,

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 the chief priests and the Pharisees.

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 And secondly, we see the worship

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 and witness of the two women,

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 Mary and Mary.

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 After Jesus' crucifixion and burial,

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 the chief priests and the Pharisees

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 gather before Pilate again.

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 And it says in verses 63 to 64,

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 Sir, we remember how that imposter said

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 while he was still alive,

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 after three days I will rise.

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 Therefore order the tomb

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 to be made secure until the third day,

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 lest his disciples go and steal him away

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 and tell the people he has risen from the dead

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 and the last fraud will be worse than the first.

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 These chief priests have already framed Jesus

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 and have killed him,

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 have gotten him killed, crucified,

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 but they are still afraid of him.

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 They have somehow caught wind of Jesus'

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 repeated predictions to his disciples

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 throughout the Gospel of Matthew

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 that he will be killed

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 and then be raised on the third day.

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 And now they want to make certain

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 that that never happens.

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 Jesus' resurrection would vindicate Jesus

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 and it would incriminate them.

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 It would prove once and for all

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 that Jesus is the real deal

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 and that they are the imposters.

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 So they're not taking any chances

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 and they don't want even a hint of a rumor

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 of Jesus' resurrection from the dead.

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 And so they ask Pilate,

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 they go to the Roman governor Pilate

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 to secure the tomb,

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 lest Jesus' disciples steal his body

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 and then claim that he has risen from the dead.

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 Pilate consents to their request in verse 65,

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 you have a guard of soldiers,

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 go make it as secure as you can.

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 It seems that the chief priests already had access

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 to some sort of guard of soldiers

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 that they can deploy,

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 perhaps the same band of soldiers and officers

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 that John 18, three mentions

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 that came at Jesus' arrest.

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 And so with the official permission

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 of the Roman governor,

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 the chief priests and the Pharisees

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 go and secure to seal the tomb.

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 It says that they seal the stone

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 and set a guard.

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 Joseph of Arimathea in the preceding passage

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 had already rolled a great big stone

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 at the entrance of the tomb.

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 But now, in addition to that,

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 they seal the tomb.

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 What does that mean to seal the tomb?

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 In that day and age,

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 it would involve taking ropes

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 and tightly wrapping it around the stone

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 and then sealing the ends of the rope

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 with an official seal,

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 perhaps of the Roman governor,

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 or the imprimatur that says basically

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 this is off limits.

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 No one can reverse this.

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 Don't dare enter,

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 otherwise you'd be punished.

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 Trespassers would be punished.

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 The seal would serve

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 as an additional physical barrier,

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 but also it would serve to scare people.

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 It would be a deterrent,

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 a political and legal deterrent.

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 The sealing is also reminiscent

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 of another famous ceiling,

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 a stone ceiling of a cave

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 from the Old Testament.

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 when King Darius threw Daniel,

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 the prophet,

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 into a den of lions

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 because he had proclaimed

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 that people should pray

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 only to him as the king,

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 but Daniel continued to pray

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 not to him but to the Lord God,

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 and because of that,

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 Darius threw Daniel

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 into the den of lions,

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 and then they sealed

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 the entrance of that cave

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 with the stone,

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 and then they sealed that

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 with the king's seal

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 so that nothing can be reversed.

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 The king sealed it

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 with his own signet

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 that nothing might be changed

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 concerning Daniel.

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 In essence,

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 Daniel's execution,

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 his grave,

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 had been sealed

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 by the highest authority

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 so that no one can reverse it,

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 so that his fate is sealed,

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 and that's exactly

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 what the pilot,

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 what pilot and the chief priests

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 are doing.

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 Nothing can reverse this.

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 Jesus' fate is sealed.

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 No one may enter

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 or exit from this tomb.

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 But just as the lions

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 then could not hold Daniel down,

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 death cannot hold Jesus down.

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 And what pilot

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 and the chief priests thought

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 was the end of Jesus

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 is instead a new beginning,

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 and Jesus is raised

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 from the dead.

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 We'll get back

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 to that amazing scene shortly,

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 but for now,

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 please skip ahead with me

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 to chapter 28, verse 11.

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 After Jesus' resurrection,

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 he says,

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 behold,

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 some of the guard

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 went into the city

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 and told the chief priests

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 all that had taken place.

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 The soldiers report back

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 to the chief priests

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 that they saw

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 an angel of the Lord

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 come down from heaven,

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 roll back the great stone

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 with ease

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 that was blocking Jesus' tomb,

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 that they saw the empty tomb,

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 and that they saw the angel

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 say to the woman,

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 Jesus is not here

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 for he has risen,

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 as he said.

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 So these chief priests

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 and the Pharisees

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 did everything they could

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 to suppress

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 the resurrection of Jesus.

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 They know Jesus has said,

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 after three days,

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 I will rise.

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 So they did everything

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 in their power

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 to make that not happen,

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 and yet Jesus did

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 just as he had said he would.

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 He was raised from the dead.

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 And imagine,

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 for a moment,

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 imagine yourself

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 in the shoes

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 of these chief priests.

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 you thought

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 that Jesus

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 was an imposter

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 and a fraud,

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 so you got him

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 crucified as a heretic.

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 But this Jesus

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 came back from the dead

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 just as he had said.

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 What do you do?

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 Well, now is the hour

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 of repentance.

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 Now is when you eat

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 some humble pie

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 and you eat your own words

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 and then you say,

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 well,

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 I was gravely wrong

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 about Jesus.

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 He is the prophesied Messiah.

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 He is the Son of God.

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 I must follow him.

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 We all must follow him.

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 But no.

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 They double down

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 and resort to cover up

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 and hush money.

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 It's ironic.

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 They had accused Jesus

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 of being an imposter

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 and a fraud,

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 but it turns out

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 that they are the real

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 imposters and frauds.

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 So many times

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 throughout Jesus' ministry,

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 these Jewish leaders

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 falsely accused Jesus

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 of violating the Sabbath,

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 of breaking the Sabbath.

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 But look at their hypocrisy.

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 Chapter 27, verse 62,

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 notes that it was

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 on the day

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 after the day

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 of preparation

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 that the chief priests

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 and the Pharisees,

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 one,

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 traveled to Pilate's court

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 and had a conference

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 with Pilate,

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 a Gentile governor,

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 which was considered

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 ceremonially defiling

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 for the Jews,

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 and then,

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 according to John 18, 28,

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 and two,

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 on that same day,

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 they also sealed

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 Jesus' tomb,

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 and three,

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 they set a guard

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 over Jesus' tomb

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 on that very day.

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 The day of preparation

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 is the day of preparation

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 for the Sabbath

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 and not any ordinary Sabbath

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 either.

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 It's the Sabbath of,

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 it's a high Sabbath.

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 It's a holy Sabbath

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 during the Passover feast.

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 These Jewish leaders

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 are quite busy at work

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 all during the Sabbath.

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 While Jesus is resting

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 on the Sabbath day

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 in his grave,

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 these Jewish leaders

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 are scheming and working.

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 They are the Sabbath breakers.

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 They are the frauds,

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 and they are the imposters.

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 They have shed innocent blood

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 by killing Jesus.

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 And 28, 12 says that

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 that after hearing

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 the soldiers' report,

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 they assembled

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 with the elders

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 and took counsel.

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 They were deliberate.

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 This wasn't

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 an impulse reaction,

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 a decision,

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 a resolution

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 was arrived

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 after making careful

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 deliberations

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 with the council

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 and the elders.

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 And yet,

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 they don't even try

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 to investigate

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 what happened

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 to Jesus

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 to check,

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 to confirm

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 whether or not

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 he was actually

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 raised from the dead.

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 doesn't that seem

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 like a sensible thing

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 to do in this situation?

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 Instead,

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 they gave a sufficient

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 sum of money

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 to the soldiers

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 and said,

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 tell people.

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 His disciples

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 came by night

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 and stole him away

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 while we were asleep.

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 I wonder

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 what that sufficient

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 sum of money

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 entailed,

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 what it took

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 to hush

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 all of those soldiers,

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 probably a substantial sum,

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 not only because

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 these soldiers

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 had witnessed

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 something truly spectacular,

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 it would be hard

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 to shut them up,

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 but also because

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 it's incriminating

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 for them.

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 It doesn't reflect well

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 on those soldiers

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 who were the guards

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 whose job it was

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 to guard the tomb

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 to tell people,

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 oh,

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 I was sleeping.

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 And his disciples

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 came and stole away

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 the body.

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 So these chief priests,

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 even though they tried

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 to prevent

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 and suppress

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 the resurrection,

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 now that Jesus

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 has risen

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 and now that the word

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 of his resurrection

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 has already gone out,

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 resort to cover up

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 and hush money.

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 And they assure

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 these soldiers,

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 don't worry about

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 the repercussions

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 of telling people

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 that you fell asleep

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 on the job.

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 We'll make sure

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 to keep you out of trouble

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 with the governor.

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 We'll make sure

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 you keep your

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 job.

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 Since they couldn't

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 stop it from happening,

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 now they resort

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 to suppressing

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 the media

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 and controlling

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.080
 the narrative

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:43.539
 so that no one

00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:44.160
 will believe

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.680
 that Jesus

00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:45.580
 was really raised

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 from the dead.

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 Why does this

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.380
 always happen?

00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:50.620
 Whether it's

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:52.019
 the Nixon administration

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.980
 with the Watergate

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 scandal when they

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:55.220
 tried to cover up

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.759
 the fact that

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.740
 they infiltrated

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.820
 the Democratic

00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:58.779
 Party's headquarters

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.400
 to try to get

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 some kind of leverage

00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:01.360
 for their upcoming

00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.439
 re-election campaign,

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.819
 or whether it's

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.699
 Gorbachev

00:19:05.699 --> 00:19:07.099
 and the Soviet Union

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:08.359
 who tried to cover up

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 the explosion

00:19:08.979 --> 00:19:10.079
 of a nuclear reactor

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.939
 in Chernobyl,

00:19:11.219 --> 00:19:11.899
 which ended up

00:19:11.899 --> 00:19:13.439
 killing 16,000 people

00:19:13.439 --> 00:19:13.979
 in the long term

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 with radiation

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.159
 and costing

00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:16.019
 $600 billion.

00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:17.159
 They tried to cover

00:19:17.159 --> 00:19:17.659
 that up.

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:21.000
 Why do people in power

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.180
 resort to lies

00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.240
 rather than admitting

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.220
 that they did wrong,

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.920
 tampering with evidence,

00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:28.400
 bribing officials,

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.960
 and hushing witnesses?

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 The answer is obvious.

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.440
 They want to preserve

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.559
 the status quo.

00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.900
 They have too much

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.500
 to lose.

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.579
 They don't want

00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.799
 to lose their reputation,

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.720
 their position,

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.579
 their power.

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 But let's not be

00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:48.740
 too quick to point fingers

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.539
 and cast blame

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.200
 on others without

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.440
 examining our own hearts.

00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:54.460
 Romans 1, 18-19

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.240
 teaches us that

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.500
 God has revealed

00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.539
 himself to us

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.680
 in diverse ways,

00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:00.480
 but that the ungodly

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.360
 and the unrighteous

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:03.120
 suppress the truth

00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.840
 by their unrighteousness.

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.720
 This is true

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.820
 for all unbelievers

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.720
 and this was true

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.740
 at some point

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.620
 for all of us.

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 If Jesus was really

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:16.279
 raised from the dead,

00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.180
 you have to reform

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:20.400
 your worldviews.

00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:22.620
 You must rethink

00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.440
 your priorities.

00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:25.180
 You must repent

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:26.240
 of your sins.

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:28.000
 If Jesus really was

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.880
 raised from the dead,

00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.079
 if Jesus really is

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:31.460
 who he said he is,

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:33.319
 then you must believe

00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.740
 in him and follow him

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:36.059
 as your Lord and King

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.839
 and that means

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.220
 surrendering

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.700
 your will,

00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.819
 submitting

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:42.220
 to his will.

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.880
 Following Jesus

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:46.539
 requires a radical

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.619
 reorientation

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.920
 of our lives

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 and what would

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.259
 your family

00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:51.960
 and friends

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.920
 and coworkers

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.740
 say to that?

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:57.799
 what would happen

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.640
 to your reputation?

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.579
 The unrighteous

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.480
 don't want to give up

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.400
 their sinful ways.

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.180
 They want to be lords

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.339
 over their own lives.

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.579
 They want to do

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.660
 what they want to do

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.059
 in life.

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.339
 They don't want to submit

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.960
 to the lordship

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.500
 of another.

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:13.079
 So they suppress

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.740
 the truth.

00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.759
 What about you?

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.940
 Some of you

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.839
 are not yet followers

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.640
 of Jesus Christ

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.339
 and this morning

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.059
 you are confronted

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.279
 with the same reality,

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.480
 the same truth

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.220
 that the characters

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.700
 in this passage faced.

00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:27.700
 What will you do

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.579
 with the resurrection

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.920
 of Jesus Christ?

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.799
 How will you respond?

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.460
 If you are considering

00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.000
 whether or not

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.059
 Jesus really rose

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.759
 from the dead,

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 notice the fact

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.599
 of the empty tomb.

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 Even the Jewish leaders

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.940
 lie that Jesus' disciples

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.879
 stole the body

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 confirm that the empty tomb

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.460
 was an unquestioned

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.720
 historical reality

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.759
 in that first century.

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 That Jesus really lived

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:55.079
 and died,

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.819
 he was crucified

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:57.099
 under Pontius Pilate,

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.779
 is a historical claim,

00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:00.200
 it's a historical datum

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.859
 that no serious historian

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.379
 disputes.

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:05.599
 It is also indisputable

00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.859
 that Jesus' followers

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:09.079
 for the last 2,000 years

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.480
 have been claiming

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:13.099
 that Jesus was raised

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:14.539
 physically from the dead.

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:18.079
 If Jesus had not risen,

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.339
 if Jesus' tomb

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.559
 had not been empty,

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.460
 the Jewish leaders

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.379
 and the Roman rulers

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.779
 very easily could have

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:25.059
 quelled the Christian movement

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:27.480
 by simply opening up

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.539
 the tomb for a tour

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:31.000
 and showcasing and presenting

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.819
 the body of Jesus.

00:22:33.179 --> 00:22:34.799
 But they couldn't do that.

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:37.079
 They didn't do that

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.879
 because they couldn't.

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.559
 Instead,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.899
 the alternative narrative

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.000
 that they circulated

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.759
 in its place

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:44.440
 was that Jesus' disciples

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.399
 stole the body.

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 And Matthew notes

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.860
 in 28, 15,

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.940
 that this story

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 has been spread

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.660
 among the Jews

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.779
 to this day.

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 So Matthew is writing

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.060
 this gospel

00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.840
 and that verse,

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.800
 that passage in particular,

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.460
 to counter that

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.940
 alternative narrative

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.800
 that's been spreading

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.560
 among the Jews.

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 I know you've heard this,

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.519
 that Jesus' disciples

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.080
 stole the body,

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.800
 but I'm telling you

00:23:06.800 --> 00:23:07.420
 the real story,

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.960
 that's not what actually happened.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:15.400
 And that alternative explanation

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.400
 of the empty tomb

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.120
 being a result

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.180
 of Jesus' disciples

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.860
 stealing the body

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.600
 seems plausible

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.420
 at first glance,

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.340
 but when you think about it,

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.480
 even for a moment longer,

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.819
 it doesn't make much sense.

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:26.259
 If the soldiers were asleep

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.680
 while the disciples

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:29.920
 came to roll away the stone

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:31.660
 and steal the body away,

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:34.500
 how could they know

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.360
 that Jesus' disciples

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.039
 stole the body?

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.039
 They were sleeping.

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.220
 At best,

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.360
 it's a guess,

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.900
 an inference,

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.799
 an allegation

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:47.420
 without any proof whatsoever.

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.380
 They couldn't even know

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.380
 that the body was stolen,

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.299
 let alone they were stolen

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.380
 by Jesus' disciples.

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:58.180
 No, Jesus' tomb was empty

00:23:58.180 --> 00:24:00.340
 because Jesus had risen

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.000
 from the dead.

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.079
 How then should we respond

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.200
 to the resurrection of Jesus?

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.940
 For that, let's return

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.100
 to the scene of the resurrection

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.579
 in chapter 28, verse 1.

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 It says,

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.839
 Now, after the Sabbath,

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.579
 toward the dawn

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.779
 of the first day of the week,

00:24:14.219 --> 00:24:15.000
 Mary Magdalene

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.839
 and Mary went to see the tomb.

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 All four gospel accounts,

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.219
 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.939
 note that Jesus

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:24.740
 was raised from the dead

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:27.319
 at dawn of the first day

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 of the week.

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 And both dawn

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:31.179
 and first day

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 strike a note

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 of new beginning

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.299
 and hope.

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:37.379
 Matthew 4, 13 to 16

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:39.119
 described Jesus' birth

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.959
 as fulfilling

00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:41.299
 Isaiah's prophecy

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 that the people

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.779
 dwelling in darkness

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.419
 have seen

00:24:44.419 --> 00:24:45.799
 a great light.

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.119
 And for those

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.239
 dwelling in the region

00:24:48.239 --> 00:24:49.099
 and shadow of death,

00:24:49.239 --> 00:24:50.559
 on them the light

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.599
 has dawned.

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.299
 Jesus is

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.619
 the light of the world.

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 And it is fitting

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.519
 that in chapter 27,

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.199
 verse 45,

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.839
 just before Jesus' death,

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.599
 there was darkness

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.659
 over all the land.

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.359
 And now,

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.279
 in chapter 28,

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.899
 verse 1,

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.959
 as the light

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:09.419
 invades the darkness

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:10.099
 at dawn,

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.279
 Jesus is raised

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.919
 from the dead

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:13.279
 because he is

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.139
 the light of the world.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.159
 And that reality

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:18.459
 is tied to the expression

00:25:18.459 --> 00:25:19.819
 first day of the week.

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:22.219
 The seven-day week

00:25:22.219 --> 00:25:23.419
 comes from

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:24.219
 the seven days

00:25:24.219 --> 00:25:24.699
 of creation

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:25.500
 in Genesis 1.

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 It's not a natural,

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.759
 you know,

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.819
 astronomical

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.740
 kind of

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.279
 unit of time,

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:34.000
 seven days.

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:36.139
 We only have

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:37.000
 the seven-day week

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.799
 because of the Bible,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.419
 because of Genesis 1.

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.960
 And what does God

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.220
 create on the first day?

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.559
 Let there be light.

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:47.700
 He creates light

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:49.259
 on the first day.

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.319
 And there was light.

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:52.359
 This is the first day

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:54.599
 of the new creation.

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:58.240
 And once again,

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.819
 God says,

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:00.639
 let there be light.

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.059
 And that light

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.799
 of the world

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:04.179
 is Jesus Christ

00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:05.379
 raised from the dead.

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.460
 Therefore,

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:10.099
 if anyone is in Christ,

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:12.359
 he is a new creation.

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.579
 The old has passed.

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.099
 Behold,

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.579
 the new has come.

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.279
 Friends,

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.700
 all those who live

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.639
 apart from Christ

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:21.139
 dwell in darkness

00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.399
 under the shadow

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.000
 of death.

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.039
 How would you like

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.779
 to come out

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.439
 of that darkness

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.220
 and step into

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.080
 the light of Christ

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.380
 today?

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.980
 Do you feel

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.480
 the darkness

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.279
 of this world?

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.000
 All the hatred,

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.019
 suffering,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.340
 evil?

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.140
 Do you feel

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:40.000
 the darkness

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.620
 within?

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.480
 The desires

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.259
 of the flesh,

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.080
 the lusts

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.600
 of the eyes,

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.740
 the pride of life

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.960
 that lurk

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.799
 within your own

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.860
 sinful heart?

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.259
 Do you feel

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.940
 the shadow

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.580
 of death

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.299
 encroaching?

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:55.159
 There is still

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.599
 hope

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.879
 because our God

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.720
 is the God

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.339
 who makes

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.779
 all things new.

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:04.019
 Those who are dead

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.279
 in their trespasses

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.899
 and sins

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:07.319
 can be made alive

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.899
 together with Christ

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:10.460
 because Jesus died

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.460
 for our sins

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.960
 on the cross

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.740
 and because he was

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.919
 raised for our

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.639
 justification.

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.940
 We are no longer

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.720
 in our sins,

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.579
 we who have put

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.079
 our faith

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.339
 in Jesus Christ.

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.779
 Because Jesus

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.639
 was raised,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.800
 death no longer

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.700
 has the median

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.520
 over us

00:27:25.520 --> 00:27:26.840
 and we are promised

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.340
 eternal spiritual life

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.140
 and resurrection

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.160
 life to come

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.560
 because Jesus

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.300
 was raised.

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.900
 Because Jesus

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.420
 was raised,

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.420
 the same divine

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.540
 power that raised

00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:37.480
 Jesus from the dead

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.220
 now courses

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.100
 through us

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.920
 is at work

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.600
 in us

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.560
 who believe

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:41.960
 in him.

00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.259
 And verse 1

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.080
 tells us that

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:47.200
 Mary Magdalene

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.000
 and the other Mary

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.860
 were the first

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.560
 witnesses

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.700
 of Jesus'

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.500
 resurrection.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:54.520
 Imagine that,

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.200
 isn't that amazing?

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:59.020
 These were the

00:27:59.020 --> 00:27:59.680
 same women

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.580
 who watched

00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:01.840
 Jesus' crucifixion

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.500
 from a distance

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.540
 in chapter 27

00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:05.040
 verses 55-56.

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.240
 The same woman

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.980
 who saw

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.540
 where Jesus

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.020
 was buried

00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:08.900
 in chapter 27

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.759
 verse 61.

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.120
 Mary Magdalene

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.980
 and Mary

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.500
 the mother

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.980
 of James

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.500
 and Joseph.

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.320
 They are the ones

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:15.780
 who according

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.660
 to Mark 16

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.220
 were now

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.759
 looking for

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.640
 Jesus' corpse

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.620
 coming to his tomb

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.239
 so that they

00:28:20.239 --> 00:28:20.959
 can anoint

00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:21.959
 his dead

00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:22.619
 body with

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.119
 spices

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:25.379
 so that his

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.019
 decomposing

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.659
 body doesn't

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.559
 smell bad

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:29.699
 as a last

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:31.179
 gesture of love

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.779
 and affection

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.439
 and honor

00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:34.219
 toward Jesus

00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:34.799
 Christ.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.500
 And that

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.239
 these women

00:28:38.239 --> 00:28:38.959
 are the first

00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:39.579
 witnesses of

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.819
 Jesus'

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.500
 resurrection

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.239
 is remarkable

00:28:41.239 --> 00:28:43.099
 because Jewish

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.079
 law stipulated

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.059
 that woman's

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.500
 testimony

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.399
 cannot be

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.879
 accepted

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.520
 in the legal

00:28:47.520 --> 00:28:48.040
 courts.

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.400
 People back

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.940
 then didn't

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.440
 give much

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.840
 weight to

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.300
 the testimony

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.700
 of women.

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.380
 In fact

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.120
 Luke 24

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.940
 11 records

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.740
 that even

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.240
 Jesus'

00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:57.900
 own

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.820
 disciples

00:28:58.820 --> 00:29:00.060
 who had

00:29:00.060 --> 00:29:00.460
 repeatedly

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.220
 heard Jesus'

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.780
 prediction

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:02.260
 of his

00:29:02.260 --> 00:29:02.800
 resurrection

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.800
 did not

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.460
 believe these

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.980
 women when

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.600
 they told

00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.320
 him Jesus

00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.120
 is risen

00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.760
 Christ is

00:29:07.760 --> 00:29:08.060
 risen

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:09.000
 they dismissed

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.000


00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.000


00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.440
 them and say

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.720
 ah

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.900
 idle tale of

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.120
 woman.

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.420
 In fact

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.779
 this was a

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.100
 point of

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.560
 embarrassment

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:19.039
 even among

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.060
 even in the

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.560
 Greco-Roman

00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.039
 world.

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.640
 Second century

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.519
 Greek philosopher

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.400
 Kelsus who was a

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.180
 fierce opponent of

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.279
 Christianity mocked

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.220
 Christians precisely

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.019
 on this point

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.000
 arguing that the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.720
 Christian doctrine

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.420
 of the resurrection

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.300
 of the son of

00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.120
 God was based on

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.920
 the testimony of

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.840
 quote half

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.720
 frantic self

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.580
 deceived woman.

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.380
 But God

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.779
 almighty

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.100
 the Lord of

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.400
 lords

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:44.580
 is not ashamed

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.339
 to make

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.960
 these

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.460
 devoted

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.919
 women

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.659
 the first

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.240
 witnesses

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.960
 of his

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.779
 resurrection.

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.759
 And none

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.399
 of the gospel

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.279
 writers try to

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.839
 minimize that

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.199
 fact.

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.759
 All of them

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.259
 note that

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.579
 they're the

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.879
 first.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.279
 Matthew,

00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.559
 Mark,

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.759
 Luke,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.299
 John because

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.679
 they're not

00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.359
 making this

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.679
 up.

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.599
 They're

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.279
 reporting what

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.980
 really happened.

00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.460
 And there's a

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.879
 dramatic reversal

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.740
 of fortunes here

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.119
 at Jesus'

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.779
 resurrection.

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.619
 These small

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:14.719
 in society

00:30:14.719 --> 00:30:15.659
 insignificant,

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.399
 powerless women

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.659
 are twice told

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.959
 do not be

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.459
 afraid.

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.219
 Once by the

00:30:21.219 --> 00:30:21.779
 angel and once

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.199
 by Jesus

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.639
 himself.

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.259
 These women

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.219
 who are so

00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:26.099
 weak and frail

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.399
 have no power

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.119
 in society yet

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.079
 they have nothing

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.139
 to fear in the

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.699
 presence of

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.519
 almighty God.

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.299
 But the

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.859
 chief priest

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.519
 soldiers,

00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.019
 the ones

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.619
 carrying the

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.019
 swords,

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.239
 guarding the

00:30:38.239 --> 00:30:38.579
 tomb,

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.479
 it says in

00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:39.879
 verse 4,

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.860
 trembled and

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.640
 became like

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.340
 dead men

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.340
 for fear of

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.920
 the angel.

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.020
 They,

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.020
 unlike the

00:30:46.020 --> 00:30:46.260
 woman,

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.920
 have something

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.540
 to fear

00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.000
 and they're

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.640
 never told

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.000
 to do not

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.580
 be afraid.

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.300
 Oh,

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.660
 you better

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.280
 be afraid.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.440
 And the

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.240
 word trembled

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.740
 is a different

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.400
 form of the

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.960
 same word

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.440
 that means

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.960
 earthquake.

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.940
 The word

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.400
 tremble,

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.660
 it's ironically,

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.180
 these soldiers

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.760
 are trembling

00:31:02.760 --> 00:31:03.420
 like the earth

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.040
 that's trembling

00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:04.960
 as Jesus

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.360
 is raised

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.660
 from the

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.020
 dead and

00:31:06.020 --> 00:31:06.360
 Jesus,

00:31:06.780 --> 00:31:07.040
 who was

00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.460
 formerly

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.920
 dead,

00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:08.400
 is now

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.280
 alive and

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.099
 these soldiers

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:11.099
 become like

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.859
 dead men.

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.379
 These

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.000
 word plays

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.779
 reveal the

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.299
 hidden

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.819
 spiritual

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.420
 reality.

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.700
 Those who

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.599
 follow Christ,

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.160
 no matter

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.000
 how small

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.879
 and weak

00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.480
 they might

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.899
 seem,

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.980
 have nothing

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.579
 to fear.

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.980
 But those

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.779
 who persecute

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.000
 them,

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.359
 no matter

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.980
 how big

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.539
 and powerful

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.000
 they might

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.259
 be,

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.660
 should be

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.059
 shaking

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.379
 in their

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.660
 boots.

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.379
 Those who

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.160
 follow Christ,

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.899
 though their

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.920
 outward body

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.379
 might be

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.200
 wasting away,

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.599
 they are

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.500
 inwardly,

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.059
 spiritually

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.859
 being renewed,

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.679
 day by

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.079
 day.

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.599
 They are

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.359
 more alive

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.759
 than ever

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.279
 before.

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.500
 But those

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.059
 who do not

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.740
 follow Christ,

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.019
 though they

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.539
 might be

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.219
 strong and

00:31:47.219 --> 00:31:47.759
 robust,

00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.240
 physically

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.959
 healthy and

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:49.279
 strong,

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.919
 they are

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.479
 spiritually

00:31:50.479 --> 00:31:52.519
 dead and

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.059
 destined for

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.379
 the lake

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.819
 of fire,

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.399
 which is

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.879
 the second

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.359
 eternal

00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.759
 death.

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.099
 The angel

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.539
 of the Lord

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.259
 instructs the

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.679
 woman in

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.159
 verse 7,

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.959
 go quickly

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.659
 and tell his

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.279
 disciples that

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.819
 he has risen

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.500
 from the dead

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.459
 and behold,

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.099
 he is going

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.679
 before you to

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.079
 Galilee.

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.659
 There you

00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:08.099
 will see

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.319
 him.

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.699
 See,

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.439
 I have

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:10.119
 told you.

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.619
 Imagine the

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.099
 excitement.

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.259
 You are

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.139
 about to

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.939
 meet the

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.500
 risen Lord,

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.720
 go to

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.119
 Galilee.

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.399
 I don't

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.659
 know how

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.179
 long that

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.759
 journey is,

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.299
 but I can

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.619
 assure you

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.939
 that would

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.279
 be the

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.000
 fastest mile

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.319
 I ever

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:25.039
 run to

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:26.799
 Galilee to

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.460
 see Jesus,

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.899
 the risen

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.359
 Jesus.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.859
 And the

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.519
 two Marys

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.179
 don't lose

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.839
 any time.

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.399
 It says in

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.019
 verse 8 that

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.619
 they departed

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.239
 quickly from

00:32:35.239 --> 00:32:35.639
 the tomb

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.119
 with fear

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.479
 and great

00:32:36.479 --> 00:32:36.839
 joy and

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.599
 ran to

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:38.979
 tell the

00:32:38.979 --> 00:32:39.439
 disciples

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.759
 they're

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.199
 running,

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.479
 but as

00:32:41.479 --> 00:32:42.000
 they're

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.419
 running

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:42.839
 toward

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.379
 Galilee,

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.139
 behold,

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.399
 it says in

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.939
 verse 9,

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.559
 Jesus met

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.019
 them and

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.319
 said,

00:32:48.739 --> 00:32:49.059
 greetings.

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.019
 I love

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.599
 this scene.

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.619
 This wasn't

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.319
 the plan.

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.139
 What did

00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.479
 the angel

00:32:59.479 --> 00:33:00.059
 tell them?

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.739
 Go to

00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:02.099
 Galilee.

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.139
 Galilee.

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.699
 He's gone

00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.119
 before you

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.299
 there.

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.559
 He will

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.839
 meet you

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.139
 there.

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.459
 That was

00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.980
 the plan.

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.480
 But Jesus

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.059
 doesn't meet

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.339
 them in

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.679
 Galilee.

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.500
 It's as if

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.379
 Jesus can't

00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:18.179
 wait until

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.659
 Galilee.

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.859
 Here are the

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.259
 women who

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.679
 are devoted

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.219
 to him,

00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:22.899
 who have

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.279
 come to

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.699
 anoint his

00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.079
 body.

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.019
 On his

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.559
 way, he

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.139
 can't wait.

00:33:26.219 --> 00:33:27.000
 He stops

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.259
 them.

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.039
 He interrupts

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.119
 them.

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:29.219
 He intercepts

00:33:29.219 --> 00:33:29.959
 them as

00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.379
 they run

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:31.039
 into Galilee

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.559
 and says

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.079
 greetings.

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.679
 Here I

00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.099
 am.

00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.240
 I wanted

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.639
 to see

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:35.779
 you.

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.459
 It's as if

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:36.759
 he wanted

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.500
 to surprise

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.899
 them.

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.059
 Why do

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.399
 we like

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.699
 throwing

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.199
 surprise

00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.599
 parties?

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:41.899
 I mean,

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.179
 isn't there

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.559
 a special

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.059
 delight in

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.579
 surprise?

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:44.839
 Receiving

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.379
 something that

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.740
 you weren't

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.279
 expecting.

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.240
 How

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.859
 gracious and

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.279
 kind of

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.519
 Jesus.

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.559
 It's so

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.079
 funny too,

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.279
 right?

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.599
 I could

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:56.939
 imagine,

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.879
 what should

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.339
 be the first

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.740
 thing I

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:58.980
 say?

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.099
 It's

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.419
 greetings.

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:05.320
 you see

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.880
 our Savior's

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.200
 love?

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.539
 Can you

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.940
 see a

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.500
 glimpse into

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.000
 his heart?

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.480
 It's what

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.139
 God promises

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.599
 in the new

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.059
 heavens and

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.300
 the new

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.619
 earth in

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.380
 Isaiah 65,

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.019
 24.

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.260
 Before they

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.980
 call, I

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.659
 will answer.

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.880
 While they

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.260
 are yet

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.200
 speaking, I

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.700
 will hear.

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.780
 Before they

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.280
 even make

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.960
 their way down

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.460
 to Galilee,

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.159
 he is there

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.899
 to see

00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:28.539
 them, to

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.960
 meet them

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.399
 because he

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:30.000
 loves them

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.299
 and because

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.960
 he cherishes

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.259
 them.

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.899
 And isn't

00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.960
 that God's

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.879
 heart toward

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:34.399
 you?

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.500
 His precious

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.159
 saints, his

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.920
 beloved children?

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.379
 You are not an

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:40.079
 annoyance to

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.339
 him.

00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.940
 You're not a

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.639
 nuisance to

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.920
 him.

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.019
 You're not a

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.579
 burden to

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.859
 him.

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.399
 You are his

00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:45.859
 delight.

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.339
 You are his

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.039
 treasured

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.519
 possession.

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.779
 God says to

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.239
 his people,

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:52.279
 Isaiah 43,

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.980
 verse 4,

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.119
 you are precious

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.299
 in my eyes

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.339
 and honored

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.980
 and I love

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.279
 you.

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.059
 And the

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.659
 response of

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.980
 the two

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.619
 Marys is a

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.159
 model for

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.759
 all of us.

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.239
 It says in

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.779
 verse 9,

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.539
 and they

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.299
 came up and

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.900
 took hold of

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.000
 his feet and

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.759
 worshiped him.

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.099
 That's the

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.779
 right way to

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.599
 approach Jesus,

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.179
 our Lord.

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.359
 To honor

00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.819
 him, it's

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.299
 worship.

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.900
 Taking hold

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.440
 of Jesus'

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.099
 feet,

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.500
 in worship.

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.819
 Feet are

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.519
 dirty things.

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.880
 Why else

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.139
 would we

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.639
 consider it

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.099
 rude when

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.519
 you're at

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.819
 someone's

00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.139
 house and

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.679
 they put

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.920
 their foot

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.199
 up on

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.599
 the table?

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.400
 It's

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.480
 beggars that

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.339
 take hold of

00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:47.139
 people's feet

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.759
 because people

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.659
 who still have

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.319
 any dignity

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.139
 left wouldn't

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.639
 deign to do

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.219
 such a thing.

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.639
 in Mark

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.000
 5,

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.839
 22-23,

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.480
 when Jairus

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.420
 is imploring

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.719
 Jesus earnestly

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.259
 to come and

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.799
 heal his

00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.319
 daughter who

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.679
 is at the

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.079
 point of

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.319
 death,

00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:03.039
 he says he

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.779
 fell at

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.719
 Jesus' feet.

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:07.259
 Beggars who

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:08.039
 recognize that

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.319
 they are

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.319
 completely at

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:10.059
 the mercy of

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.420
 another,

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.619
 they fall at

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.359
 people's feet.

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.159
 Friends,

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.980
 we cannot

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.279
 approach Jesus

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.599
 as if he's

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.159
 our equal,

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.440
 shoulder to

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.000
 shoulder and

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.759
 extending our

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.239
 arm for a

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.819
 handshake.

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.279
 No,

00:36:22.399 --> 00:36:22.899
 the only

00:36:22.899 --> 00:36:24.000
 right posture

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:25.199
 with which we

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.979
 approach the

00:36:25.979 --> 00:36:26.619
 risen Son of

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.419
 God is that

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:28.039
 of humble,

00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:29.939
 prostrate worship

00:36:29.939 --> 00:36:30.799
 at his feet.

00:36:33.399 --> 00:36:34.539
 We are sinners

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.419
 in need of a

00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:35.779
 savior.

00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:37.199
 We are debtors

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.779
 in need of

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.219
 mercy.

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.179
 We have no

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:40.219
 merit or

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:41.299
 righteousness or

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.659
 qualification of

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.379
 our own to

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:44.219
 bring to Jesus,

00:36:44.399 --> 00:36:45.239
 so we must

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.219
 fall on our

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:47.059
 knees and take

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.879
 hold of his

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.319
 feet.

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:50.140
 So come,

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.860
 ye sinners,

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.900
 poor and

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.320
 needy,

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.160
 weak and

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.600
 wounded,

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.620
 sick and

00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.059
 sore.

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.920
 Jesus ready

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.019
 stands to

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.800
 save you,

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.920
 full of

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.280
 pity,

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.059
 love,

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.840
 and power.

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.860
 It's beggars

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.260
 who take

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.640
 hold of

00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.280
 people's feet.

00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.400
 And it's

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.380
 worshipers who

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.180
 take hold of

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:12.620
 Jesus' feet.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.500
 Mary of

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.080
 Bethany in

00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:15.740
 John 12,

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.280
 verse 3,

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.400
 anointed the

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.039
 feet of

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.500
 Jesus and

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.160
 wiped his

00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.720
 feet with

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.220
 her hair.

00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.280
 It's an

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.059
 expression of

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.480
 extreme devotion

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.380
 and submission

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.180
 to someone.

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.079
 Adoration,

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.180
 worship.

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.420
 It's shocking

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.420
 that Matthew

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.440
 uses the

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.139
 word worship

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.660
 here.

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.480
 Remember when

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.000
 Jesus was

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.559
 tempted in

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.300
 Matthew 4?

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.720
 I know that

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.079
 was a long

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.440
 time ago,

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.760
 but it's

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.300
 famous enough

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.480
 that you

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.760
 guys all

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.079
 remember.

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.440
 What did

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.760
 he tempt

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.240
 Jesus to

00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.420
 do?

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.139
 Fall down

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.699
 before me

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.199
 and worship

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.699
 me and

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.019
 I'll give

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.359
 you all

00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:49.019
 these things.

00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.619
 And then

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.539
 Jesus rebuked

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.859
 the devil

00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:52.099
 saying,

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.659
 Be gone,

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.139
 Satan,

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.940
 for it is

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.199
 written,

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.719
 you shall

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.299
 worship the

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.659
 Lord your

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.559
 God and

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.659
 him only

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.239
 shall you

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.539
 serve.

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.239
 We should

00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.079
 worship God

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.679
 alone.

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.359
 And if

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.159
 anyone tries

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.599
 to worship

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.519
 man rather

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.019
 than the

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.440
 one true

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.679
 God,

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.079
 we must

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.659
 stop them,

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.960
 we must

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.579
 warn them.

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.039
 So when

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.799
 Cornelius,

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.219
 the Gentile

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.699
 centurion,

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.500
 falls at

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.299
 Peter's feet,

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:12.719
 the apostle

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.359
 Peter's feet,

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.119
 and worships

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.380
 him in

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.880
 Acts 10,

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.380
 24 to

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.859
 26,

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.000
 Peter doesn't

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.480
 just stand

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.839
 there and

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.339
 bask in

00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:18.940
 his glory.

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.179
 No,

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.960
 he stops

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.579
 Cornelius

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:23.400
 immediately and

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.519
 says,

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.339
 Stand up,

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.779
 I'm only a

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.039
 man.

00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:28.179
 When John

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.799
 falls and

00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.380
 worships at

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.019
 the feet of

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.480
 a glorious

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.099
 angel in

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.839
 Revelation 22,

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.420
 8 to 9,

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.099
 even the

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.000
 angel stops

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.900
 John immediately

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.319
 saying,

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.079
 You must

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.799
 not do

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.179
 that.

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.079
 I am a

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:39.039
 fellow servant

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.400
 with you and

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.960
 your brothers,

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.559
 the prophets,

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.099
 and with those

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.579
 who keep the

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.019
 words of his

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.400
 book.

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.920
 Worship God.

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.019
 And look at

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.680
 the magnificent

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.420
 angel of the

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.940
 Lord in our

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.440
 passage.

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.500
 In chapter 28,

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.980
 verse 3,

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.740
 his appearance

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.420
 was like

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.160
 lightning and

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:53.680
 his clothing

00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:54.200
 white as

00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:54.440
 snow,

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.280
 yet he does

00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.320
 not demand

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.380
 the adoration

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.880
 and worship

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.360
 of these

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.619
 women.

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.240
 He does

00:38:59.240 --> 00:39:00.019
 not demand

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.740
 their allegiance.

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:01.880
 His focus

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.680
 is entirely

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.440
 on Jesus.

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.940
 I know

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.460
 that you

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.800
 seek Jesus

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.680
 who was

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.099
 crucified.

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.480
 He is not

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.380
 here for

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.680
 he has

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.079
 risen.

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:13.079
 I know

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.480
 I'm not

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.360
 the one

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.940
 you want.

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.179
 I know

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.440
 who you're

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.719
 seeking,

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.400
 Jesus.

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.319
 Go to

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:19.819
 Galilee and

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.079
 meet him

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.340
 there.

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.739
 Who is

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.679
 this Jesus

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.599
 who is as

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.480
 much superior

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.400
 to angels

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.059
 as the name

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.340
 he has

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.900
 inherited is

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.539
 more excellent

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.119
 than theirs?

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:30.159
 It's because

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:31.340
 he's the only

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.159
 begotten son of

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.480
 God.

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.759
 Jesus says

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.159
 in Revelation

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.460
 1, 17-18,

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.340
 fear not.

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.380
 I am

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.119
 the first

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.360
 and the last

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.079
 and the living

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.360
 one.

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.199
 I died

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.940
 and behold

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.980
 I am alive

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.760
 forevermore.

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:46.300
 That's why

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.639
 he is worthy

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.340
 of our worship.

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.159
 I'm a

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.539
 naturally

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.199
 sinful,

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.159
 prideful

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.440
 man.

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.800
 Even though

00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.599
 God graciously

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.460
 is chipping away

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.119
 at my pride

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.920
 year after year,

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.599
 still to this

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.900
 day,

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.720
 the very

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.460
 idea

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:05.199
 of groveling

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.720
 before

00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.659
 someone's

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.039
 feet

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:08.460
 is distasteful

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.980
 to me.

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.159
 But not

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.900
 before Jesus'

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.519
 feet.

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.480
 I will

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.139
 fall upon

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.659
 his feet.

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.039
 I will

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.639
 kiss his

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:23.000
 feet.

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.280
 I'd

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.920
 rather sit

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.220
 at the

00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:31.780
 feet of

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.199
 my Lord

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.559
 Jesus

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.500
 than

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.739
 on the

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.000
 right

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.340
 hand

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.619
 of the

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.880
 kings

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.079
 of

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:35.400
 earth.

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.920
 I'd

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.299
 rather be

00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:42.059
 a doorkeeper

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.400
 in the

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.659
 house

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.000
 of my

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.460
 God

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:45.139
 than

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.480
 dwell

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.759
 in the

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.019
 tents

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.320
 of the

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.559
 wicked.

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.119
 For

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.519
 the

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.000
 feet,

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.759
 at the

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:51.980
 feet

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.219
 of the

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.420
 Lord

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.820
 Jesus

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.219
 is

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.779
 greater

00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.179
 honor.

00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.320
 It's

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:54.639
 a place

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.799
 of

00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.199
 greater

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:55.659
 honor

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:55.880
 than

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.340
 all

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.599
 the

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.079
 palaces

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:58.400
 and

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.559
 the

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:58.840
 thrones

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.019
 of

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.380
 earth.

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.900
 Who

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.360
 else

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:02.299
 died

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.920
 to

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.300
 serve

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.640
 a

00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:03.940
 wretched

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.400
 sinner

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.860
 like

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.180
 me?

00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:06.940
 Who

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.360
 else

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.080
 defeated

00:41:08.080 --> 00:41:08.600
 death

00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:09.340
 and was

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.860
 raised

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.200
 on the

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.500
 third

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.920
 day?

00:41:11.660 --> 00:41:11.940
 Who

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.420
 else

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.880
 is the

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.440
 exalted

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.600
 son of

00:41:14.600 --> 00:41:14.740
 the

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:14.940
 living

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.380
 God

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.580
 but

00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:15.980
 my

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.560
 Lord

00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:17.180
 Jesus?

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.680
 Mary

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.260
 Magdalene

00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.519
 and the

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.720
 other

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.100
 Mary

00:41:20.100 --> 00:41:20.640
 understand

00:41:20.640 --> 00:41:21.200
 this

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.660
 so very

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:22.220
 naturally

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.840
 and

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.360
 immediately

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.360
 they fall

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.680
 upon

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:24.980
 Jesus'

00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.300
 feet

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:25.460
 and

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.720
 worship

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.140
 him.

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:30.059
 And

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.400
 see how

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.779
 gracious

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.159
 Jesus

00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:32.039
 is

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.179
 in

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.379
 verse

00:41:32.379 --> 00:41:32.719
 10.

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.579
 He

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.839
 says

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.199
 do not

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.400
 be

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.980
 afraid

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.960
 go

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.219
 and

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.500
 tell

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.799
 my

00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.420
 brothers

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:39.319
 to

00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:39.619
 go

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.859
 to

00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:40.359
 Galilee

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:40.719
 and

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:40.940
 there

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.159
 they

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.339
 will

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.579
 see

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:41.859
 me.

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.359
 How

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.779
 does

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.119
 this

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.000
 glorious

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.139
 death

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.739
 defying

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.039
 son

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.199
 of

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.519
 God

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.400
 call

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.759
 this

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.299
 bumbling

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.759
 bunch

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:50.920
 of

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.099
 his

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.659
 disciples

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.639
 my

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.239
 brothers?

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:58.239
 Jesus

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.639
 taught

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:58.919
 earlier

00:41:58.919 --> 00:41:59.099
 in

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.339
 Matthew

00:41:59.339 --> 00:41:59.619
 chapter

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.039
 12

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.279
 verse

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.659
 50

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.359
 whoever

00:42:01.359 --> 00:42:01.739
 does

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:01.899
 the

00:42:01.899 --> 00:42:02.079
 will

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.179
 of

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.339
 my

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:02.659
 father

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:02.839
 in

00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:03.019
 heaven

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.359
 is

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.679
 my

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.239
 brother

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.919
 and

00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:05.500
 sister

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.199
 and

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.579
 mother

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:08.899
 despite

00:42:08.899 --> 00:42:09.239
 the

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.539
 fact

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.799
 that

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:09.959
 his

00:42:09.959 --> 00:42:10.439
 disciples

00:42:10.439 --> 00:42:11.019
 deserted

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.459
 him

00:42:11.459 --> 00:42:12.259
 in

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:12.479
 his

00:42:12.479 --> 00:42:12.879
 moment

00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.119
 of

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.439
 greatest

00:42:13.439 --> 00:42:13.899
 weakness

00:42:13.899 --> 00:42:14.159
 and

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.519
 need

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:16.139
 even

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.619
 Peter

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.839
 who

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.299
 denied

00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:17.699
 him

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.539
 even

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.059
 Thomas

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.239
 who

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.339
 will

00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:19.559
 later

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.979
 doubt

00:42:19.979 --> 00:42:20.419
 him

00:42:20.419 --> 00:42:21.539
 Jesus

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.299
 graciously

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.939
 calls

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.400
 my

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.800
 brothers

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:25.240
 there's

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.480
 so

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.840
 much

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.420
 grace

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.720
 and

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.179
 affection

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.539
 wrapped

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.840
 around

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.000
 that

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.220
 one

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.539
 term

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:30.740
 our

00:42:30.740 --> 00:42:31.139
 God

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.980
 justifies

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.200
 the

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:32.980
 ungodly

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.420
 he

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.260
 sanctifies

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.659
 us

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.840
 and

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.179
 sets

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.400
 us

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.900
 apart

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.220
 for

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.659
 himself

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:37.019
 in

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.380
 Christ

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.760
 and

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:37.980
 for

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.200
 that

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.579
 reason

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:38.800
 it

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.019
 says

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.159
 in

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.440
 Hebrews

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:39.780
 2

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.179
 11

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.920
 Jesus

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.539
 is

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.079
 not

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.800
 ashamed

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.099
 to

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.599
 call

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.179
 us

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.740
 brothers

00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:49.099
 that's

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.220
 the

00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:49.539
 amazing

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:49.900
 grace

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.119
 of the

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.480
 gospel

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.200
 the

00:42:51.200 --> 00:42:51.740
 creator

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.959
 calls

00:42:52.959 --> 00:42:53.199
 the

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:53.879
 creatures

00:42:53.879 --> 00:42:54.679
 the

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.179
 king

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.899
 calls

00:42:55.899 --> 00:42:56.279
 his

00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:56.899
 servants

00:42:56.899 --> 00:42:57.939
 brothers

00:42:57.939 --> 00:42:59.199
 sisters

00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:00.639
 friends

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.179
 it's

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.479
 only

00:43:02.479 --> 00:43:02.879
 possible

00:43:02.879 --> 00:43:03.199
 because

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.500
 of what

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.719
 Jesus

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.119
 has done

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.419
 for us

00:43:04.419 --> 00:43:04.639
 on the

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.059
 cross

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:09.059
 and

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.259
 there's

00:43:09.259 --> 00:43:09.639
 one more

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:09.839
 thing

00:43:09.839 --> 00:43:10.059
 that we

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.500
 must do

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.839
 besides

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:11.319
 worship

00:43:11.319 --> 00:43:12.419
 and that

00:43:12.419 --> 00:43:12.639
 is to

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:12.819
 bear

00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.379
 witness

00:43:13.379 --> 00:43:15.159
 words

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.339
 that

00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:15.679
 refer

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.000
 to

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.539
 telling

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.019
 or

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.659
 relaying

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:17.799
 the

00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.179
 message

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.379
 is

00:43:18.379 --> 00:43:18.799
 repeated

00:43:18.799 --> 00:43:19.239
 multiple

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.659
 times

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:19.899
 throughout

00:43:19.899 --> 00:43:20.099
 this

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.480
 passage

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.539
 and

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:21.980
 there

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.159
 are

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.559
 two

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:23.599
 contrasting

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:23.960
 messages

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.319
 here

00:43:24.319 --> 00:43:25.299
 competing

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:25.819
 messages

00:43:25.819 --> 00:43:26.980
 on the

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.239
 one

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.539
 hand

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.039
 the

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.299
 women

00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:28.500
 are

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:28.819
 told

00:43:28.819 --> 00:43:29.059
 by

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:29.219
 the

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.460
 heavenly

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.940
 messenger

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.480
 and

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.699
 by

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.000
 Jesus

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.359
 himself

00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:31.659
 go

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:31.899
 and

00:43:31.899 --> 00:43:32.399
 tell

00:43:32.399 --> 00:43:33.139
 Jesus

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.739
 disciples

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:33.980
 that

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.119
 he

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.299
 has

00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:34.799
 risen

00:43:34.799 --> 00:43:35.679
 on

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:35.819
 the

00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:36.059
 other

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.319
 hand

00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:36.500
 the

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.019
 soldiers

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.339
 are

00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:37.799
 told

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:38.119
 by

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.279
 the

00:43:38.279 --> 00:43:38.519
 chief

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:38.819
 priests

00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.079
 and

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.199
 the

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.679
 elders

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.199
 go

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.699
 tell

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.259
 people

00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:41.819
 that

00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.159
 Jesus

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.699
 disciples

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.139
 stole

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.399
 his

00:43:43.399 --> 00:43:43.799
 body

00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:45.179
 this

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.819
 contrast

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:46.199
 of

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.599
 witnesses

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.599


00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.019
 one

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 true

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 the

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 other

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 false

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 is

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 highlighted

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 by

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 verse

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 15

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 so

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 the

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 soldiers

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 took

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 the

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 money

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 and

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 did

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 as

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 they

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 were

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 directed

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 and

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 this

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 story

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 has

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 been

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 spread

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 among

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 the

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 Jews

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 to

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 this

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 day

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 the

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 Greek

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 word

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 translated

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 directed

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 is

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 literally

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 taught

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 and

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 the

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 word

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 story

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 is

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 literally

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 word

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 so

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 what

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 are

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 these

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 chief

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 priests

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 doing

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.220
 they

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.380
 are

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:10.160
 teaching

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 the

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 word

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 which

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:13.680
 is

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 exactly

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 what

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 Jesus

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:14.840
 is

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.039
 doing

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.280
 all

00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:15.559
 throughout

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 the

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 gospels

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!

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:17.140
 Jesus

00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:17.640
 teaches

00:44:17.640 --> 00:44:17.660
!

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:19.400
 the

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.860
 word

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:20.099
 of

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.579
 gospel

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:21.340
 of

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 the

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 kingdom

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.519
 but

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 these

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.120
 chief

00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:23.380
 priests

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.680
 they

00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.300
 pronounce

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 they

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:24.980
 proclaim

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.220
 a

00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:25.620
 false

00:44:25.620 --> 00:44:26.120
 gospel

00:44:26.120 --> 00:44:26.320
 they

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:26.620
 teach

00:44:26.620 --> 00:44:26.880
 a

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.320
 false

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:28.240
 word

00:44:28.240 --> 00:44:31.460
 there

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:31.599
 are

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 two

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 contrasting

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 words

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 and

00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.760
 contrasting

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 witnesses

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:35.099
!

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.480
 Which

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.900
 camp

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:36.240
 do you

00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:36.519
 fall

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.700
 in?

00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.280
 The

00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:40.539
 woman

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.900
 and the

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.240
 soldiers

00:44:41.240 --> 00:44:41.840
 are both

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.320
 witnesses

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:42.740
 of the

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.120
 resurrection

00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:43.559
 of Jesus

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.019
 Christ

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.920
 and yet

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.700
 they spread

00:44:45.699 --> 00:44:46.699
 very

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.139
 different

00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:47.739
 stories

00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.960
 will

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.119
 you

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.639
 faithfully

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.159
 proclaim

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.439
 the

00:44:50.439 --> 00:44:50.799
 word

00:44:50.799 --> 00:44:51.059
 of

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.460
 Christ

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:51.699
 like

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:51.919
 these

00:44:51.919 --> 00:44:52.219
 women

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.960
 or

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.199
 will

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.419
 you

00:44:53.419 --> 00:44:53.739
 be

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.339
 cowed

00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:54.539
 into

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.279
 silence

00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:56.299
 like

00:44:56.299 --> 00:44:56.539
 these

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:56.899
 soldiers

00:44:56.899 --> 00:44:59.859
 do you

00:44:59.859 --> 00:45:00.199
 have

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:00.460
 something

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.000
 to gain

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.419
 by your

00:45:01.419 --> 00:45:01.899
 silence

00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:04.839
 are you

00:45:04.839 --> 00:45:05.199
 concerned

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:05.559
 about your

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:06.099
 reputation

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:07.219
 do you

00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.539
 fear

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.799
 being

00:45:07.799 --> 00:45:08.279
 rejected

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:08.879
 and reviled

00:45:08.879 --> 00:45:09.439
 by men

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:12.039
 we

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.860
 believe

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:14.960
 2000

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.380
 years

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.639
 later

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:15.940
 we

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.420
 here

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.760
 in

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:17.000
 Trinity

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.380
 Cambridge

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.740
 Church

00:45:17.740 --> 00:45:18.420
 believe

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.960
 today

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.920
 in the

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.420
 resurrection

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.940
 of Jesus

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.400
 Christ

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:21.599
 that

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:21.920
 Christ

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.119
 is

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.420
 risen

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.820
 because

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.440
 these

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:23.860
 women

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.960
 and

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.260
 because

00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.639
 Jesus

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.260
 disciples

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:27.059
 proclaimed

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.599
 Christ

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:27.840
 is

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:28.200
 risen

00:45:28.200 --> 00:45:31.059
 so

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.539
 join

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:31.760
 the

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.179
 faithful

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.599
 relay

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:32.960
 of

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.619
 heralds

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.139
 men

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:34.380
 and

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.639
 women

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:34.800
 who

00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:34.900
 have

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.460
 proclaimed

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.539
 generation

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.079
 after

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.720
 generation

00:45:37.720 --> 00:45:38.039
 that

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.539
 Christ

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.079
 is

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.539
 risen

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.599
 the

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.079
 baton

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.300
 is

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:41.699
 now

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.420
 in

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.699
 your

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:43.159
 hands

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:45.460
 therefore

00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:45.960
 since

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.360
 we are

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:46.800
 surrounded

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.340
 by so

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.820
 great

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:48.380
 a cloud

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.619
 of

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.059
 witnesses

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.599
 let us

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:49.920
 also

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.179
 lay

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.679
 aside

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.360
 every

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.699
 weight

00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:52.119
 and sin

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.360
 which

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.860
 clings

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.360
 so

00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:53.900
 closely

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.599
 and let

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:54.739
 us

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:55.179
 run

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.480
 with

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:56.259
 endurance

00:45:56.259 --> 00:45:56.719
 the

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.159
 race

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.539
 that is

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:57.739
 set

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.119
 before

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.559
 us

00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.320
 looking

00:45:59.320 --> 00:45:59.559
 to

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.059
 Jesus

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:01.679
 looking

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:01.900
 to

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.300
 Jesus

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:03.480
 let's

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:03.739
 pray

00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:07.099
 oh

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:07.460
 Lord

00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:08.000
 we do

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.440
 look to

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:08.659
 you

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:08.880
 Lord

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.239
 Jesus

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:14.199
 we

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:14.599
 worship

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:14.960
 you

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.300
 we

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:17.619
 fall

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:17.900
 upon

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.159
 your

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.480
 feet

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:21.860
 we

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:22.340
 surrender

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:22.559
 our

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:22.960
 all

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.119
 to

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.360
 you

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:26.699
 you

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:26.960
 are

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.420
 worthy

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:27.659
 of

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:27.780
 it

00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.039
 all

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:32.360
 help

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.739
 us

00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:33.380
 to see

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:33.940
 you

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.639
 rightly

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:37.819
 to

00:46:37.819 --> 00:46:38.139
 believe

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.659
 you

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:40.879
 to

00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:41.299
 cherish

00:46:41.299 --> 00:46:41.799
 you

00:46:41.799 --> 00:46:42.839
 rightly

00:46:42.839 --> 00:46:49.239
 so

00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:49.420
 that

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:49.759
 we

00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:53.000
 with

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.440
 great

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.839
 boldness

00:46:54.839 --> 00:46:56.059
 and

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.779
 enthusiasm

00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:58.500
 and

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.360
 unflagging

00:46:59.360 --> 00:46:59.860
 zeal

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.060
 and

00:47:00.060 --> 00:47:00.600
 perseverance

00:47:00.600 --> 00:47:03.140
 proclaim

00:47:03.140 --> 00:47:03.500
 the

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:03.880
 good news

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.019
 of

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.240
 Jesus

00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.680
 Christ

00:47:04.680 --> 00:47:04.880
 to

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.000
 the

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.160
 ends

00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:05.240
 of

00:47:05.240 --> 00:47:05.340
 the

00:47:05.340 --> 00:47:05.660
 earth

00:47:05.660 --> 00:47:07.700
 empower

00:47:07.700 --> 00:47:07.900
 us

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.080
 for

00:47:08.080 --> 00:47:08.300
 that

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.640
 task

00:47:08.640 --> 00:47:08.920
 Lord

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.900
 in

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.140
 Jesus

00:47:10.140 --> 00:47:10.440
 name

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:10.600
 we

00:47:10.600 --> 00:47:10.820
 pray

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:11.980
 amen

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:13.070