WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.960 55. Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:18.539 to care for his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:27.420 and the mother of Zebedee's sons. As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:35.380 named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' 00:00:35.620 --> 00:00:43.359 body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:52.680 linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone 00:00:52.679 --> 00:01:00.879 in front of the entrance to the tomb, and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting 00:01:00.879 --> 00:01:09.840 there opposite the tomb. The next day, the one after preparation day, the chief priests and the 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:19.400 Pharisees went to Pilate. Sir, they said, we remember that while he was still alive, that deceiver said, 00:01:20.020 --> 00:01:27.840 after three days I will rise again. So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day, 00:01:28.300 --> 00:01:35.260 otherwise his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he had been raised from the 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:46.040 dead. This last deception will be worse than the first. Take a guard, Pilate answered. Go make the tomb 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:54.040 as secure as you know how. So they went and they made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone 00:01:54.040 --> 00:02:05.340 and posting the guard. After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, so it's a Sunday morning, 00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:13.219 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake for an angel 00:02:13.219 --> 00:02:20.620 of the Lord came down from heaven and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:29.400 His appearance was like lightning and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:39.939 that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the woman, do not be afraid, 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:47.080 for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here. He has risen, 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:56.580 just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:05.240 he has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him. Now I have told you. 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:13.939 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell the disciples. 00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:25.599 Suddenly Jesus met them. Greetings, he said. They came to him, clasped his feet, and worshipped him. 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:36.120 Then Jesus said to them, do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see me. 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:43.719 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city to report to the chief priests 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:50.879 everything that had happened. When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.780 they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, 00:03:54.780 --> 00:04:03.020 you are to say, his disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep. 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:09.860 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble. 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:15.080 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:21.740 And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day. 00:04:24.779 --> 00:04:42.319 Well, over the month of April, we've been looking together at the Easter account. 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:46.939 That is, the events surrounding the death and the resurrection of Jesus. 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:52.120 We've been looking at his trial, his crucifixion, and last week his death. 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:55.959 And today, we're going to see the resurrection. 00:04:56.219 --> 00:05:01.920 And in particular, we're going to look at the resurrection account from the perspective of the women. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:06.579 Because throughout Matthew's Gospel, and particularly in this instance, 00:05:07.139 --> 00:05:09.659 the women play a central role. 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:13.259 So we're going to look at three simple things. 00:05:13.259 --> 00:05:16.120 We're going to look at the witness to the resurrection, 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:19.459 the challenge to the resurrection, 00:05:20.219 --> 00:05:22.779 and the meaning of the resurrection. 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:24.459 So three things. 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.939 Witness, meaning, and challenge. 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:30.099 Here's the first. 00:05:30.259 --> 00:05:32.819 The witness to the resurrection. 00:05:33.740 --> 00:05:37.000 Now this is really important because Christianity 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:42.060 is built on the foundation of the resurrection. 00:05:42.060 --> 00:05:47.939 If there is no risen Jesus, there is no Christianity. 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:50.980 We're simply living a lie. 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:53.740 We might as well all pack our bags right now 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:56.540 and go home because we're wasting our time. 00:05:57.340 --> 00:06:03.180 So it's crucial that we know that the resurrection is actually true. 00:06:04.300 --> 00:06:10.439 And Matthew's account provides us with the first eyewitnesses to the resurrection. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.519 We're introduced to them in verse 55. 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:22.779 Many women were there watching from a distance. 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:24.240 Verse 56. 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:26.420 Among them were Mary Magdalene, 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:29.459 Mary the mother of James and Joseph, 00:06:30.459 --> 00:06:32.459 and the mother of Sebedee's sons. 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:34.959 Now we don't know a lot about them. 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:36.719 We're not given much information, 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:38.579 but we're given a little bit, 00:06:38.779 --> 00:06:41.519 which obviously suggests that their identities 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.620 are known by the people who first read this account. 00:06:45.719 --> 00:06:47.279 They knew who Mary was, 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:48.399 and the other Mary, 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:50.859 and the mother of Zebedee's sons. 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:53.639 And at least two of these women, 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:54.799 the two Marys, 00:06:55.299 --> 00:06:59.039 were eyewitnesses to all that had happened. 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:02.760 They're present throughout this account. 00:07:03.700 --> 00:07:06.819 Now the fact that Matthew records women 00:07:06.819 --> 00:07:09.400 as the first eyewitnesses 00:07:09.400 --> 00:07:10.980 is really significant. 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:13.420 Because at that time, 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:14.760 back in the first century, 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:16.620 a woman's testimony 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:19.259 was not considered trustworthy. 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:21.620 In the court of law, 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:24.800 their words were not counted as credible. 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.980 You never had a woman stand up and give witness. 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:29.860 It just simply wasn't counted. 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:34.500 So if Matthew was making up a story 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:36.560 of the risen Jesus, 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:41.379 you would never include women in your account. 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:44.139 Because it would be counterintuitive. 00:07:44.660 --> 00:07:46.759 It would undermine your purpose 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:47.819 for what you're writing. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.480 The only reason why Matthew would include women 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:55.020 and have as his eyewitnesses 00:07:55.020 --> 00:07:59.060 would be if it was true. 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:03.640 So what did these women see 00:08:03.640 --> 00:08:06.960 as the first eyewitnesses? 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.140 First, they saw Jesus die. 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:13.400 Again, look at verse 55. 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:16.220 Many women were there watching. 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:19.160 Well, what were they watching? 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.120 Well, Matthew's just recorded for us 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.320 the events surrounding the death of Jesus. 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:27.820 So they were present as Jesus died. 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:31.220 They were witnesses to his beatings, 00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:32.300 to his torture, 00:08:32.800 --> 00:08:33.980 to his crucifixion. 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.940 They saw Jesus' physical body 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:38.200 get weaker and weaker 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.860 as he struggled to draw in breath. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.399 They heard his cry of agony 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:48.080 and they saw as he breathed out his last. 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:51.339 Now, lots of people today 00:08:51.339 --> 00:08:53.339 will claim that Jesus didn't die. 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.139 That while he was on the cross, 00:08:56.219 --> 00:08:58.860 he only passed out or he fainted. 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:01.019 Is it true? 00:09:02.179 --> 00:09:04.379 Well, let's remember that these soldiers 00:09:04.379 --> 00:09:06.319 were experienced, 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:09.179 expert, executioners. 00:09:09.939 --> 00:09:13.360 It was their job to ensure people died. 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:15.560 And if people didn't die, 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.519 well, more than likely, 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:19.320 they would die themselves. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:22.899 So there's no reason for us to think 00:09:22.899 --> 00:09:25.779 that Jesus did not die. 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.500 According to the women who are present 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:29.779 and watching, 00:09:31.060 --> 00:09:33.340 well, Jesus died. 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:36.899 And second, 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:39.720 they saw Jesus buried. 00:09:41.060 --> 00:09:42.940 Joseph, a disciple of Jesus, 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:44.100 verse 57, 00:09:45.040 --> 00:09:46.360 went and asked Pilate 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:48.360 for the body of Jesus. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.540 It was important in Jewish tradition 00:09:50.540 --> 00:09:53.440 that the body would be buried 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.120 before Sabbath the following day, 00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:57.340 before sundown. 00:09:57.340 --> 00:09:59.160 So he goes to Pilate 00:09:59.160 --> 00:10:00.800 and asks for the body, 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:01.980 verse 59. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:03.920 Joseph took the body 00:10:03.920 --> 00:10:07.840 and wrapped it in clean linen cloth. 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:09.280 So the burial clothes, 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:11.320 wrapped from toe to head 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:12.300 all the way around. 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:14.340 So if there was any notion 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:16.160 of Jesus still being alive, 00:10:16.780 --> 00:10:18.519 he would surely be suffocated. 00:10:19.940 --> 00:10:21.060 Joseph took the body, 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.940 wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:26.100 placed it in his own new tomb, 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:28.460 so people weren't buried underground. 00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:30.720 It was a hole in the rock 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.399 and inside the rock 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:33.460 they would chisel out 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:34.680 or cut out a shelf 00:10:34.680 --> 00:10:36.759 into the rock area. 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:40.200 And then a big stone 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:41.639 was rolled in the front 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.779 of the entrance to the tomb 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:45.500 and went away. 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.040 And usually they put the stone in front 00:10:49.040 --> 00:10:51.340 to stop any wild animals 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:52.540 getting in. 00:10:54.060 --> 00:10:55.519 But look who's present. 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:57.740 Matthew gives us this information. 00:10:58.340 --> 00:10:59.440 But look who's there. 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:00.340 Verse 61. 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.899 Mary Magdalene 00:11:02.899 --> 00:11:04.960 and the other Mary 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:05.920 were sitting there 00:11:05.920 --> 00:11:07.120 opposite the tomb. 00:11:08.040 --> 00:11:09.139 The two Marys 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:09.960 who had witnessed 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.360 the death of Jesus 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:13.139 now witness 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:15.180 the burial of Jesus. 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:17.980 They see him being placed 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:19.480 into the tomb 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.960 and it all being sealed up. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:26.480 Third, 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.960 they saw Jesus raised. 00:11:30.800 --> 00:11:32.740 Chapter 28, verse 1. 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:35.100 After the Sabbath. 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:36.259 So, 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:37.820 Jesus had died 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:39.580 on Friday afternoon, 00:11:40.580 --> 00:11:41.360 was buried 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.480 before sundown on Friday, 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:45.139 so before 6pm. 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:47.279 he remains in the tomb 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:48.659 all of Saturday, 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.100 which is called 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:50.740 the Sabbath. 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:52.779 So, 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.879 after the Sabbath, 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.899 at dawn, 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:56.919 on the first day of the week, 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.120 which would be Sunday, 00:11:59.059 --> 00:11:59.980 Mary Magdalene 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:00.819 and the other Mary 00:12:00.819 --> 00:12:01.779 went to look 00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:02.939 at the tomb. 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:04.139 So, 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:04.840 here we have 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:06.000 the two Marys 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:06.819 again. 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.620 And what they witnessed 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.540 is incredible, 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:10.060 isn't it? 00:12:11.060 --> 00:12:11.540 Earthquakes, 00:12:12.260 --> 00:12:12.940 an angel. 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:15.120 Well, 00:12:15.140 --> 00:12:15.400 you say, 00:12:15.460 --> 00:12:16.180 that's just going 00:12:16.180 --> 00:12:17.300 a bit too far now. 00:12:17.379 --> 00:12:17.620 I mean, 00:12:17.680 --> 00:12:18.580 one thing to claim 00:12:18.580 --> 00:12:19.680 a resurrection, 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:21.160 but all this business 00:12:21.160 --> 00:12:21.900 of earthquakes 00:12:21.900 --> 00:12:22.760 and angels? 00:12:24.760 --> 00:12:25.200 Well, 00:12:25.260 --> 00:12:26.340 they weren't the only ones 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:26.860 to witness 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.879 what was going on, 00:12:27.920 --> 00:12:28.240 were they? 00:12:28.300 --> 00:12:29.160 Look at verse 4. 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:30.520 The guards, 00:12:30.520 --> 00:12:30.980 remember, 00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:32.100 there were guards 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:32.780 posted 00:12:32.780 --> 00:12:34.420 to keep an eye 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:34.960 in the tomb. 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:36.160 The guards 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:37.319 were so afraid 00:12:37.319 --> 00:12:37.740 of him 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:39.179 that they shook. 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.240 And literally, 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.279 the same word 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.120 there for shook 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:44.179 is earthquake. 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:45.419 They had their own 00:12:45.419 --> 00:12:46.319 little earthquake 00:12:46.319 --> 00:12:47.120 of fear. 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:49.019 And they became 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:50.159 like dead men 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.199 as the angel 00:12:52.199 --> 00:12:52.679 appeared. 00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:54.559 You see, 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:55.339 the guards 00:12:55.339 --> 00:12:56.100 back up 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:57.339 what the two Marys 00:12:57.339 --> 00:12:59.000 claim to have seen. 00:12:59.139 --> 00:12:59.600 Jump down 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:00.439 to verse 11. 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:01.539 While the women 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:02.360 were on their way, 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.259 some of the guards 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:04.360 went into the city 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:05.339 and reported 00:13:05.339 --> 00:13:06.019 to the chief 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:06.399 priests 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.139 everything 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:08.000 that had happened. 00:13:12.579 --> 00:13:13.059 So, 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:14.139 it wasn't just 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:14.620 the women, 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.679 but the guards 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.220 also. 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:17.059 This is no 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:18.319 made-up story. 00:13:19.579 --> 00:13:20.439 Let's go back 00:13:20.439 --> 00:13:21.039 to the women. 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:22.120 Seeing that 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:23.019 there was no body 00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:23.600 in the tomb, 00:13:23.699 --> 00:13:24.139 the angel 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:24.559 had said, 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:25.139 come and see 00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:26.319 where he lay. 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.000 No body there. 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:29.139 The angel 00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:30.019 then commands 00:13:30.019 --> 00:13:30.659 them to go 00:13:30.659 --> 00:13:31.240 and tell 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.439 the disciples. 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.519 Let's pick it up 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.139 in verse 8. 00:13:34.139 --> 00:13:34.360 So, 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:34.759 the women 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.500 hurried away 00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:36.220 from the tomb, 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:37.199 afraid, 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.100 yet filled 00:13:38.100 --> 00:13:38.699 with joy, 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.019 and ran 00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:40.480 to tell 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.199 his disciples. 00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:42.840 Suddenly, 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:43.860 Jesus met 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.159 them. 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:45.740 Greetings! 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.399 Now, 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.360 it's a funny 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:48.860 phrase, 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:49.960 this greetings. 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:50.639 It's not how 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:51.179 we kind of, 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:52.100 when we meet 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:52.419 people, 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:52.740 say, 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:53.360 we say, 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:53.720 hi, 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.100 hello, 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:55.559 or if Jesus 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.340 were from Cork, 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:56.740 he'd probably 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.019 say, 00:13:57.299 --> 00:13:57.939 how's it going? 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:59.640 It's just a 00:13:59.640 --> 00:14:00.600 really natural, 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.060 normal, 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:01.700 kind of like, 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.900 what are you 00:14:02.900 --> 00:14:04.100 so surprised at? 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.220 How are you 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:05.500 doing? 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:08.480 Why are you 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:09.200 surprised? 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.640 And they 00:14:11.640 --> 00:14:12.420 came to him, 00:14:12.560 --> 00:14:13.080 verse 9, 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.560 and clasped 00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:15.180 his feet 00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:16.140 and worshipped 00:14:16.140 --> 00:14:16.440 him. 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:18.640 Now, 00:14:18.680 --> 00:14:19.220 some say, 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:19.560 again, 00:14:19.660 --> 00:14:20.500 that they got 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.460 over-emotional 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.400 and excited, 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:24.000 that the 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.539 women didn't 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:25.240 really see 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.720 Jesus, 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.439 it was just 00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:27.720 a vision 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.379 or something 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.959 like that. 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:30.019 But this is 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.720 no vision. 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.919 This is the 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.659 physical, 00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:34.879 bodily 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.919 resurrection 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:36.679 of Jesus. 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:38.679 They grasp 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:39.419 a hold of 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:40.059 his feet, 00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:41.179 they actually 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:42.039 hold and 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:43.500 touch a 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.519 physical body, 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:45.439 the real 00:14:45.439 --> 00:14:45.939 Jesus. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.019 And in 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.500 visions, 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:50.539 or anything 00:14:50.539 --> 00:14:50.860 else, 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:52.000 that doesn't 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:52.279 happen, 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:52.959 you can't 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.480 grasp, 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.100 you can't 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.600 hold on 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:54.819 to. 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:57.139 So, 00:14:57.199 --> 00:14:57.799 Matthew is 00:14:57.799 --> 00:14:58.259 very, 00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:58.939 very clear 00:14:58.939 --> 00:14:59.779 to record 00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:00.939 the first 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:02.019 eyewitnesses 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.319 of the 00:15:02.319 --> 00:15:02.819 resurrection. 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.120 The women's 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:04.620 testimony 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.379 provides 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:06.339 evidence 00:15:06.339 --> 00:15:07.539 and 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.360 continuity. 00:15:09.100 --> 00:15:09.379 They were 00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.059 present at 00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:10.759 his death, 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:11.659 at his 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.259 burial, 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:13.779 and 00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.899 resurrection. 00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:16.100 They see, 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.240 hear, 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.899 and touch 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:20.399 the risen 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:20.860 Jesus. 00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.060 Jesus. 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:22.600 So, 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:22.820 there's 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.419 nothing in 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:23.980 this account 00:15:23.980 --> 00:15:25.100 that suggests 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.399 that we 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.019 should not 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:27.800 believe that 00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.240 this is 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:28.639 true. 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.019 So, 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.800 we have 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:33.419 the witness 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.800 to the 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.379 resurrection. 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.279 Second, 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:37.980 the meaning 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.399 of the 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:38.899 resurrection. 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.800 If this is 00:15:39.800 --> 00:15:40.480 all true, 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.399 if this is a 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:42.419 historical 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.279 fact, 00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:45.139 that Jesus 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.960 died, 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.899 was buried, 00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:48.039 and rose 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:48.399 again, 00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:49.459 what does 00:15:49.459 --> 00:15:49.819 it all 00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.059 mean? 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.159 What difference 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.679 does that 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.199 make to 00:15:52.199 --> 00:15:52.539 you and 00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:52.740 me? 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:54.939 Well, 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:55.879 four things 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.740 I think 00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.419 the resurrection 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.480 teaches us 00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:58.899 here. 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:00.459 Here's the 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:00.879 first. 00:16:02.220 --> 00:16:03.100 God does 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.620 something 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.299 for you. 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.659 Now, 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.259 most of the 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:07.679 time we 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.039 think of 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:08.459 Christianity 00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:09.399 like this, 00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.319 that we 00:16:10.319 --> 00:16:11.139 do something 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:12.059 for God, 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.579 and God 00:16:13.579 --> 00:16:14.179 does something 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:14.659 for me. 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:15.620 We come 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:16.339 to church 00:16:16.339 --> 00:16:16.919 like this, 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:17.759 we do 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.579 something for 00:16:18.579 --> 00:16:19.019 God, 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.279 in the hope 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:20.699 that, 00:16:21.099 --> 00:16:21.279 well, 00:16:21.359 --> 00:16:22.019 we've done 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.399 this, 00:16:22.839 --> 00:16:23.479 now he's 00:16:23.479 --> 00:16:23.899 going to 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.379 bless me, 00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:24.799 he's going 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.159 to do 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.579 something 00:16:25.579 --> 00:16:26.259 for me. 00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:27.099 It's 00:16:27.099 --> 00:16:28.159 transactional. 00:16:29.359 --> 00:16:29.939 But what 00:16:29.939 --> 00:16:30.579 the resurrection 00:16:30.579 --> 00:16:31.459 shows us 00:16:31.459 --> 00:16:31.779 is, 00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:32.519 is that 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.120 God 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:33.899 has come 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.379 to do 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:34.839 something 00:16:34.839 --> 00:16:36.299 for us. 00:16:37.739 --> 00:16:38.459 Everything 00:16:38.459 --> 00:16:39.379 that happens 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.740 tells us 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.479 that this 00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:41.919 is a 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.459 God 00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:43.839 intervention. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.500 This is 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:46.019 God's 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.459 initiative. 00:16:47.859 --> 00:16:48.319 Look at 00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:49.279 chapter 28, 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:49.979 verse 2. 00:16:52.239 --> 00:16:52.799 There was 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:53.620 a violent 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.399 earthquake, 00:16:55.339 --> 00:16:56.179 for an 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:56.899 angel of 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.339 the Lord 00:16:57.339 --> 00:16:58.439 came down 00:16:58.439 --> 00:16:59.199 from heaven 00:16:59.199 --> 00:17:00.359 and going 00:17:00.359 --> 00:17:00.779 to the 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.120 tomb, 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.519 rolled back 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.379 the stone 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:04.700 and sat 00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.200 on it. 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.159 Now, 00:17:06.179 --> 00:17:06.679 these aren't 00:17:06.679 --> 00:17:07.440 your normal 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.039 everyday 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.039 today events, 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:09.460 are they? 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:11.419 These things 00:17:11.419 --> 00:17:12.720 only happen 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.860 when God 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.900 is intervening 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.400 and God 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.860 has something 00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.500 to tell us. 00:17:16.860 --> 00:17:17.539 Angels have 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.180 already shown 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:18.600 up in 00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:18.920 Matthew. 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.200 Do you 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.559 remember 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.200 right back 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.460 at the 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:20.680 very 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.100 beginning 00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:22.620 when God 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.319 intervened 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:23.779 and told 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.120 Mary, 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.640 you're going 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.019 to have 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.680 a son 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.259 and his 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.720 name will 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.400 be called 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.600 Jesus, 00:17:30.600 --> 00:17:31.279 Emmanuel, 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.860 God 00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.700 with us. 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.039 It took 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:34.640 an angel, 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.579 an intervention 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:37.120 to tell 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:37.640 something 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.500 really important. 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.579 so God 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.279 comes again 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.720 through the 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.079 angel 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.539 and he's 00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:42.019 saying to 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.279 us, 00:17:42.660 --> 00:17:43.160 I have 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:43.619 come 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.420 to do 00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:45.039 something 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:46.319 for you. 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.759 You see, 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.480 the story 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.299 of Christianity 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:50.420 is not 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:50.980 about what 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.440 you can 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:51.900 do for 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.619 God, 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.180 but it's 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.940 all about 00:17:54.940 --> 00:17:55.680 what God 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.180 has done 00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:57.099 for you. 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.980 It's a 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.900 story of 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.559 grace. 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:03.000 It's not 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.759 about our 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.480 efforts or 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.319 our works, 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.299 but the 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.259 wonderful story 00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.920 of God's 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.559 intervention 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.000 into our 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.720 lives. 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.099 So what 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.539 has God 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:14.039 done for 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.259 you? 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:15.940 Well, 00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.539 first, 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:17.440 God 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.039 fulfills 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.900 our need 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.960 in the 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.200 risen 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.700 Jesus. 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.759 God 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.259 fulfills 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.779 our need 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.079 in the 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.279 risen 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.640 Jesus. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.299 Verse 5, 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.200 the angel 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.740 said to 00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.140 the woman, 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.119 to these 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:28.420 two 00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.980 Marys, 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.559 do not 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.299 be afraid, 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.519 for I 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.180 know that 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.519 you are 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.099 looking for 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.559 Jesus, 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:35.599 who was 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.160 crucified. 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.740 Jesus, 00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:38.619 the women 00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.400 are looking 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:40.079 for Jesus, 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.859 but they're 00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.440 looking for 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:43.379 a crucified 00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.519 Jesus. 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.740 They're 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.339 coming to 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:47.200 remember a 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:47.819 dead 00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.619 Jesus. 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.559 The best 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.920 that they 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.339 can hope 00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.660 for as 00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.240 they arrive 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.539 at the 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.279 tomb is 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.819 to somehow 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.440 keep his 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.140 memory 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:55.299 alive, 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.980 reminders of 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.420 things he 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:57.960 had said 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.440 and did 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.379 and how 00:18:59.379 --> 00:18:59.859 they had 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.920 served him. 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.779 But now, 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.480 instead of 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.200 grieving over 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.859 a dead 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:05.400 Jesus, 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:07.340 they received 00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:07.920 news of 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.519 a living 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.100 Jesus. 00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:09.800 Verse 6, 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.960 he is not 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.420 here. 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.640 He has 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.720 risen. 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:17.980 Now, 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.480 let's think 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:18.980 about that 00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.300 for a 00:19:19.300 --> 00:19:19.440 minute. 00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:19.900 You see, 00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:20.720 our problem 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.180 is, 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.440 our 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.420 expectations 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:25.620 are not 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.740 high enough. 00:19:27.800 --> 00:19:28.180 They're 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.120 far too 00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:30.080 low. 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.380 The women 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:32.740 never expected 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.960 a risen 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.400 Jesus. 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.840 their 00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.700 expectations 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.160 weren't 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.880 high enough. 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.340 They were 00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:38.420 too low. 00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:39.820 You see, 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.519 unlike them 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:41.920 in some 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.140 ways, 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.940 we invest 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.800 in things 00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:44.400 and people. 00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:45.820 But the 00:19:45.820 --> 00:19:46.759 problem is, 00:19:47.100 --> 00:19:48.019 death comes 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.140 along and 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.120 destroys our 00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:51.180 dreams and 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.100 steals away 00:19:52.100 --> 00:19:52.620 the people 00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:53.000 that we 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.360 love. 00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:55.500 We say to 00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.280 ourselves as 00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:56.940 we invest 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.519 in things, 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.620 if only I 00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:59.460 could have, 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:01.060 what would 00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:01.560 you have? 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.379 If only I 00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:02.960 could have 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.859 a mortgage 00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.899 free house. 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.220 Is that 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.539 what you 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.059 hope for 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.460 today? 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.740 Or are you 00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.359 hoping for 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.379 better health? 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.519 Or maybe 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:14.940 you're just 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.440 looking for 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.079 that true 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.859 and special 00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.440 friend. 00:20:19.179 --> 00:20:19.980 Maybe life 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.460 is hectic 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:21.119 and the one 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.440 thing you 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.859 want is 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:23.259 more time, 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.619 more time 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:25.259 to me. 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:27.279 if I 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.980 had, 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.559 now you 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.099 fill in the 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.460 blank, 00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.559 what you 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.400 want this 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.839 morning, 00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.920 then if I 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.299 had it, 00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.900 my life 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.259 would be 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.740 content. 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:39.000 But here's 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.579 the problem, 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.920 death 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.779 ruins 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.480 everything. 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.420 We either 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.920 die or 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.559 those we 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:48.079 love die. 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.180 And the 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.619 things that 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.039 we long 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.140 for don't 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.619 last. 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.220 You see, 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.259 we set 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.460 our expectations 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:56.220 too low. 00:20:57.340 --> 00:20:57.920 But there 00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.740 is someone 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.400 who is 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.140 better and 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.539 greater, 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.400 who will 00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.559 fulfil our 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:02.980 needs. 00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.940 Rather than 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.360 a dead 00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.819 Jesus, 00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.740 we're given 00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.340 a risen 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.420 and living 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.960 Jesus. 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.500 One who's 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.180 never going 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.960 to disappoint 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.360 you, 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.079 and one 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:12.779 who's never 00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.340 ever going 00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.799 to leave 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:13.980 you. 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:15.079 He can't 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.579 be taken 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.440 from you, 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.319 and you 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.960 can't be 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.680 taken from 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.039 him. 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.620 Jesus 00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.640 will forever 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.660 meet us 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.840 in our 00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.380 needs. 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:26.240 well, 00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.660 how can 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:26.980 we be 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.600 so sure? 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.440 Well, 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:29.920 we must 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.640 believe his 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.299 promise. 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.319 Look what 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:32.720 the angel 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.240 said in 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.860 verse 6. 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.799 He's not 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.100 here, 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:35.799 he has 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.220 risen, 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:39.380 just as 00:21:39.380 --> 00:21:40.039 he said. 00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:42.100 Three times 00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:43.180 Matthew records 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:44.240 for us that 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.539 Jesus specifically 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.440 told them that 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.960 he was going 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.660 to die 00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:49.340 and suffer 00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:50.660 and on the 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.319 third day 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.400 rise again. 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.120 Three times. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.559 The women 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.240 heard it, 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.440 but they 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.339 never believed 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.119 his words. 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.559 And now 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.179 as the angel 00:21:59.179 --> 00:21:59.720 comes to 00:21:59.720 --> 00:21:59.919 him and 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.079 says, 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.980 he's risen, 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.759 he's not 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.099 here, 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.079 just as 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.579 he said, 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.379 it all 00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:05.079 begins to 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.599 click and 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.240 make sense. 00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.419 His words 00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:08.579 are true. 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.419 I can 00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:10.559 trust what 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.339 he says. 00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.059 Jesus 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.619 does what 00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.299 he says. 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.319 He will 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.039 not fail 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.460 you or 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.220 forsake you. 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.919 He will 00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.619 provide 00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.759 sufficient 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.980 grace in 00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.160 your 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.599 weakness. 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:23.440 He will 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.160 strengthen 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.099 you in 00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.480 every 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.160 crisis. 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.059 He will 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.779 fill you 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.640 with peace 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.500 in every 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.339 anxiety. 00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:31.160 He will 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.160 comfort you 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.920 in your 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.339 grief. 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.000 He will 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.420 be your 00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.579 rock in 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.480 every fear. 00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.160 He will 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.599 be your 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.819 joy in 00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.019 your 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.539 suffering. 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.379 He will 00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.799 be your 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.960 hope in 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.519 death. 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.279 He will 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.940 fulfill 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.140 your need 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.099 today, 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.240 tomorrow, 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.200 and into 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.900 the future. 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.220 Never 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.059 settle for 00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:55.240 anything less. 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.880 Don't have 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.100 your 00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:58.080 expectations 00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:59.100 down here 00:22:59.100 --> 00:23:00.080 in things 00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:00.759 and people. 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.640 Set your 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.600 expectations 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.819 in the 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.279 risen, 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.299 living 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.240 Jesus 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.180 who has 00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.779 conquered 00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.799 death. 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.240 So what 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.660 has God 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.140 done for 00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.380 you? 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.200 He 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.900 fulfills 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.740 your every 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.940 need in 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.400 the risen 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.039 Jesus. 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.660 Second, 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.600 he secures 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.559 your future 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.799 in the 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.039 risen 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.600 Jesus. 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.059 Listen to 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.539 what God 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.019 said to 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.559 the angel. 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.340 Verse 00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.759 7. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.779 Then go 00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.580 quickly, 00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.320 tell his 00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:36.940 disciples, 00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:37.960 he has 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.539 risen from 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.039 the dead 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.680 and is 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.299 going ahead 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.680 of you 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.320 into 00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:41.880 Galilee. 00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:42.880 There 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.299 you will 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.940 see him. 00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.880 Again, 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.640 another 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.259 promise. 00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.160 Jesus 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.799 is risen, 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.720 go, 00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.920 you will 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.019 see him. 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.360 Can they 00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.840 trust the 00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.259 promise? 00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.640 Well, 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.000 again, 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.380 look at 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.880 verse 8. 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.360 The women 00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.720 hurried 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.279 away from 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.759 the tomb, 00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.740 afraid, 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.500 yet filled 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.100 with joy, 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.080 and ran 00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.539 to tell 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.220 his disciples. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.360 Suddenly, 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:04.980 Jesus 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.759 met them. 00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:07.860 Greetings. 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.100 They 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.660 came to 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:10.980 him, 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.600 glass, 00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.420 clasped 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.080 his feet, 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.860 and worshipped 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.159 him. 00:24:17.719 --> 00:24:18.319 Now, 00:24:18.459 --> 00:24:19.500 what happens 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.539 at that 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.259 moment? 00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.899 What the 00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.979 women heard 00:24:23.979 --> 00:24:25.679 and experienced 00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:27.179 as they 00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.879 heard the 00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.419 angel's 00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.879 voice, 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.139 and as 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.799 they saw 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.379 and touched 00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:31.839 the risen 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.379 Jesus, 00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.979 shows us 00:24:33.979 --> 00:24:35.519 what we 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.399 too can 00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.059 expect. 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.559 You see, 00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.240 God is 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.039 telling us 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.000 the same 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.439 thing. 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:43.019 Jesus 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.160 has gone 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.740 ahead of 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.019 you. 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.279 He has 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.880 died, 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.519 he is 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.980 risen, 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.200 and you 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:50.580 will see 00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:50.960 him. 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.500 It's what 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.100 gives us 00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:55.320 sure and 00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:56.299 certain hope. 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.620 The same 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.340 words that 00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:58.900 are spoken 00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.320 to the 00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:00.140 women are 00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.900 spoken to 00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.600 us today. 00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.680 He's gone 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.279 ahead of 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.539 you. 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.100 He's 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.580 risen. 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:06.980 You 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.180 will see 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.480 him. 00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:09.980 How do 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.420 we know? 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.620 Well, 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.000 have a 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.320 look at 00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:13.960 1 Peter 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.560 with me 00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:16.100 in your 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.500 Bibles. 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.400 1 Peter. 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.480 Somebody's 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.759 got a 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.380 page number. 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.680 I'm 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.200 sorry I 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.660 haven't 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.880 been 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.320 prepared 00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:26.039 there and 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.600 got it 00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:26.860 ready. 00:25:27.060 --> 00:25:27.759 1 Peter 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.660 chapter 1, 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.640 if anyone 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.200 has it. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.880 1 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.940 1 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:38.020 1 00:25:38.020 --> 00:25:38.240 2 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.320 1 00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:39.380 1 00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:42.300 1 00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:42.640 Peter 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.440 chapter 1. 00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:45.300 Here the 00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:46.080 New Testament 00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.820 authors 00:25:46.820 --> 00:25:49.620 explain 00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.300 for us 00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:51.020 what the 00:25:51.020 --> 00:25:51.620 resurrection 00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.740 means, 00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.280 how they 00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:54.120 understood 00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.600 Jesus' 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.420 promises 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.420 of great 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.820 hope. 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.140 Let's 00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.660 read it. 00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.460 1 Peter 00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.300 chapter 1 00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.540 verse 3. 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:07.539 praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:09.899 in his great mercy 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:12.799 he has given us new birth 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.460 into a living hope 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:20.019 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.639 and look 00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:23.819 and into an inheritance 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:26.539 that can never perish 00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:29.359 spoil or fade 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:33.219 this inheritance is kept in heaven 00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:34.559 for you 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:37.000 who through faith 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:40.059 are shielded by God's power 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:43.599 until the coming of the salvation 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:47.319 let's go back to chapter 28 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:49.019 Matthew 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:53.959 you see the resurrection of Jesus secures our future 00:26:53.959 --> 00:26:55.979 did you see what it said 00:26:55.979 --> 00:26:58.879 we are kept for heaven 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:03.480 and heaven is kept for us 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:05.360 a double security 00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:08.780 by faith in the promises of Jesus 00:27:08.780 --> 00:27:11.480 his life becomes our life 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:13.140 where Jesus is gone 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.320 we will follow 00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:16.540 Jesus is risen from the dead 00:27:16.540 --> 00:27:18.180 he's gone ahead of you 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:19.860 you will see him 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:22.720 that will be true for you and for me 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.720 as we trust in him 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.319 our death 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:29.400 is not the end 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:31.700 it is only a step 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.180 through the door 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:35.819 into his eternal kingdom 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:38.120 forever and forever 00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:40.279 so he fulfills our need 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:42.759 he secures our future 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:45.440 and he gives us 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.839 a purpose 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:49.299 listen to what Jesus says 00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.940 to the women 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.680 verse 10 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:52.640 Jesus said to them 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:54.640 do not be afraid 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:56.900 go and tell my brothers 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.080 to go to Galilee 00:27:58.080 --> 00:28:00.059 there they will see me 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:03.220 the women have been commissioned 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:05.920 with the greatest news ever 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.680 go tell the disciples 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:09.559 they think I'm dead 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.039 they don't think I'm going to rise 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.440 but go tell them 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:14.519 that they're going to see me 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:17.000 tell them that I've been raised 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.759 from the dead 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.259 tell them that God 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.940 has done something for you 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.899 that he fulfills your need 00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:24.680 and secures your future 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:26.899 you see rather than 00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.799 their serving coming to an end 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:31.119 they've been given a new purpose 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.799 in life 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:34.000 to announce the sure and certain 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.299 hope of the resurrection 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:39.680 you see all of us here today 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:42.660 so desperately want our lives 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.240 to matter 00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:45.580 we want what we do 00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.539 to count 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:48.279 that somehow 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.980 when I die 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:52.779 that what I gave my life to 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.820 will mean something 00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:57.080 that we want to leave 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.120 our children 00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:59.279 an inheritance 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:01.519 or we want to be known to 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:03.400 everybody as a good neighbour 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:06.120 we want to leave the world 00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:07.279 a better place 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:08.599 fairer 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.859 and more equal 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:13.259 and it's all very noble 00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.639 to want these things 00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:16.519 but the problem is 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.599 within a few years 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.379 of our death 00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:20.200 our life will be forgotten 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.799 who we are 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.700 and what we do 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:25.019 will not be remembered 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:27.759 we will be replaced 00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.859 by someone else 00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:30.000 or something else 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.119 and in fact 00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:32.279 the Bible tells us 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.899 this world 00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:34.019 that we live in today 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:36.139 is all going to come 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.960 to an end 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:39.360 but the risen Jesus 00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.640 comes and he gives us 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.420 a new purpose 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.779 he calls us 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.680 to invest 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.720 our life 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.620 in his resurrection 00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:49.200 to tell the story 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.579 of the resurrection 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:52.259 because what God 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.440 has done in Jesus 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:55.360 has an eternal effect 00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:57.200 it lasts forever 00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.460 and forever 00:29:58.460 --> 00:30:01.000 our life is not about 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.620 becoming the best person 00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:04.460 or the best anything 00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:07.259 the greatest legacy 00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.680 that we could ever 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:09.779 leave our family 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:11.079 the greatest thing 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.900 we could ever do 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.779 for our neighbour 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:15.180 anything that we could do 00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:17.440 is to share the certain hope 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.819 of the resurrection 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:21.140 and that's what the women 00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.380 have been called to do 00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.620 and if we are Christians today 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:26.380 this is our purpose 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.680 as we go to work 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.799 as we go about our life 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.119 to declare and proclaim 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.639 that Jesus 00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:35.240 is risen 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:38.579 so the resurrection 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.500 tells us 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.599 that God has done 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.799 something for you 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.519 he fulfills 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.839 your needs 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.599 he secures 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.379 your future 00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:49.059 and he gives you 00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.379 a purpose 00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:54.759 so we look at the witness 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.339 we've looked at the meaning 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:00.700 but what about 00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.740 this whole business 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.140 of the religious leaders 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.980 and the guards 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.519 that we read about 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.299 in the text 00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:08.900 because it seems like 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.720 that some people 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.559 just don't want 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.259 the resurrection 00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.440 to be true 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:18.119 look at the religious leaders 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.839 here with me 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:20.339 they remember 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.779 what Jesus had said 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.960 before his death 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.240 of course they don't believe it 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:27.380 they're just really concerned 00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.700 of what might happen 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:30.340 if the body of Jesus 00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.299 goes missing 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:33.059 so they go to Pilate 00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.460 don't they 00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.100 look at verse 63 00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:36.380 chapter 27 00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.799 verse 63 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:40.519 so they said 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.140 we remember 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.319 that while Jesus 00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.319 was still alive 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.500 that deceiver said 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.259 after three days 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.340 I will rise again 00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:51.480 so give the order 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.160 for the tomb 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.259 to be made secure 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.420 until the third day 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.220 otherwise 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.259 his disciples 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.900 may come 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:58.320 steal the body 00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.660 and tell the people 00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.519 that he's been raised 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.200 from the dead 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:03.500 this deception 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.620 will be the worst 00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:06.160 than the first 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:08.480 so Pilate 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.440 gives the orders 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:11.240 he sends some guards 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.960 there's more than 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.900 one guard here 00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.279 he sends their guard 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.519 they seal up 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:15.940 the tomb 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.019 as best that they can 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:18.500 everybody's in 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.320 place 00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.640 case closed 00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:22.500 there can be no 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:24.220 resurrection story 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:28.120 but what happens 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:30.400 Jesus does rise 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.660 and the guards 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.259 as we saw 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.380 in chapter 28 00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.060 verse 4 00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:35.259 are witnesses 00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:36.080 to the fact 00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:37.140 that it did happen 00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:39.340 and what do they do 00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:41.040 look at verse 11 00:32:41.040 --> 00:32:42.280 while the women 00:32:42.280 --> 00:32:43.180 were on their way 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.740 some of the guards 00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:46.400 went into the city 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.519 and reported 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.240 to the chief 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.680 priest 00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.840 everything that 00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.400 had happened 00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.740 you wouldn't 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.480 believe it 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.180 we were on guard 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.420 and an angel 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:55.960 appeared 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:57.220 and he rolled 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.200 back this tomb 00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.420 and the body 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:01.080 there was no body 00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:04.480 verse 12 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.220 when the chief 00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.759 priests 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.259 had met 00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.060 with the elders 00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:09.400 and devised a plan 00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.980 because they 00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.560 couldn't have 00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.360 arisen Jesus 00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.900 could they 00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:14.380 they gave 00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.060 the soldiers 00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:15.880 a large sum 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.360 of money 00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.660 telling them 00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:19.140 you are to say 00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:20.840 his disciples 00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.680 came during 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.220 the night 00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.759 and stole 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.440 him away 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.700 while we 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.519 were asleep 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:30.000 the thing is 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:31.420 they know 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.140 it's true 00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:33.880 so why do 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.540 they tell 00:33:34.540 --> 00:33:35.620 the lies 00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:37.000 why the 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.759 cover up 00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:40.000 why bribe 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.860 the soldiers 00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:42.000 who are 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.540 witnesses 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:44.319 why do 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.879 the religious 00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.519 leaders 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:47.259 not want 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.139 the resurrection 00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.980 to be true 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:51.159 and why is it 00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.659 today 00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:53.039 that people 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.639 do not want 00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.240 the resurrection 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.180 to be true 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.180 why do people 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.740 come up with 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.359 all crazy ideas 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.980 he didn't die 00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.980 they went to 00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.819 the wrong tomb 00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.480 the body 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.180 was stolen 00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.639 no it wasn't 00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.079 stolen 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.539 they made it 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.880 up 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.619 why do people 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.199 not want the 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:12.659 resurrection 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.399 to be true 00:34:13.399 --> 00:34:15.919 well let me 00:34:15.919 --> 00:34:16.519 give you one 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:16.960 reason 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:19.659 Jesus is 00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.079 God 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:22.099 do you see 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.599 what it says 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.039 at the end 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.439 of verse 00:34:23.439 --> 00:34:24.259 64 00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:26.099 they said 00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.719 the last 00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.319 deception 00:34:27.319 --> 00:34:28.879 will be worse 00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.759 than the first 00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:31.480 Jesus' 00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.259 claim 00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:33.279 all through 00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:34.019 his ministry 00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.359 was that 00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.819 he was 00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.379 God 00:34:36.379 --> 00:34:38.379 that he was 00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:39.419 God's 00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:39.919 Messiah 00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:41.380 God 00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.860 man 00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.680 and they 00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.340 can't cope 00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.860 with that 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:46.099 they can't 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.420 cope 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.079 that Jesus 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.740 is God 00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.740 so if the 00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.139 resurrection 00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.300 is true 00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:51.680 it proves 00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.139 that what 00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.159 Jesus claimed 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:54.099 about himself 00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.700 is true 00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.680 that he is 00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:56.159 God 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.000 his resurrection 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.099 proves 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.039 that he's the 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.619 son of God 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.500 with absolute 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.059 power 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:03.220 and supreme 00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.880 authority 00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.820 and we 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.420 struggle 00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.039 with that 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.059 just as the 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.900 religious leaders 00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.340 does 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.380 because it 00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.400 challenges 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.980 our desire 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.539 to rule 00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.980 our own 00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.519 lives 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.720 you see 00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.480 we prefer 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.220 a dead 00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.780 Jesus 00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:19.119 who has 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:20.019 no claim 00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.760 over our 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.260 life 00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:22.619 than a 00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:22.940 living 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.480 Jesus 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.940 who commands 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.840 our devotion 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:27.280 and allegiance 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:29.260 we much 00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:30.160 prefer a 00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.700 dead 00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.300 Jesus 00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:32.660 that has 00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.480 no claim 00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.100 over our 00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.580 life 00:35:34.580 --> 00:35:35.640 than a 00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:35.940 living 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.440 Jesus 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.620 who commands 00:35:37.620 --> 00:35:38.440 our devotion 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.780 and allegiance 00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:41.560 you see 00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:41.880 if the 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.280 resurrection 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.280 is true 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.620 then it 00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.260 confronts 00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.180 our challenge 00:35:46.180 --> 00:35:47.300 it confronts 00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.680 us and 00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.200 challenges 00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.720 us 00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.900 over our 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.340 desire 00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.019 to rule 00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.940 my 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.800 life 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:54.200 that's 00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.780 why people 00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.320 don't want 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.920 the resurrection 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.700 to be true 00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:59.059 in contrast 00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.879 look at the 00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.219 women 00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.159 verse 9 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:05.960 suddenly 00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.439 Jesus 00:36:06.439 --> 00:36:07.139 met them 00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.699 and they 00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.419 clasped 00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.079 his feet 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.859 and worshipped 00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.159 him 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:14.539 their actions 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.879 reflect 00:36:15.879 --> 00:36:17.059 what's in 00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.739 their heart 00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:19.699 they bow 00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.519 before 00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.000 Jesus 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.839 they grasp 00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.639 his feet 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.519 it's an 00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.259 action of 00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.739 worship 00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.779 it's both 00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.239 one of 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.879 submission 00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:29.179 they are 00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.639 saying to 00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.059 Jesus 00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.279 all my 00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:32.139 life belongs 00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.679 to you 00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:34.039 and one 00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.719 of devotion 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:36.039 I will 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.739 love you 00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:37.959 above all 00:36:37.959 --> 00:36:38.500 else 00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.779 I'll give 00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.359 my life 00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:40.879 to you 00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:42.079 and I 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.599 will love 00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.979 you 00:36:42.979 --> 00:36:44.019 submission 00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:45.559 and devotion 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.219 the 00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.879 resurrection 00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.799 proves 00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.219 Jesus 00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.939 is God 00:36:49.939 --> 00:36:51.099 and they 00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.039 worship 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.479 him 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.880 the challenge 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.400 to us 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.780 is 00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.579 do we 00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.079 worship 00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.659 the risen 00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.260 Jesus 00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.119 do we 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.740 submit to 00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.000 him 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.539 do we 00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.139 devote our 00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.659 lives to 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:05.960 him 00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.780 do we 00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.579 bow before 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.019 him and 00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.300 say 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.679 my life 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.639 is yours 00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:14.019 I will 00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.799 love you 00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.879 above all 00:37:15.879 --> 00:37:16.400 else 00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:19.839 he's the 00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.440 risen one 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.219 let's 00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.679 worship 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:24.759 let's pray 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:31.240 our father 00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.820 god we 00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.440 thank you 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.180 for this 00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:34.260 account in 00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.740 matthew 00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:37.020 this true 00:37:37.020 --> 00:37:37.720 story 00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.860 this true 00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.640 event 00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:41.980 of jesus 00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.060 risen from 00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:43.600 the dead 00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:45.360 fulfilling 00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.260 our needs 00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.780 securing 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.680 our future 00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:51.060 giving us 00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:52.060 life today 00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:53.860 purpose 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.260 and meaning 00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.960 thank you 00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.500 for all 00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.840 that you 00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.400 have done 00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.940 and we 00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.400 pray 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.180 and ask 00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.599 that we 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.960 would be 00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.460 a people 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.180 who worship 00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.599 you 00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.059 with all 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.380 of our 00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.820 life 00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:07.400 in jesus 00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.880 name 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:09.240 amen 00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:13.680 we're going 00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.120 to sing 00:38:14.120 --> 00:38:14.680 together 00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:16.920 for some 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.380 people it 00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:17.780 might be 00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.140 new 00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:20.940 what is 00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.620 our hope 00:38:21.620 --> 00:38:23.059 in life 00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.680 and death 00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:25.579 christ 00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:27.279 alone 00:38:27.279 --> 00:38:28.179 christ 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.940 alone 00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.500 let's 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.779 stand 00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.239 together 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.619 as we 00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.919 sing 00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:40.900 to 00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:42.559 hear 00:38:42.559 --> 00:39:02.559 Thank you.