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 Father, we ask that the Holy Spirit would fall with gentle power and deep conviction upon us as we look at your word.

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 And Father, we ask that you would draw us to Jesus, that you would help us to once again understand afresh who he is and what he accomplished for us in his death upon the cross.

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 Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would so move and work within us, that we might once again fall in love with what he has done for us.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Last Sunday I talked about money. Today I'm going to talk about death.

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 Talking about death not because I'm morbid, it's the scripture text basically invites us and tells us to talk about death.

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 That's what the scripture text is about.

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 Just this past week I heard from a member of the congregation that somebody that they know and I know, I don't know them super well, but I know them.

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 I've seen them six or seven or eight times. I know them.

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 If I saw them in the street, I'd say hi.

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 And I just heard the news that they'd gotten terrible news in the last week or so.

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 And the terrible news in the last week or so was that their young son, who hadn't been developing properly, they'd finally got the test results in.

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 In fact, they thought at first that he had a hearing problem and they were giving him lots of hearing tests.

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 But it turns out that he has a degenerative brain disease.

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 And it means that in fact, the mental level that he's reached right now and he's still nonverbal is the maximum he's ever going to reach.

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 And the disease will eventually kill him, probably in his early teens.

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 Very, very hard and sobering news, as you can well imagine, for a young child, parents of a young child.

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 They're very devout Christians.

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 But it's still a very hard thing.

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 I'm not going to tell you his name, but if you want to commit him to prayer, his name is Bobby.

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 That's the name.

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 If you're a guest here, I call guys Bob and I call girls Sue, just to not slip up and reveal somebody's name as a general rule.

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 If you're here and your name is Bob or you're a woman, your name is Sue, I'm not talking about you.

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 It's just a habit I've developed.

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 You might want to pray for him and his family.

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 I mention this because it's very easy for Christians.

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 It can be easy for me to talk about death in an apologetic way as if I want to try to win an argument

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 and show the superiority of the Christian worldview in light of Buddhism or secularism or atheism or Islam.

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 And there's not necessarily anything wrong about that.

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 But the fact of the matter is, is that as we all know, that death is in fact not an issue just of the intellect or a philosophy or of ideology,

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 that in fact it's a deeply personal issue.

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 And that I am aware, whether it's some of the people who will listen to this sermon online through a podcast later on,

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 or whether it's some of you here, that you in fact might be struggling a little bit with some news about yourself

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 that has health consequences or a loved one, in a sense like we now are, not struggling with it,

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 but very conscious of the reality and the certainty of death.

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 It's in fact also almost definitely the case that one of the reasons our culture is reacting the way we are right now to COVID-19

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 is the horrific images that were shown in TV about the hospital situation in Italy at the height of the crisis in that country.

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 And I know for a fact that people in the congregation who are very, very worried that their fate might be to end up dying,

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 gasping for breath without a ventilator in a hospital hallway separated from loved ones.

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 So death is a very personal and present issue.

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 It's also very sort of curious because it's an issue that in Canada we're not really allowed to talk about.

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 In fact, if I was to be invited once the lockdown is over and we can once again don't have to have social distancing

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 and you invite me to a party, and if I was to start asking your friends from work or your neighbours who'd come to the party,

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 by the way, if you've been thinking about death lately, you should.

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 But you would view that as a very rude thing to do, and I wouldn't be invited back to another party that you would throw

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 because it's just viewed as a very un-Canadian thing, even though it's in fact something which is inevitable and deeply personal.

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 The scripture text that we're going to look at today talks about death in a very important and significant way.

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 So I invite you to turn in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verses 1 to 11.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 15, verses 1 to 11.

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 And let's plunge into reading it and I'll draw out the significance about death and meaning

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 and I'll try to remember to return to Bobby and his parents at the end

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 because this text, in fact, is a profound comfort to them or can be.

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 Now, I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the gospel I preached to you,

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 which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved,

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 if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

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 I just sort of want to pause there for a second and tell you a little bit about the person writing this letter

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 and the profound significance of what he's just written.

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 This letter was probably written sometime 51, 52, 53 AD.

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 I know it's a very long time and some of you are going to doubt that a text that was written so long ago

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 could possibly have anything to say about death that could be relevant to us today.

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 But I'll get to that in a moment.

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 But here's the significant thing about this, brothers and sisters.

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 Because the fact of the matter is, is that the fellow who wrote this,

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 whether it was the year 51 or 52 or 53, it's not clear where it was written,

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 but somewhere in that time period,

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 the person who wrote it was what we would now call

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 an extreme religious fundamentalist fanatic.

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 And he wasn't just a religious fanatic.

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 He had weaponized his fanaticism in the worst possible way.

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 He believed in his own narrow understanding of Judaism,

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 and he believed in his own narrow way of expressing and living that Judaism.

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 And anybody who did not fall into that narrow category,

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 he would have seen as anathema.

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 And there's, in fact, a public record.

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 He himself confesses to it that he was, in fact,

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 complicit in the death of at least one innocent man.

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 And, in fact, he was off in a crusade to hurt and imprison,

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 to beat and imprison people whom he disagreed with in another city.

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 And that was the man, that is the man who's writing this letter.

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 And yet, he's writing to a place in Greece.

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 He's in what we would now call Turkey.

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 And he's writing to a city in Corinth,

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 which we now would call us being in Greece.

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 And he's writing to this city,

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 and he's talking to mainly pagans.

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 And he calls them his brother and sister.

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 So what could have gone on between this man

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 and maybe 15, 16, 17 years earlier,

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 he was a weaponized, religious, fundamentalist, extremist fanatic,

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 complicit in the death of an innocent man

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 and desiring to imprison and beat other men.

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 And what could possibly have led him now,

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 15 or so years later,

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 to write this letter where he refers to pagans,

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 ex-pagans, as his brothers and sisters?

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 And the answer would be,

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 this is what he would tell you

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 and what he'd tell you in his writing.

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 And it's not a matter of debate

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 amongst even the most skeptical scholar

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 that we have some of his letters

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 that are still known and read today.

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 And what he would say is this,

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 that what completely and utterly changed his life

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 was that he met Jesus

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 after Jesus had risen from the dead.

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 He met Jesus after Jesus was risen from the dead.

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 And that in and of itself wasn't all.

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 But in meeting Jesus risen from the dead,

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 he also understood why Jesus had died

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 and why Jesus had died for him.

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 And this completely and utterly

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 transforms the life of this man

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 to the point that he went from being a man

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 to inflict death upon others

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 to a man who risked his own personal death

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 for the sake of people very other than him

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 in the hope and the prayer

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 that he would be able to call them

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 his brothers and sisters in Christ.

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 So what does he say?

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 In fact, partly this is going to be him

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 bearing witness to the fact

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 that what completely and utterly transformed him

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 was the fact that he met in history,

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 in real time, Jesus after Jesus

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 had died and risen from the dead.

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 Let's continue on, verse 3,

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 and we'll see how he comes to this.

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 For I delivered to you as a first importance

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 what I also received,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the scriptures,

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 that he was buried,

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 that he was raised on the third day

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 in accordance with the scriptures,

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 and then he appeared to Cephas

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 and then to the twelve.

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 And Cephas is another way

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 of referring to the man

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 that we now primarily know of as Peter.

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 Now some of you might say,

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 okay, well, George,

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 that's sort of interesting,

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 but how can that possibly...

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 Well, let's just look at what he says.

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 I'm going to talk about the fact

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 that even though this is written

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 1950 some odd years ago,

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 1970 years ago,

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 how it's still in fact

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 profoundly relevant to us today.

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 Notice what he has said,

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 that that's what he understood,

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 that's what he teaches,

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 that's what he believes,

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 that Jesus,

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 look again at verse 3,

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 that Christ died for our sins

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 in accordance with the scriptures,

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 that he was buried,

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 that he was raised on the third day

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 in accordance with the scriptures,

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 and that he appeared to Cephas

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 and then to the twelve.

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 And some of you are saying,

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 well, no, it's George,

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 it's all mixed up with...

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 Listen to what he says,

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 and we'll come back

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 to some of your objections.

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 I really will.

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 He mentions that Jesus,

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 after his death,

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 appears to Cephas

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 and then to the twelve.

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 Then in verse 6,

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 he says,

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 then he appeared

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 to more than 500 brothers

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 at one time,

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 most of whom were still alive,

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 though some have fallen asleep.

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 And that phrase here

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 is also very,

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 very significant brothers.

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 One of the things

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 which is interesting

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 about this list

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 is that he's basically

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 omitted references

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 to the women.

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 Now,

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 it doesn't mean

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 that the Bible

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 agrees with this.

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 In fact,

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 one of the ways

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 that we know

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 that the Bible

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 doesn't agree with this

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 is the fact

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 that even though

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 in both Greek

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 and Roman

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 and Jewish culture,

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 the testimony

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 of a woman

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 wasn't considered

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 as valid or real,

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 to show what God

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 thinks about it is,

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 in a sense,

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 just to show what God

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 thinks about all of that,

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 the very, very first witness

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 to the resurrection

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 is a woman.

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 That's Mary Magdalene,

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 right?

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 And so that sort of shows

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 what God thinks about it.

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 But Paul here

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 isn't just trying to,

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 in a sense,

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 shame the people

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 into thinking

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 a different way

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 about women.

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 He just wants to try

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 to present the evidence.

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 So it's very interesting

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 because you see

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 what's missing from this list

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 as you'll see in a moment

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 is there's no reference

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 to Mary Magdalene.

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 There's no reference

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 to Mary Magdalene

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 and Mary,

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 whose last name

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 we don't know.

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 And there's no reference

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 to Cleopas

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 and his unnamed companion,

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 which was probably

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 either his wife

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 or his sister.

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 So three of the clear

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 evidences

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 of Jesus' resurrection

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 are omitted

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 from this list.

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 And he uses

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 the word brothers.

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 And it's not clear

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 whether it should be

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 brothers or brothers

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 and sisters.

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 But here's the significant thing.

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 First of all,

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 it's very, very significant

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 if you think about it,

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 that Jesus,

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 after his resurrection,

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 appeared to 500 people

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 at the same time.

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 But if, in fact,

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 all Paul says is,

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 by the way,

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 just in case you doubt

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 the testimony of women,

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 there were 500 men present.

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 But that might mean

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 that there were 700,

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 800, 1,000,

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 1,500 people present

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 because the rest of them

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 were women.

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 Even more remarkable.

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 And then look

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 what else he says.

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 So he says that

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 Jesus appeared

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 after his death.

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 He appeared to Peter.

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 He appeared to the disciples.

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 He appeared to 500 people

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 at the same time,

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 most of whom are still alive,

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 though some have fallen asleep.

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 Verse 7.

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 Then he appeared to James.

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 Then to all the apostles.

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 And just pause there.

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 These are also

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 very, very significant.

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 One of the things

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 that people will sometimes say,

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 and I'm going to talk about

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 it a bit more in a moment,

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 is that all these

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 resurrection appearances

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 were probably just

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 Jesus' friends

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 and people who believe

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 all this stuff

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 and are easily

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 just sort of more gullible

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 because,

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 as most Canadians would say,

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 one thing we know

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 about religious

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 and spiritual people

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 is they're more gullible

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 about hard-headed Canadians

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 who look at evidence

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 and have evidence-based ways

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 of understanding the world.

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 But the fact of the matter

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 is that all the historical evidence

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 shows that two,

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 at least in the list,

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 were profound skeptics.

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 One of them was James,

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 whom he just mentions,

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 who was a profound skeptic.

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 All of the historical records

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 show that James,

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 the half-brother of Jesus,

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 didn't for a moment believe

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 that Jesus was actually

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 who he said he was

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 or that he would rise

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 from the dead.

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 And the other, of course,

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 is the person writing this,

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 Paul,

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 who was so completely

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 and utterly opposed to this

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 and viewed it as a myth

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 that he tried to kill people

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 who held to it.

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 The other thing in that is,

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 notice he says apostles,

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 all the apostles.

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 Now, what we know

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 from the historical records

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 is that, I don't know,

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 we don't know

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 the precise number of apostles.

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 There might have been 30,

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 there might have been 40.

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 They're different

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 than the 12 apostles

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 with capital A,

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 but there's capital A apostles,

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 the 11 disciples and Paul,

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 but then there's apostles

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 with small letter A

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 and that's what

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 it's being referred to here.

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 And there's 20, 30, 40, 50,

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 we don't know

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 how many of them are,

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 but the interesting thing

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 is it doesn't say,

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 first of all,

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 it would be very remarkable

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 if there were 40

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 and he appeared to 40

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 at the same time.

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 That's still very remarkable,

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 but it's even more remarkable

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 because it doesn't say

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 that he appeared

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 to all 40 at the same time.

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 It just says

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 he appeared to all of them.

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 It means there might be

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 40 more appearances.

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 of Jesus.

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 It's a big claim.

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 It's a big claim.

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 And then continues on,

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 look at verse 8,

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 last of all,

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 as to one untimely born,

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 he appeared also to me,

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 for I am the least

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 of the apostles,

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 unworthy to be called

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 an apostle

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 because I have persecuted

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 the church of God.

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 Remember what I said,

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 he was a skeptic,

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 he just lets it

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 right out of the bag.

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 He was a man

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 who persecuted the church

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 to the point

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 of killing Christians.

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 But by the grace of God,

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 I am what I am.

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 In other words,

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 by God's grace,

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 I am a Christian.

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 By God's grace,

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 my sins have been dealt with.

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 By God's grace,

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 I am accepted

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 as the child

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 of my heavenly Father

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 through grace

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 by what Jesus has done

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 for me in the cross.

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 Not weighing my merits,

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 but pardoning my offenses.

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 But by the grace of God,

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 I am what I am

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 and his grace toward me

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 was not in vain.

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 On the contrary,

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 I worked harder

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 than any of them,

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 though it was not I,

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 but the grace of God

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 that is with me.

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 Whether then it was I

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 or they,

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 so we preached

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 and so you believed.

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 Now,

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 some of you might say,

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 okay, George,

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 that's a very,

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 very interesting list,

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 but here's at least

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 four problems.

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 At least four problems,

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 but four big problems.

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 First of all,

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 it's a religious text,

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 so therefore it's worthless.

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 It's written by gullible people

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 who aren't hard-headed

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 and look at evidence.

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 It's worthless

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 because it's a religious text.

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 Secondly,

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 it's probably worthless

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 because it's only people

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 who knew him

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 that he lists.

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 So how on earth

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 can you count that

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 as being of any type

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 of significance whatsoever?

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 Third,

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 we know that all these things

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 were written so long

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 after the events

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 they purport to talk about

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 that why on earth

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 would you possibly believe them?

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 And George,

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 if those three things

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 don't strike you out,

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 the fourth thing

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 will definitely strike you out.

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 That it was,

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 sorry,

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 this is written

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 in the year 53,

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 so it's so long ago

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 that you can't believe it

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 or trust it

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 because that's so long ago.

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 And the fourth thing is

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 the text itself

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 was probably written

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 so long after the event

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 and giving you information

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 so long after the event

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 that the event

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 is completely and utterly worthless.

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 So those are good points.

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 And by the way,

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 a couple of weeks ago

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 in one of my sermons,

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 I think it was two weeks ago,

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 I talked about how,

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 in fact,

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 the Bible commands you

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 to think

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 that, in fact,

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 the matter is

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 is that there are a lot

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 of religious and spiritual people,

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 including Christians,

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 who just say,

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 well, you don't have to think,

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 just believe.

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 But in fact,

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 the Bible tells Christians

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 to think.

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 So we should always be pleased,

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 not maybe pleased,

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 but we should always be very,

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 very,

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 actually,

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 we should be pleased.

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 We should be pleased

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 when people ask honest questions

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 or make honest objections

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 and be prepared

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 to try to figure out

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 how to answer them.

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 So let's look at all of them.

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 The first one is

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 that,

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 yes,

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 this is a religious text,

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 but it didn't begin

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 as a religious text.

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 It began

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 as an historical artifact.

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 You see,

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 it's actually written

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 and Paul,

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 it's not,

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 you know what,

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 the Bible doesn't claim ever

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 that what goes on

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 in the Bible

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 is like the Koran,

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 right?

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 In the Koran,

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 you know,

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 basically Muhammad

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 through his messenger,

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 I mean,

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 Allah through his messenger

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 communicates to Muhammad

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 and Muhammad

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 just basically

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 verbally dictates

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 what he's being communicated

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 through an intermediary

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 from Allah

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 and Muslims will say

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 that's why the Koran

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 is perfectly preserved

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 and that's why

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 it's so beautiful

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 and nobody could ever

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 possibly write

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 a book like that

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 because it comes

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 directly from Allah

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 and therefore

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 what you deal with

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 when you're dealing

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 with the Koran

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 is in fact purely

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 from beginning to end

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 a religious text.

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 Christians don't make

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 that claim

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 about the Bible

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 and I'm not making

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 that claim as well.

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 In fact,

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 the matter is

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 you don't have to take it

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 as a religious text

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 or a spiritual text.

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 What you do need

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 to take it as

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 is what it is.

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 It's that it's

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 a historical artifact.

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 Even the most

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 radical scholars

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 if you go to

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 the most radical

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 if you go to Ottawa

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 U the religion department

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 you go to Carleton

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 the religion department

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 go to McGill

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 or U of T

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 go to Harvard

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 go to Princeton

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 go to Oxford

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 and get the most

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 skeptical scholar

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 you have

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 and no scholar

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 will doubt

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 that we have

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 original letters

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 from Paul

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 and that this

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 is one of them.

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 That's the actual evidence.

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 So don't take it

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 as a religious text

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 just take it

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 as what it is

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 that even

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 the most

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 skeptical scholars

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 accept that

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 a man by the name

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 of Paul

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 wrote this

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 probably in the years

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 roughly that I gave

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 gave you.

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 So here you have

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 a man

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 writing in the year

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 52 or 53

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 making these

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 particular claims.

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 How about the second thing?

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 Well the second thing

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 is it says

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 well how George

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 you can't really

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 believe anything

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 on this list

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 because it's all

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 people who know them

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 but here's the problem

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.380
 you go against

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 everything that

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 they would take

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 as important

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 in a court of law

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 here in Canada

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 in the United States

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 in any western democracy

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 because the fact

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 of the matter is

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 is that if we were

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 looking at witnesses

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 to a crime

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 and I've tried to

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 be a witness

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 to a crime

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 and I've never

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 actually seen

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 the person before

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 and I don't know

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 anything at all

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.799
 about him

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 and I

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 there's always

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 a bit of a possibility

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 that I didn't quite

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 see him properly

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 or her properly

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 and I might be

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 a bit confused

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.680
 about it

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 but the fact

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 of the matter is

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 is if it was

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 you know

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 God forbid

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 it was Andrew

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 committing the crime

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 and I've known

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 Andrew for 25 years

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 Lord have mercy

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 that's what he says

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 about that

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 as I do as well

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 the fact of the matter is

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 is that if I say

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 that it was Andrew

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 committing the crime

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 and the police say

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 how long have you

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 known Andrew

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 I said 25 years

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 they'd say wow

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 it probably was Andrew

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 like it's pretty unlikely

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 that I'm going to mistake

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 how Andrew walks

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 how he moves

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 how he moves his head

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 I'm sure later on

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 you can ask all of his boys

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 to do a little bit

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 of an imitation

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 about their dad

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 about how he moves

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 and the other types

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 of things

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 and it would be

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 very embarrassing

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 to Andrew

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 and hilarious

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 for the rest of us

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 my son

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 or kids

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 could do the same

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.019
 thing about me

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 but the fact

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.339
 of the matter is

00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.879
 is that after

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 somebody's been murdered

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 how do they make sure

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 the body is the right person

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 they get a family

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 or somebody who knows them

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 to identify the body

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 so the fact

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 of the matter is

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 the fact that people

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 who saw Jesus

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 knew him

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 is evidence

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.059
 that it was Jesus

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 the fact of the matter is

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 is if all of the evidence

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 was people

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.919
 had never seen Jesus

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 before in their entire life

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 you'd say

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 well how on earth

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:10.039
 they know it was Jesus

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:12.619
 so the fact

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 that it was people

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.039
 who knew him

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 is actually good evidence

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 not bad evidence

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 and then you might say

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 okay George

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:19.000
 but here's the problem

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.699
 the problem is

00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:20.500
 that it happened

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.179
 too long ago

00:20:21.179 --> 00:20:21.859
 to trust

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 anything that it said

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 but here

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 and here

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 here

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 here's the problem

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 to my Muslim friends

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 I don't normally

00:20:31.239 --> 00:20:31.819
 say this

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.759
 to their face

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 but sometimes

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 I think I've only

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 had one time

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 where I've been able

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.259
 to actually say

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 something like this

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:39.380
 to them

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 Muslims act

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 at the end of the day

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.980
 when it comes to

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 talking about Christianity

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.880
 they have to choose

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 between faith

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.819
 and history

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:50.380
 why is that?

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.420
 because the Quran

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.200
 says that Jesus

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 didn't die on the cross

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.319
 but the fact of the matter

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.620
 is

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.240
 is once again

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.880
 you go to Ottawa

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:59.120
 I point the wrong way

00:20:59.120 --> 00:21:00.160
 you go to Ottawa

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 you go to Carleton

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:01.840
 you go to

00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.680
 you go to McGill

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.440
 you go to U of T

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.000
 you find the most

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.940
 skeptical scholars

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.580
 you can have

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.779
 you go to Bart Ehrman

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:08.119
 and basically

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.419
 no skeptical scholar

00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.079
 believes that

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:11.599
 every skeptical scholar

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.319
 believes that Jesus

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.339
 died upon the cross

00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:14.480
 because the weight

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.419
 of historical evidence

00:21:15.419 --> 00:21:16.039
 is that he died

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.639
 on the cross

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 so for our Muslim friends

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.839
 they have to choose

00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.799
 ultimately between

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.439
 history

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:23.279
 or they have to choose

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.039
 that or their faith

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.119
 ironically

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:26.439
 secular Canadians

00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:27.179
 have to choose

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:28.019
 between their faith

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.960
 and secularism

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.639
 or history

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:32.200
 why do I say that?

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:34.080
 Jewish Israeli

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:35.100
 archaeologists

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 when they're doing

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:37.240
 archaeological work

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.340
 in and around

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:38.900
 Jerusalem

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.940
 or somewhere else

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.960
 and they're

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.540
 they're finding

00:21:41.540 --> 00:21:42.680
 things that went on

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.280
 around the time

00:21:43.280 --> 00:21:44.120
 of the second temple

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:45.100
 they regularly go

00:21:45.100 --> 00:21:45.900
 to the New Testament

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:47.840
 to get corroboration

00:21:47.840 --> 00:21:48.680
 as to what in fact

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.759
 they're probably looking at

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.320
 the fact of the matter

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.620
 is

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:53.160
 is that archaeologists

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.220
 and treasure hunters

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:55.280
 regularly use

00:21:55.280 --> 00:21:56.020
 old documents

00:21:56.020 --> 00:21:57.160
 to actually figure out

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:58.360
 what's actually

00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.919
 what they've discovered

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.899
 and what they can then

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.559
 know for certain

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.119
 about the past

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.959
 a few years ago

00:22:02.959 --> 00:22:04.740
 Blackbird's Boat

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.119
 the Queen Anne's Revenge

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.059
 was found

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:08.500
 how was the Blackbird's Boat

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.579
 the Queen Anne's Revenge

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.899
 found?

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.619
 well it was by

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:12.099
 some very clever people

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.719
 who went through

00:22:12.719 --> 00:22:13.479
 all of the letters

00:22:13.479 --> 00:22:14.219
 and all the other

00:22:14.219 --> 00:22:15.299
 historical documents

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.279
 of people at the time

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.139
 and by reading

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.939
 everything together

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:18.919
 and putting it together

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:20.319
 and thinking it all through

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:21.079
 they figured out

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.859
 the rough area

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.419
 that the wreck

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:23.379
 had probably happened

00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:24.039
 and then they went

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.979
 with their sonar

00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:25.939
 and their

00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:26.740
 you know

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.740
 other stuff like that

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.720
 their scientific stuff

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.279
 and they were able

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.940
 to find

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.500
 Blackbird's Boat

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.680
 where it had run aground

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.799
 and where it had shipwrecked

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.140
 why?

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.880
 because they used

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.880
 archaeological evidence

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.319
 it didn't matter

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.960
 that it was old

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.700
 it was eyewitness

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.240
 so they were able

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.720
 to use it

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.620
 to locate something

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:41.640
 so in a sense

00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:42.740
 what I'm just saying

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.059
 to you is

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:44.000
 here we have a document

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.740
 that even the most

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.759
 skeptical scholars

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.680
 believe was written

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.519
 in the year 53

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.519
 we have a whole range

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.319
 of other documents

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:49.839
 all written from

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.620
 that particular time

00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.259
 all making this

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.140
 particular claim

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.500
 archaeologists don't

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.079
 dismiss it

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.759
 because it's old

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:56.099
 neither do treasure hunters

00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.819
 so why would you

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.720
 other than by faith?

00:22:57.740 --> 00:23:01.740
 but then the final

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.359
 objection is

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.759
 well George

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.599
 here the big problem

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:03.920
 is

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:05.799
 that we all know

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.400
 that this was

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.440
 written many many

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.140
 years after

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:10.000
 and it was probably

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.400
 just written

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.039
 many many years

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.400
 after

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.059
 and so he added

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.500
 that there were

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.380
 these eyewitnesses

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.200
 that still were alive

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.099
 well the fact of the matter

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.240
 is that once again

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.640
 as I said

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.099
 even the most

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.660
 skeptical scholars

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.299
 acknowledge that

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.839
 this was a letter

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.440
 by Paul

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.980
 and we know

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.059
 from historical evidence

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.519
 that Jesus

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.539
 that Paul died

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.680
 probably 67

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.700
 or 68 A.D.

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.080
 interestingly enough

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:29.460
 he died for a fact

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.060
 he died

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:31.019
 maintaining

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.120
 the fact

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.600
 that Jesus

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.240
 had actually

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.279
 died on a cross

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.240
 and been buried

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:36.560
 and rose from the dead

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.279
 on the third day

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.980
 and if he denied

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.620
 that fact

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.539
 he could have gone on

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.820
 and lived a longer

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:42.460
 and happier life

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.539
 but he maintained

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.100
 that fact

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.820
 right to the death

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.340
 but the fact

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.960
 the matter is

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.620
 is that this is

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.360
 written in 53

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.400
 skeptical scholars

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.019
 acknowledge it

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.759
 and there's some

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.000
 dynamite in this text

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.700
 which is even more

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.240
 significant

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.799
 it's not obvious

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.299
 in English

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.059
 look again

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.519
 at verses 1, 2 and 3

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:58.240
 it says this

00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.000
 now I would remind you

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.779
 brothers and sisters

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.400
 of the gospel

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.140
 I preached to you

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.039
 which you received

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.980
 and that word received

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.900
 in the original language

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.620
 is actually a very

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.599
 significant word

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:08.359
 in which you stand

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.000
 and by which you

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.700
 are being saved

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.559
 if you hold fast

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.460
 to the word I preached

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.839
 to you

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.620
 unless you believed

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.039
 in vain

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.539
 and then I delivered

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.519
 and that word delivered

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.380
 in the original language

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.819
 is a very significant word

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.960
 I delivered to you

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.900
 as of first important

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:21.220
 what I also received

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.100
 and that word received

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.600
 once again

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.779
 is that significant word

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.380
 and the significance

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.539
 of the word is this

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:29.339
 that Paul is telling them

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:32.640
 something that he was told

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:35.500
 that is authoritative

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.880
 has authority

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.500
 and weight behind it

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.299
 that's the significance

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.819
 of the word

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.660
 in the original language

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:42.160
 but notice what's just

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.860
 been said here

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:44.220
 which is very very significant

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.120
 you're now seeing

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.100
 a piece of evidence

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:47.120
 in other words

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.539
 what you're seeing here

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.400
 is that the early Christians

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:52.019
 to help Christians

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.380
 just keep everything straight

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.960
 and to give them

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.540
 a bit of a way

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.160
 to understand

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.440
 and to have conversations

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.080
 with people

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.519
 and make the story

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.280
 real to themselves

00:24:59.280 --> 00:25:01.019
 and be able to defend it

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.820
 they gave them

00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:02.800
 these four points

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.880
 all beginning with the word

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.640
 that in English

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:07.040
 that Christ died

00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:07.680
 for our sins

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.519
 according to the scriptures

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.460
 that he was buried

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.420
 that he was raised

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.080
 on the third day

00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:11.960
 according to the scriptures

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.300
 that he appeared to Cephas

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.140
 and then the twelve

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:15.500
 and then the others

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.120
 but the significance

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.840
 is this

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.980
 scholars

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:20.879
 once again

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.119
 I've said

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.319
 scholars don't deny

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.139
 that Jesus died

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.799
 on the cross

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:25.500
 and because of connections

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:27.259
 with what Jewish

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.519
 and pagan historians

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.139
 talk about

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.939
 in the time period

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:31.480
 they're able to figure out

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.939
 that Jesus either died

00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.819
 by crucifixion

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:35.039
 in the spring of the year 30

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:36.419
 or the spring of the year 33

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:38.359
 they can't tell

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.079
 which one it is

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:40.000
 but they know he died

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.879
 in one of those two years

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:42.059
 by the same fact

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.699
 that there's so many

00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.779
 historical references

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.579
 in the New Testament

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.599
 to things talked about

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.839
 by Jewish and pagan historians

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:49.139
 they know that Stephen

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:50.720
 was stoned

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.679
 somewhere between

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.240
 the year

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.079
 in the year 33

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.959
 or the year 34

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:55.179
 and therefore they know

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.939
 that Paul

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:57.199
 became a

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:58.899
 saw the resurrected Jesus

00:25:58.899 --> 00:26:00.059
 and became a Christian

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.939
 in either the year 33

00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:02.919
 or the year 34

00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:05.059
 and what's so significant?

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.559
 Paul says

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:10.459
 that when he becomes a Christian

00:26:10.459 --> 00:26:11.899
 not only does he see Jesus

00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:14.119
 when he becomes a Christian

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:15.759
 what he's told

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:17.819
 in either the year 33

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.899
 or the year 34

00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:21.599
 is what we read right here

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.919
 in other words

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.599
 you're not reading

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.479
 something here

00:26:24.479 --> 00:26:25.119
 which is written

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:27.239
 40, 50 years later

00:26:27.239 --> 00:26:29.000
 Paul is giving you evidence

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.779
 of what he was told

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.659
 potentially months

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:33.779
 after the death

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.879
 and resurrection of Jesus

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:36.659
 and no more than

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.479
 a couple of years

00:26:37.479 --> 00:26:38.539
 in other words

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.359
 what you're looking at

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.019
 right here

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:42.519
 is very, very, very, very

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.859
 ancient testimony

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:45.859
 the exact type of testimony

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.559
 that if this

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.660
 was talking about

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.799
 a pirate ship

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.920
 that went to ground

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:51.220
 treasure hunters

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.440
 would be ecstatic

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.700
 if they found it

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.099
 because it gives them

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.779
 evidence

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.960
 going so far back

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.980
 that they can use

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.160
 to find treasure

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:08.339
 and this treasure

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:11.519
 is that there's good news

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.339
 and the good news

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:15.839
 is that Christ died

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.440
 for our sins

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.180
 in accordance with

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.639
 the scriptures

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.480
 that he was buried

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.259
 that he was raised

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.960
 on the third day

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.599
 in accordance with

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.079
 the scriptures

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:22.180
 and that he appeared

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.879
 to Cyphus

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.579
 and then the twelve

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.559
 and then the rest

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.279
 of the list

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.379
 the good news

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.599
 is that the true cause

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.200
 of death

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.759
 has been dealt with

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.400
 the barrier

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.579
 to eternal life

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.279
 has been dealt with

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.700
 because God

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.460
 has provided

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.379
 through Christ

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:39.079
 a substitute

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:40.579
 which means

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.480
 that through

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.639
 that substitution

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:44.159
 you can now

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.799
 enter into

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.579
 eternal life

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.419
 because he died

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:47.359
 for you

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:50.939
 and some of you

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:51.259
 might say

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.740
 okay George

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.079
 you're saying

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.500
 this is all

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.299
 about a substitute

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.399
 I have a whole

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.019
 pile of problems

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.779
 with that George

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.819
 and you probably

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.119
 can't answer them

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:02.059
 I mean first of all

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.439
 I don't need

00:28:02.439 --> 00:28:03.019
 a substitute

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:05.299
 why on earth

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.700
 do I need

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.339
 a substitute

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:09.480
 that's a really

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.379
 good point

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:12.220
 here's why

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.440
 you need

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.119
 a substitute

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:18.519
 you're going

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.059
 to die

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:24.299
 you're going

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.879
 to die

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:28.599
 and the fact

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:28.980
 of the matter

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.460
 is

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:31.759
 as I think

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.160
 just about

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.860
 every Canadian

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.840
 if they're sober

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:35.700
 and are honest

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.460
 recognize that

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.960
 there's something

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.580
 about death

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.640
 that's just wrong

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:41.560
 in fact the matter

00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:41.980
 is

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.320
 is that I've

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:44.200
 talked to many people

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.740
 you've probably

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.580
 talked to many people

00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.180
 maybe you are

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.980
 one of those people

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.019
 who've used death

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.720
 as an example

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.320
 of why God

00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:50.060
 doesn't exist

00:28:50.060 --> 00:28:52.340
 because it feels

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.040
 as if it's a

00:28:53.040 --> 00:28:53.560
 judgment

00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:54.720
 on you

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:56.460
 why did God

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.340
 let my mom

00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.720
 die

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.400
 why did God

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.380
 let my child

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.740
 die

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.600
 why did God

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.660
 let my wife

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.340
 die

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:04.060
 as if that's

00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.700
 a judgment

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.800
 somehow upon you

00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:06.860
 and how dare God

00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.560
 make that type

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:07.940
 of judgment

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.560
 is the next thing

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.420
 that often goes

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.620
 the fact of the matter

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:11.160
 is is that

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.300
 in the face of death

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:13.100
 we have a sense

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.779
 that there's something

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:15.120
 unnatural about it

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.820
 that there's something

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:17.440
 judgmental about it

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.740
 and at the same time

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.180
 we all know

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.820
 that we cannot

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.900
 defeat death

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.080
 that death

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:23.700
 will overwhelm us

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.680
 that judgment

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.480
 that wrongness

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:27.940
 that unnaturalness

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.720
 will undo

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.640
 you

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.620
 inevitably

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:35.820
 and so I would

00:29:35.820 --> 00:29:36.559
 suggest to you

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.320
 that that actually

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:37.920
 shows

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.960
 that if you're

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.660
 to have any hope

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.460
 in the face of death

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.420
 you need a substitute

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.920
 you need a substitute

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.360
 so do I

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.960
 not just you

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.000
 I need a substitute

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:49.160
 but we have some

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.640
 problems

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.340
 because in fact

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:51.100
 the matter is

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.640
 is that

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.640
 in our world

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.299
 when we hear the word

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.779
 substitute

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.840
 it's a bad thing

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.259
 right

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:57.899
 you have a choice

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.659
 of going to get

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.959
 freshly squeezed

00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:01.079
 orange juice

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:03.199
 or some drink

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:04.319
 that's the orange

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.879
 color

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.879
 that's called

00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.500
 orange

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.619
 and what happens

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.240
 is they take

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.000
 all the good

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.720
 orange stuff

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.359
 as much as they

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.199
 possibly can

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:12.319
 the good delicious

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.000
 oranges

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.939
 they take as much

00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:14.639
 of the oranges

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.379
 out as they

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.359
 possibly can

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.879
 add some orange

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.419
 dye

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.659
 and some sugar

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.399
 and the orange

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:21.459
 dye and the sugar

00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:22.359
 is the substitute

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.079
 for the delicious

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.399
 stuff in an orange

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.259
 and that's generally

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.000
 what happens

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.100
 you need a recipe

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.759
 and it needs

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.640
 whipped cream in it

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.140
 and you don't have

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.820
 any whipped cream

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.560
 so you call up

00:30:31.560 --> 00:30:32.140
 your friend

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.440
 and you ask him

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.759
 or her

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.340
 what can you

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.019
 substitute for

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.480
 whipped cream

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.940
 and you might

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.480
 actually have

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.960
 a bit of a

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.540
 substitute for

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:37.980
 whipped cream

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.500
 but the fact

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:38.840
 of the matter

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.280
 is it will

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:39.920
 never taste

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.460
 as good

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.420
 as using

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.380
 real whipped cream

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.200
 because real

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.880
 whipped cream

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.500
 is insanely

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.060
 delicious

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:49.580
 I tell my

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:49.860
 friends

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.140
 we're going

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.420
 to be able

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.560
 to eat

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:50.940
 as much

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.380
 whipped cream

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.920
 as we want

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.320
 in heaven

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.900
 it will never

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.840
 clog our arteries

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.319
 and it will

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.319
 never add a pound

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.319
 and that's one

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.659
 of the things

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.179
 you can look

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.980
 forward to

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.519
 endless

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.599
 whipped cream

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.299
 anyway

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.619
 now you know

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:02.980
 a little bit

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.519
 about me

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.059
 so

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.659
 but the point

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.359
 is in our

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.819
 world

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.579
 substitute

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:07.980
 is usually

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.539
 a bad thing

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.919
 but look

00:31:08.919 --> 00:31:09.399
 what Paul

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.980
 says here

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.539
 which is so

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.279
 significant

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.220
 about substitute

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.279
 it's so

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.859
 beautiful

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.519
 look again

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.459
 verse 3

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.059
 for I deliver

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.359
 to you

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.799
 as of first

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.199
 importance

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:17.659
 what I also

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.039
 received

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.939
 that Christ

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:22.120
 died for

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.600
 that word

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:22.940
 for

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.340
 is the

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:23.880
 substitute

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.420
 word

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.740
 that Christ

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.259
 dies

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.000
 as our

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.759
 substitute

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.900
 to deal

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.360
 with our

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.820
 sins

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.340
 in accordance

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.720
 with the

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.000
 scriptures

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.420
 and why

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.700
 is that

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.500
 so significant

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.460
 because the

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.220
 word Christ

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.960
 is the

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.340
 word

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:36.640
 that summarizes

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.580
 all of the

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:38.500
 promises of

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.900
 God

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.240
 in the

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.759
 scriptures

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.400
 about how

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.900
 God

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.519
 will deal

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.960
 with the

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.460
 sins

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.700
 when Abraham

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.539
 goes to

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.100
 kill Isaac

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:45.840
 and God

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.920
 tells Abraham

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.740
 that I will

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.340
 provide a

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:48.819
 substitute

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.879
 all of the

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.319
 lessons

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.139
 that God

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.740
 will somehow

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.500
 deliver his

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.879
 people

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.579
 all of the

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.299
 promises of

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.619
 the law

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.159
 all of the

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.799
 promises of

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.480
 the kingship

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.059
 all of the

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.720
 promises of

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.319
 the priesthood

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.259
 all of the

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.000
 promises of

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.599
 Daniel and

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.079
 the son of

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.419
 man

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.240
 that God

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.899
 himself will

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.519
 deliver us

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.279
 that is

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.899
 captured in

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.199
 Christ

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:06.059
 so what it's

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.480
 saying is

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.919
 God

00:32:06.919 --> 00:32:08.039
 George how

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.619
 did you die

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:10.240
 just give me

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.679
 some grace

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.059
 here I'm just

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.539
 talking about

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.899
 Canadians values

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.339
 okay

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:14.679
 I'm not making

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.359
 a value judgment

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.799
 in terms of

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.240
 the Bible

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.099
 in terms of

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.480
 the Bible

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.199
 every human

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.740
 being is

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.019
 made in

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.340
 the image

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.900
 of God

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:21.940
 and has

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.019
 more worth

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.279
 than the

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.740
 nation of

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.180
 Canada

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.840
 or of

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.340
 Apple

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.720
 or of

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.360
 CBC

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:29.759
 the worst

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.279
 most decrepit

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.380
 street person

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.279
 is of more

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.080
 value than

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.960
 Canada because

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.480
 that street

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.080
 person is made

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.380
 in the image

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.740
 of God

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.539
 but here's

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.799
 for the

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.559
 analogy just

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:38.900
 this

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.799
 what God

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.140
 is saying

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.559
 here is

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.319
 God doesn't

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.680
 say I think

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.000
 I'm going to

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.860
 save George

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.259
 from his

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.880
 sins so I'm

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.240
 going to find

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.600
 the worst

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.220
 street person

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.759
 I can and

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.279
 kill the

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.940
 street person

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.720
 for George

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:51.580
 no

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:55.100
 God

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:56.059
 himself

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.779
 in the

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.259
 person of

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.779
 his son

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:00.279
 is the

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.320
 one who

00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:02.220
 dies for

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.519
 me

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:04.200
 it's as if

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.720
 you take

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.000
 the

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.900
 you take

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:08.100
 this foul

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:09.340
 orange drink

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.039
 with dye

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.640
 and sugar

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.240
 and God

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.960
 gives the

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.799
 best oranges

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.859
 to substitute

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.019
 for that

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.659
 and that

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.200
 is our

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.720
 substitute

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.039
 but some

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.220
 of you

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.579
 might say

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:20.879
 George

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.419
 the problem

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.059
 with substitution

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.759
 is that it's

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.279
 unjust

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.359
 and I can

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.759
 completely

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.099
 and utterly

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.779
 understand that

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.339
 I am a

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.019
 firstborn

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:29.019
 and my

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.599
 sister and

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:29.779
 I

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.500
 have me

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.859
 then my

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.259
 sister and

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.919
 my brother

00:33:31.919 --> 00:33:32.319
 and my

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.819
 sister and

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.299
 I called

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.799
 my mom

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.099
 used to

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.460
 refer to

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.339
 my youngest

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.419
 my brother

00:33:36.419 --> 00:33:36.980
 as baby

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.279
 doll

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.960
 so we

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.579
 called him

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.639
 baby doll

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:42.119
 expert menace

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.679
 because the

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.059
 fact of the

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.539
 matter is

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.959
 he was

00:33:44.959 --> 00:33:45.539
 profoundly

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.419
 skillful

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:47.059
 this is a

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.319
 bit of a

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.699
 warning here

00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:48.099
 for all you

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.839
 younger children

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.479
 he was

00:33:49.479 --> 00:33:49.919
 profoundly

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:51.779
 successful

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.479
 at doing

00:33:52.479 --> 00:33:53.059
 a naughty

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.619
 thing

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.959
 and then

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.279
 looking

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.000
 completely

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.579
 and utterly

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.439
 beatifically

00:33:57.439 --> 00:33:58.019
 innocent

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.219
 so I

00:33:59.219 --> 00:33:59.659
 got the

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.059
 punishment

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.659
 rather than

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:00.979
 him

00:34:00.979 --> 00:34:02.179
 by the way

00:34:02.179 --> 00:34:02.659
 my sister

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.099
 was really

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.399
 good at

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.739
 this as

00:34:03.739 --> 00:34:03.879
 well

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.159
 so I

00:34:04.159 --> 00:34:04.299
 was

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.859
 regularly

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.159
 the

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.699
 substitute

00:34:05.699 --> 00:34:06.539
 for the

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.019
 punishment

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.839
 that I

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.159
 didn't

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.559
 deserve

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.920
 my

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.519
 brother

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.059
 would do

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.179
 it

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.739
 my sister

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.099
 would do

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.239
 it

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.599
 and I

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.980
 would get

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.179
 the

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.619
 punishment

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.139
 from my

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.380
 dad

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.799
 that was

00:34:14.799 --> 00:34:15.139
 how I

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.420
 grew up

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.699
 so I

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.039
 understand

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.239
 you

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.460
 thinking

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.639
 it's

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.799
 not

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.079
 very

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.519
 fair

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.719
 but the

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.079
 fact of

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.279
 the matter

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.739
 is

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.219
 is that's

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.639
 not what's

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.099
 being talked

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.519
 about here

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:21.960
 it's talked

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.519
 about something

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.099
 which even

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.319
 fiction understands

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.059
 and sees as a

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.599
 great example

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.019
 of love

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.980
 I love reading

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.739
 mystery novels

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.460
 and one of the

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.799
 things in

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.579
 mystery novels

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.460
 is that not

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.059
 all the time

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.639
 but occasionally

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.019
 one of the

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.659
 plot twists

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.579
 is that the

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.279
 detectives

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.480
 get the

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.839
 murderer

00:34:35.839 --> 00:34:36.539
 and they

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.239
 finally go and

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.779
 confront the

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.019
 murderer

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.420
 and then the

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.559
 murderer confesses

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.159
 and the

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.619
 wheels of

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.539
 often what

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.079
 sometimes what

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.339
 will happen

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:43.639
 in these

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.199
 novels is

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.880
 the lead

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.420
 detective

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.960
 or a minor

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.339
 detective

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:46.779
 has a bit

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.420
 of a qualm

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.900
 about some

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.380
 little tiny

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.900
 detail

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.819
 and then they

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.279
 go and find

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.699
 out that what

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.559
 really happened

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.819
 is that the

00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:53.639
 father to

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:55.380
 atone for

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.179
 his life

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.960
 and to

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.579
 benefit his

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.059
 son

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.339
 pleads guilty

00:34:59.339 --> 00:35:00.119
 to the crime

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.739
 that the son

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.239
 has committed

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.880
 so the son

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.759
 can go free

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:04.159
 and the father

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.940
 takes the blame

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.480
 or the son

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:05.960
 does it for

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.400
 the father

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:06.860
 or the mother

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.360
 does it for

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.839
 the daughter

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.400
 or the daughter

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.559
 for the father

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.960
 or whatever

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.659
 it's a regular

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.019
 thing

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.619
 and what

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.159
 do we always

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.739
 feel in those

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.639
 particular cases

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.480
 not that it's

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.099
 unjust

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:17.039
 but what

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.480
 love

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:21.500
 what love

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:25.559
 that the

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.079
 mother would

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.460
 die

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.219
 so the

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.579
 daughter

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.300
 would go

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.759
 on to live

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.280
 her life

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.460
 what love

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.719
 and that's

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.159
 what we see

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.679
 here in the

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.460
 substitution of

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.360
 Jesus for

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.000
 you and me

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.880
 in the death

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:38.380
 what love

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:40.579
 God made

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.160
 him who

00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.820
 knew no

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.400
 sin to

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.019
 be sin

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.480
 for you

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.980
 and me

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.119
 that we

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.980
 by him

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.320
 might be

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.800
 righteous

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:49.059
 and forgiven

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:52.680
 and some

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.099
 of you might

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.480
 say

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:55.760
 George there's

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:56.220
 no way that

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:57.000
 substitution can

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.460
 work I mean

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.900
 that's very

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.599
 very beautiful

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.260
 you caught me

00:35:59.260 --> 00:35:59.920
 by surprise

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.400
 with that I

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.980
 have to confess

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.160
 I was thinking

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:02.940
 more like you

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.619
 with the kids

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.200
 and your

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.860
 brother and

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.440
 sister and I

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.500
 didn't dawn on

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.079
 me that that's

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.579
 very beautiful

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.039
 but how can

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.519
 it possibly

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.940
 work how

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.539
 can the

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.880
 death of

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.679
 one person

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:13.480
 matter for

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:13.960
 everybody

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:16.000
 and the

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.299
 fact of the

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.619
 matter is

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.860
 is the

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.239
 death of

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.739
 one person

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.340
 can't matter

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.960
 for everybody

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:20.199
 unless

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.340
 there's a

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.239
 particular author

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:24.019
 that I've read

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.599
 every single

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.019
 one of his

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.619
 novels and

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.019
 those of you

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.360
 who like

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.000
 mystery novels

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.460
 know that

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.960
 sometimes

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.799
 mystery novel

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.619
 novelists

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.420
 create worlds

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.719
 if you read

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.539
 Michael Connelly

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.119
 there's all the

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.739
 Harry Bosch

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.440
 stories and

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.940
 over time

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.319
 you get to

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:35.659
 see his

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.639
 different his

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.019
 wife

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.699
 his ex-wife

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.420
 his girlfriends

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.340
 his kid

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.259
 the different

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:41.000
 police he works

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.659
 for if you read

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.380
 the Lee Child

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.199
 novels you get

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.800
 to learn all

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.300
 about Jack

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.659
 Reacher

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.639
 if you get

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.099
 to hear about

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.599
 his mom and

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.239
 his dad and

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:47.619
 the different

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.059
 people he

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.699
 worked with

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.420
 and I could

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.139
 go on and

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.360
 on and on

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.519
 writers create

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.059
 worlds and

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.340
 there's this

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.980
 one particular

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.559
 writer who

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.119
 created a

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.539
 world I've

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.840
 read every

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.360
 single one of

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.860
 his novels

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:58.420
 and at one

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:59.259
 point in time

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.900
 there starts to

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.800
 become a change

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.820
 in how all of

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.559
 his right all

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.219
 of the characters

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:04.099
 in his book

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.679
 behave and talk

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.899
 and why

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.599
 is that change

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.079
 happening is

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.519
 because of

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.000
 something that

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.639
 happened to the

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.960
 author in the

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.539
 real world

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.719
 you see what

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.299
 happened to the

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.879
 author in the

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:15.619
 real world is

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.199
 that his son

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.759
 came out as

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.059
 gay

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:20.579
 in fact then his

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.379
 second son came

00:37:21.379 --> 00:37:21.859
 out as gay

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:23.919
 and because of

00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.559
 what happened to

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.500
 the author in the

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.299
 real world

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:28.239
 all of the

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:29.139
 characters in his

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.559
 books were

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.239
 changed

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:34.859
 the Christian

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:35.679
 claim is that

00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:37.359
 Christ is the

00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:38.419
 substitute for

00:37:38.419 --> 00:37:39.219
 your sins

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:41.479
 Christ fulfills

00:37:41.479 --> 00:37:42.159
 the promises

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:43.239
 if you go back

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.739
 and look throughout

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.359
 the Old Testament

00:37:44.359 --> 00:37:45.199
 how many times

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.879
 does God say

00:37:45.879 --> 00:37:46.739
 that he will

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.419
 deliver his

00:37:47.419 --> 00:37:48.000
 people from

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:48.599
 their sins

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.519
 and it never

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.239
 dawned on him

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.919
 that he literally

00:37:50.919 --> 00:37:51.899
 meant he will

00:37:51.899 --> 00:37:52.859
 deliver them from

00:37:52.859 --> 00:37:53.659
 their sins

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:55.199
 he will actually

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:56.019
 be the one who

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.159
 dies and what

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.319
 we see here in

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.019
 the gospel is

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.739
 this profound

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.639
 mystery of the

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.159
 beauty of

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.980
 substitution

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:04.539
 that yes

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.379
 George could

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:06.159
 not die so

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.839
 that everybody

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.859
 could have their

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.519
 lives changed

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.420
 but what if

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.239
 the author

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:11.819
 of all of the

00:38:11.819 --> 00:38:12.699
 story of the

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.400
 human race

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:14.839
 what if he

00:38:14.839 --> 00:38:16.039
 enters his

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.420
 story and

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.400
 dies so it's

00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:18.980
 not just

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.739
 something happening

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.579
 to Jesus in

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.480
 history but

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.339
 something happening

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:23.659
 to God in all

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.839
 eternity and if

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.799
 something happens

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:27.019
 in God for all

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.960
 eternity then all

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.679
 of the characters

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.619
 in his story

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:31.339
 their life can

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:33.279
 be changed

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:34.940
 which is why

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.980
 Dietrich Bonhoeffer

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.779
 said that far

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.480
 more important

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.980
 than the fact

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.559
 that you will

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:40.339
 die is the

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:41.019
 fact that Jesus

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.639
 has died

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:43.739
 far more important

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:44.359
 than you

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:45.199
 understanding the

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.940
 significance of

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:47.599
 your story is

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.420
 understanding the

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.159
 significance of

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:51.679
 the story of

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.199
 Jesus

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:55.859
 that in fact

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.740
 in a great

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.680
 act of love

00:38:57.680 --> 00:38:58.920
 the fact that

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.380
 there is any

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.180
 evil in all of

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.880
 the world is

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:02.120
 all because of

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:03.380
 substitution gone

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:05.440
 wrong that Adam

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.539
 and Eve our

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:08.120
 ancestors try to

00:39:08.120 --> 00:39:09.300
 substitute themselves

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:10.280
 for God and

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:11.820
 take God out and

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.079
 put themselves in

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:14.019
 as his substitute

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:15.120
 and all of human

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:16.400
 reality is completely

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.539
 and utterly changed

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.880
 and fallen because

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.360
 of it and how

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:20.180
 does God save

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:23.739
 God the son of

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:25.319
 God substitutes

00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:26.259
 himself for you

00:39:26.259 --> 00:39:27.299
 and for me

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:33.419
 and bears the

00:39:33.419 --> 00:39:34.219
 punishment and the

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.980
 penalty that you

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.919
 and I could not

00:39:35.919 --> 00:39:36.899
 bear ourselves

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:38.359
 in his death

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:39.159
 upon the cross

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:45.559
 I told you

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.059
 you've been very

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:47.019
 well behaved

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:48.599
 told you at the

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.079
 beginning I would

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.920
 try to return as I

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.819
 draw to a close

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:52.119
 with what happened

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:52.920
 to Bobby

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:54.440
 the parents that I

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.119
 told you about

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:56.779
 their four year old

00:39:56.779 --> 00:39:57.960
 son it's now

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:58.759
 been diagnosed

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.259
 that he doesn't

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.759
 have a hearing

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.539
 problem but a

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.460
 degenerative brain

00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.440
 disease very very

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.379
 very very rare

00:40:03.379 --> 00:40:07.000
 which means that

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.579
 he'll never learn

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.179
 to talk

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:09.940
 he'll die

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.279
 at the latest

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:12.239
 in his early

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.779
 teens

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:15.500
 and they're

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:16.339
 profound Christians

00:40:16.339 --> 00:40:18.759
 what does this

00:40:18.759 --> 00:40:19.639
 story tell us

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.440
 and why what

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.980
 could be their

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.799
 hope in the face

00:40:21.799 --> 00:40:22.639
 of such tragedy

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:23.079
 it doesn't mean

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.480
 it's going to be

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.059
 easy for them

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.399
 it's going to be

00:40:24.399 --> 00:40:25.139
 very very very

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.619
 hard

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:28.519
 but first of all

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.179
 it helps them

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.919
 to understand

00:40:29.919 --> 00:40:30.559
 and it should

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.000
 help us to

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.480
 all understand

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.359
 how profoundly

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:33.319
 of great value

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:34.059
 any human being

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.819
 is that God

00:40:34.819 --> 00:40:35.480
 the son of God

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.299
 would die for

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.579
 them

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:39.179
 that's why

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.619
 you share the

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.460
 gospel with

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.920
 the most

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.860
 broken street

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.340
 person

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.420
 because they

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.179
 have a value

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.659
 that Christ

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:45.400
 died for them

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.880
 it's why you

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.179
 share the

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.719
 gospel with

00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:47.500
 Justin Trudeau

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:49.500
 or the owner

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.059
 of Amazon

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:52.019
 or Windows

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:53.340
 they have a

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.159
 value and

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:55.239
 you see that

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.759
 and it can be

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:56.319
 it will be a

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:56.860
 very comfort

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.420
 for them as

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.699
 they deal

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:57.920
 with their

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.340
 handicapped

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.739
 son to

00:40:58.739 --> 00:40:59.360
 remember that

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:00.860
 this is

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:01.360
 something

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:02.980
 this child

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.380
 of theirs

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.000
 is someone

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.759
 of great value

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.400
 the second

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.820
 thing is

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.440
 because in

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.680
 fact

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:07.800
 the resurrection

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.600
 validates

00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:08.940
 the fact

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.300
 we can

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.620
 believe

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:10.340
 that it's

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.840
 true that

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.600
 Jesus' death

00:41:11.600 --> 00:41:12.300
 was a substitute

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:12.920
 because the

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.340
 resurrection

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:14.160
 validates

00:41:14.160 --> 00:41:14.380
 it and

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.860
 validates

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.360
 the scriptures

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.140
 and the

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:16.500
 resurrection

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.980
 is a mighty

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.320
 miracle

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.740
 so they

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.260
 and you

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:18.620
 can pray

00:41:18.620 --> 00:41:19.300
 for a miracle

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:20.400
 there's nothing

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:20.840
 wrong with

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.360
 praying for a

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:21.680
 miracle

00:41:21.680 --> 00:41:23.320
 but at the

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.560
 end of the

00:41:23.560 --> 00:41:23.820
 day

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:25.480
 even if God

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:25.880
 does not

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.400
 grant the

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.780
 miracle

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:28.740
 he

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:29.700
 Bobby

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:31.820
 in the

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.240
 new heaven

00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:32.480
 and the

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.880
 new earth

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.360
 will be

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:33.920
 completely

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.280
 whole

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.599
 with a

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:34.800
 well

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.240
 functioning

00:41:35.240 --> 00:41:35.700
 brain

00:41:35.700 --> 00:41:39.519
 the

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.920
 final

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.440
 word

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.260
 of him

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:43.460
 through the

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.920
 resurrection

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.559
 of Jesus

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.360
 the death

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.780
 of Jesus

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.280
 upon the

00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:46.539
 cross

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.780
 and his

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.099
 resurrection

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:47.720
 the final

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:48.019
 word

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.620
 about him

00:41:48.620 --> 00:41:50.440
 is not

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.160
 a child

00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:52.140
 that can't

00:41:52.140 --> 00:41:52.940
 even speak

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.539
 with an

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.000
 incurable

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.720
 disease

00:41:54.720 --> 00:41:56.420
 the final

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.900
 word about

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.180
 him

00:41:57.180 --> 00:41:57.860
 is

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.460
 resurrection

00:41:58.460 --> 00:42:00.519
 because of

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.000
 what Jesus

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.460
 has done

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:01.720
 for him

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:01.940
 on the

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.220
 cross

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:03.019
 and that

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.339
 can be

00:42:03.339 --> 00:42:03.539
 your

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:03.939
 final

00:42:03.939 --> 00:42:04.459
 word

00:42:04.459 --> 00:42:05.439
 too

00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:07.319
 because

00:42:07.319 --> 00:42:09.679
 the fact

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.039
 that you

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.379
 died

00:42:10.379 --> 00:42:10.719
 is not

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:11.219
 nearly as

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:11.639
 important

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:11.959
 as the

00:42:11.959 --> 00:42:12.480
 fact that

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.919
 Christ

00:42:12.919 --> 00:42:13.639
 died

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.139
 for you

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:15.539
 and the

00:42:15.539 --> 00:42:15.919
 story of

00:42:15.919 --> 00:42:16.319
 your life

00:42:16.319 --> 00:42:16.659
 is not

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.139
 nearly as

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:17.539
 significant

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.000
 as the

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.459
 story

00:42:18.459 --> 00:42:19.259
 of Jesus

00:42:19.259 --> 00:42:19.779
 which is

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:20.219
 why when

00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:20.699
 we gather

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.039
 on a

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.279
 Sunday

00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.659
 morning

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:21.899
 the

00:42:21.899 --> 00:42:22.399
 significance

00:42:22.399 --> 00:42:23.099
 of reminding

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.619
 us once

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:24.039
 again

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.459
 and once

00:42:24.459 --> 00:42:24.859
 again

00:42:24.859 --> 00:42:26.359
 the old

00:42:26.359 --> 00:42:26.939
 story

00:42:26.939 --> 00:42:28.379
 of Jesus

00:42:28.379 --> 00:42:28.779
 and his

00:42:28.779 --> 00:42:29.199
 love for

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.439
 you and

00:42:29.439 --> 00:42:29.799
 his death

00:42:29.799 --> 00:42:30.219
 upon the

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.539
 cross

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:30.980
 in your

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.320
 place

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.820
 as your

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.360
 substitute

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:33.340
 the means

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:33.840
 by which

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.039
 you were

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.599
 made right

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.759
 and to

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.119
 know that

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.659
 story

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:37.039
 is to

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.639
 begin to

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.259
 enter into

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:39.000
 his story

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.420
 and have

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.960
 his story

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.460
 give your

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.420
 story meaning

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:42.639
 and the end

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.219
 of the story

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:44.480
 in him

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.400
 is resurrection

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:48.079
 please stand

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:54.940
 if you're

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.239
 here

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.619
 if you're

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.119
 listening to

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:56.500
 this and

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:56.679
 you've

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.079
 never given

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.400
 your life

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.779
 to Jesus

00:42:57.779 --> 00:42:58.199
 there's no

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.699
 time better

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.139
 than now

00:42:59.139 --> 00:42:59.500
 to just

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.019
 say Jesus

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:02.679
 I need

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.519
 a substitute

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.079
 I now

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.679
 know that

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:06.400
 and I

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.159
 my life

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:07.679
 is a mess

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:07.980
 and my

00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:08.659
 story is a

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:09.059
 mess and I

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.480
 don't know I

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:09.759
 have any

00:43:09.759 --> 00:43:10.279
 value but

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:10.679
 now I

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:11.420
 understand that

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.039
 I have so

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:12.619
 much value

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.019
 that you

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.460
 would die

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.739
 on the

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.119
 cross

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.980
 in my

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.599
 place for

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:15.900
 me

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.820
 and so

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:17.160
 Jesus

00:43:17.160 --> 00:43:17.639
 be my

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.019
 savior

00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:18.400
 and my

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.760
 lord

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.760
 be my

00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:20.119
 savior

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.480
 and my

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.740
 lord

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.260
 come into

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:21.700
 my life

00:43:21.700 --> 00:43:22.000
 and never

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.340
 let me

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.579
 go

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.780
 and

00:43:22.780 --> 00:43:23.700
 father

00:43:23.700 --> 00:43:24.960
 Christ

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.599
 Jesus

00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:27.059
 help me

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.480
 now to

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.160
 so understand

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:28.800
 your story

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.139
 that the

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.500
 story of

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:29.960
 my life

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.599
 is changed

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.320
 both in

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:31.800
 the present

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:32.119
 and the

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.460
 past

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:32.740
 and the

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:33.059
 future

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:33.340
 there's

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:33.579
 no better

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.039
 time than

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:34.260
 that

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:34.900
 than now

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:35.200
 to pray

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:35.440
 that

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.720
 prayer

00:43:35.720 --> 00:43:37.160
 and for

00:43:37.160 --> 00:43:37.460
 each of

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:37.700
 us

00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:38.480
 we can

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.980
 be reminded

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.639
 once again

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.380
 Jesus

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.260
 help me

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:41.860
 to remember

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.380
 that your

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:42.940
 death is

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.559
 more important

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:43.980
 for me to

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.260
 remember

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:44.760
 than the fact

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.059
 that I

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.480
 will die

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.740
 I want

00:43:45.740 --> 00:43:46.099
 to remember

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.420
 I will

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.579
 die

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:46.920
 but help

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.119
 me know

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.440
 that you

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.740
 died

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:49.300
 and may

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:50.240
 your story

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:51.260
 be the story

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.780
 by which I

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.179
 start to

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.780
 understand

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.360
 the meaning

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:53.800
 of my

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:54.199
 story

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.460
 and the

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:54.820
 direction

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.179
 for the

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:55.519
 rest of

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:56.039
 my story

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:57.019
 there's no

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.500
 better time

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.780
 than now

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:58.179
 to call

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:58.420
 out to

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.719
 God

00:43:58.719 --> 00:43:59.440
 for that

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.699
 let's

00:43:59.699 --> 00:43:59.920
 pray

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:01.179
 Jesus

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.840
 we thank

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:02.099
 you

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:03.079
 that you

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.360
 died

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:03.840
 for us

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:05.059
 we ask

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:05.260
 that you

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.559
 help us

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:05.940
 to remember

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.219
 that we

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.639
 will die

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:07.280
 but help

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:07.559
 us to

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:07.800
 remember

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:08.300
 even more

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.740
 important

00:44:08.740 --> 00:44:09.340
 that's

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:09.800
 vastly

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.460
 more important

00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.880
 to remember

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.219
 that you

00:44:11.219 --> 00:44:11.460
 died

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.000
 for us

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:13.800
 and father

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:14.139
 we want

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.659
 to understand

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:15.059
 the meaning

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.400
 of our

00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:15.760
 lives

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.019
 and we

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.320
 know that

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:16.639
 you want

00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:16.900
 us to

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.300
 understand

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.639
 the meaning

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:18.000
 of our

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.320
 lives

00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:18.880
 so father

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.340
 help us

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:20.079
 to understand

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:20.440
 the meaning

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.800
 of our

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:21.179
 lives

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:21.599
 in light

00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:21.880
 of the

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.320
 story

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.920
 of Jesus

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:24.780
 and so

00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:25.880
 re-understand

00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:26.659
 our past

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:26.980
 and our

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:27.380
 present

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:28.400
 and re-plot

00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.119
 our future

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:29.639
 in light

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:29.960
 of the

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:30.440
 story

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.480
 of Jesus

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.579
 his death

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.079
 upon the

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.440
 cross

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.239
 for me

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:35.760
 and for

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:36.300
 my loved

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:36.760
 ones

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:38.040
 for the

00:44:38.040 --> 00:44:38.340
 world

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:40.540
 and we

00:44:40.540 --> 00:44:41.060
 ask this

00:44:41.060 --> 00:44:41.560
 in the name

00:44:41.560 --> 00:44:42.020
 of Jesus

00:44:42.020 --> 00:44:42.380
 and the

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.760
 power of

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.060
 the Holy

00:44:43.060 --> 00:44:43.420
 Spirit

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:43.800
 and all

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.180
 God's

00:44:44.180 --> 00:44:44.840
 people said

00:44:44.840 --> 00:44:45.900
 Amen