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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 What a joy to hear you all sing. In case you haven't noticed it yet, that's our story around here.

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 It's life and hope and grace found not in ourselves,

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 but in our crucified and risen Savior, Jesus Christ. That's all we got, okay? That's all you're

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 going to hear. It's not going to get any better than that, even though I will take more than 10

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 minutes to talk about it. See, I only talked for two minutes this morning at the sunrise service,

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 so you should have come earlier because this time it takes me longer to say the same thing.

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 But that's okay, right? Because y'all wanted to hear me talk about Jesus a little bit, right?

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 That's what we came for. Is that okay? Please say yes. Yes. Okay. Maybe. What a joy that is.

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 That it's not that y'all specifically want to hear me talk about Jesus, but that I get the privilege of

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 telling people I love about God who loves them. Man, what a joy. I get that privilege regularly,

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 and especially on Easter, we get a chance to say He's here, and we're hearing from Him because He's with us.

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 That's why we've been studying through the book of John over the last years

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 to encounter Jesus Himself through the eyes of His closest friend. Now, nearly everyone in the world

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 believes that Jesus lived. That's true for almost everyone. In fact, most people acknowledge that

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 His life was a turning point in world history where we even count years before His birth and after His birth.

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 Many have observed that His life fulfilled many prophecies that were written hundreds of years

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 before His birth. Statisticians tell us that the odds of one person fulfilling even just 48 of these

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 prophecies are something like 1 in 10 to the 157th power. It looks something like that. I don't do great

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 with math, but it means it's rather unlikely. And scholars estimate that Jesus fulfilled over 300,

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 not 48, but over 300 such prophecies. But the one of those that people have the most trouble

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 believing He fulfilled is the one we're specifically talking about today. Some people actually believe

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 not just that Jesus lived, but that He lived twice, that He walked out of the grave. That may seem crazy,

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 but I'd suggest to you this morning each of us has to decide what we're going to do with Jesus.

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 What do we believe about Him? He's such an influential figure. He's one who, from what we're told,

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 invites us to be a part of something history-changing, life-changing, bigger than ourselves.

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 Don't we long to be a part of something bigger than ourselves? What are we going to do with Jesus?

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 What would the ramifications be for our world and for our lives if He did rise from the dead,

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 if He did live twice, if He does live now? What difference does that make?

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 I'd invite you to consider that with me as we consider John's first story of the risen Jesus.

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 Jesus. Many in these first 19 chapters we've studied have encountered Jesus,

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 but now He's died on a cross. He's been confirmed dead by Romans and Jews. He's been buried.

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 And this first Easter morning will be the first encounter with Jesus newly alive.

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 Follow along as I read the first 18 verses of John 20. This is God's Word.

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 I'm going to read from the Gospel of John, actually, not from Revelation chapter 20.

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 That was about to be really interesting.

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 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early while it was still dark

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 and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

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 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved,

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 and said to them,

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 They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.

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 So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

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 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter came, following Him, and went into the tomb.

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 He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head,

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 not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself.

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 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in,

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 and he saw and believed.

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 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that He must rise from the dead.

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 And then the disciples went back to their homes.

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 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb.

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 And as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb.

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 And she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain,

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 one at the head and one at the feet.

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 They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?

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 She said to them, They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.

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 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing.

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 But she did not know that it was Jesus.

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 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping?

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 Whom are you seeking?

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 Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him,

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 Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Mary.

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 Mary.

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 She turned and said to Him in Aramaic,

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 Rabboni, which means teacher.

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 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me,

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 for I have not yet ascended to the Father,

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 but go to My brothers and say to them,

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 I am ascending to My Father and your Father,

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 to My God and your God.

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 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,

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 I have seen the Lord,

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 and that He had said these things to her.

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 Pray with me.

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 God, we need Your help this morning.

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 You sent Mary to tell.

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 You've sent me to tell of this.

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 You've sent us to tell.

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 And we need help to know, to understand, to believe, to be changed.

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 We ask for Your Spirit to speak through Your Word to our hearts.

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 That we might not just hunt some eggs and dress up and take some pictures,

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 but that we might meet Jesus,

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 knowing that we'll never be the same if we do.

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 And so we ask it in His name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 John knows how to set a grand stage.

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 He opens His book with,

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 in the beginning.

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 And He then proceeds to tell,

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 not about the creation of the earth,

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 that's the one that starts that way back in Genesis,

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 but about the Creator of the earth.

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 The One who spoke light into darkness

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 was coming to shine light into darkness.

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 darkness.

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 Darkness, see,

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 because right after that Genesis account of creation,

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 we see Adam.

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 Adam's the gardener put in that beautiful garden,

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 and he messes up the world

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 by preferring his own way to God Himself.

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 Darkness enters.

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 Death.

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 Distance from God.

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 These are the stories of human history.

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 And now,

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 John begins to show us something so grand

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 that it could only be described

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 as new creation.

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 Notice just a couple details in verse 1.

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 On the first day of the week,

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 that's when it all started in the beginning,

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 in a garden,

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 out of darkness,

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 life coming out of the tomb.

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 Mary,

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 I'll tell you more about her in a few minutes.

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 She's a follower of Jesus.

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 She encounters then a gardener

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 coming this time,

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 not to bring death to the world

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 by His selfish rebellion,

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 but rather to bring life to the world

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 by His selfless sacrifice.

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 Something is really different.

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 New creation is happening.

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 That's the stage John sets.

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 So if you think

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 that we're overblowing

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 the scope of this story

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 by wearing fancy clothes

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 and singing happy songs,

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 trust me,

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 I can't do justice

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 to how magnificent,

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 how life-changing,

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 how earth-shattering

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 this story should be.

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 But as grand as this story is,

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 it is profoundly personal.

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 Personal in two ways

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 that I don't want us to miss this morning.

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 We'll just look at those two things.

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 First, notice the personal resurrection.

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 I know that was a tough first point

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 to figure out on Easter.

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 Maybe a bit obvious

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 if you read the passage.

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 But the focus of this entire account

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 is a person.

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 Jesus.

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 Why is His tomb empty?

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 Where's His body?

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 What's going on with His grave clothes?

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 Who moved His body

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 and where'd they take it?

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 It's concern about Jesus Himself

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 that sends Mary

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 to find Peter and John,

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 that sends them rushing to the tomb.

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 And there,

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 these two disciples view

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 the linen cloths

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 that Joseph and Nicodemus

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 have carefully wrapped

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 Jesus' body in.

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 And John describes it for us

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 in what can only be described

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 as firsthand detail.

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 This is what He saw.

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 The word for saw

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 used here is one that means

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 analyzed,

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 reasoned about,

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 considered.

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 The cloths and the face cloth

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 folded up and lying separately.

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 John starts thinking

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 that they have the appearance

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 of a body inside them

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 having just disappeared.

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 That's what the words mean.

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 They're neatly still in place

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 like think of a chrysalis

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 that a butterfly

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 has just come out of

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 and you see where it was.

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 And John starts thinking

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 to himself,

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 well, hold on,

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 this is no work of friends

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 who never would have exposed

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 Jesus' naked,

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 tortured body

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 if they were taking it away.

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 On the other hand,

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 this is no work of enemies.

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 No, grave robber

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 would slow down

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 to unwrap a body

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 and then carefully,

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 carefully lay the cloths

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 right back in place.

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 No way,

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 not when grave robbery

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 is a capital crime.

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 It's not happening.

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 Something otherworldly

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 is going on here.

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 John looks

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 and sees

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 and believes.

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 This must be,

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 he's seen too many of it.

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 It must be miracle working

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 Jesus again.

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 He doesn't know everything.

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 He didn't understand

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 that the prophecies

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 said a resurrection

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 would happen

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 but John believed

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 Jesus was alive.

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 Think about that.

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 Jesus,

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 the man we

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 walked and talked with,

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 the one that we

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 ate with,

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 we've been with him

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 for three years.

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 We just saw him

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 hung on a cross.

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 He's alive.

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 He really

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 bodily,

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 bodily rose

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 from the grave

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 and appeared to

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 hundreds of people

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 in the days ahead.

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 More to come

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 next week.

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 But that's the story

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 of the Bible, y'all.

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 That's the good news

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 of Jesus.

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 See,

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 Christianity

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 is about

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 a person.

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 I don't want to

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 overcomplicate it

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 this morning.

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 His personal

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 bodily resurrection

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 is at the heart

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 of the message

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 that changes the world

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 and keeps changing it.

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 Just as John

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 was careful

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 last week

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 to show us

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 that Jesus

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 was really dead,

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 now he is careful

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 to testify to us

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 that Jesus

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 is really alive.

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 And that's a huge deal.

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 It's really important.

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 We'll just start

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 with this reason

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 because remember,

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 we had real debt.

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 Remember that?

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 That we'd accrued

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 against God?

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 We had real debt

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 that needed a real payment

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 to be made

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 for that debt.

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 And Jesus said what?

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 It is finished.

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 Remember on the cross?

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 Paid in full

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 as he poured out

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 his life

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 on the cross.

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 And now this empty grave

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 is the receipt,

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 if you will,

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 for that payment

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 that Jesus has made

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 in full

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 for our debt.

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 Listen,

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 when Jesus wrote

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 that check,

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 it didn't bounce,

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 did it?

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 That credit card

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 did not get declined.

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 The God of all,

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 the Lord and giver of life,

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 accepted that payment

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 of the sin-bearing substitute

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 and says,

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 paid in full.

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 We need it to be real.

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 Real human flesh

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 paid for real human sin

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 and rose in a real human resurrection.

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 A nice idea of resurrection

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 won't do it.

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 See,

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 I want to make sure

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 you hear how important

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 this is.

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 Because even many churches

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 across the city

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 and beyond

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 will tell you today

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 to think about ideas

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 like resurrection,

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 new life,

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 hope for change.

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 but they'll say

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 the story of the resurrection

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 that we just read

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 is pretty far-fetched.

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 It's a metaphor.

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 It's a powerful idea

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 with really no basis in reality.

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 But don't worry,

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 it doesn't need to be real.

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 It's a powerful idea.

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 I mean,

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 right here,

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 many of us

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 go to this church

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 and others

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 just because

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 we want our kids

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 raised on the principles

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 of Jesus.

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 Because the moral structure

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 is commendable.

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 Because they really need it

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 these days.

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 But listen,

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 Christianity

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 is not about

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 a set of principles.

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 It's about a person.

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 Jesus' resurrection,

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 never more to die,

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 gives you a true reason

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 to care for this world

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 and the people

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 who live in it.

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 Because they will truly last.

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 It's not true

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 that the motivation

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 to moral living

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 is just the same

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 regardless of the reality

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 of the resurrection

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 and eternal hope.

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 I mean,

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 just prove that to you

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 with a couple of examples.

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 Think about that.

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 Consider the motivation

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 of a group of workers

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 who are building a house

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 that they're told

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 that they will personally live in

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 for the next 50 years

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 after they finish it.

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 versus their motivation

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 if you tell them

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 as they begin the project

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 that right after they finish it,

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 a tornado is gonna blow through,

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 destroy the house

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 and nobody will ever live in it.

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 It's a different motivation.

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 Consider a group of students

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 working on a group project

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 that they're told

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 will never be graded.

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 How hard you gonna work, kids?

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 Pouring all your extra time

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 into that one?

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 What about the difference

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 if you're told

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 that the grades you make

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 on this will be

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 the only thing

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 that will decide

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 whether or not

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 you get into college?

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 All of a sudden

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 there's a different motivation.

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 Consider even the difference

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 in a teenager

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 getting dressed

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 to go to bed

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 versus getting dressed

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 for pictures

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 that will live on online.

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 I assure you

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 there's a difference.

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 The motivation

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 is different

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 when the result

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 really lasts.

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 So Jesus,

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 rather than

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 tell us to care

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 for the earth

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 even though it will

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 eventually implode

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 and cease to exist,

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 rather than tell us

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 to be kind

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 to people near death

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 who won't exist

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 afterwards,

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 rather than tell us

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 to pursue

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 a just society

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 even though it's

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 an accidental blip

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 on a cosmic radar

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 and soon will disappear,

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 Jesus says,

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 care for the earth

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 because I'm alive

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 and remaking it

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 into my eternal home

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 with you.

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 That's what Easter says.

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 Jesus says,

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 love your neighbors

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 because they're made

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 in the image

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 of a God

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 who's alive

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 and they will live

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 bodily,

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 personally,

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 forever.

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 Jesus says,

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 pursue justice

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 on behalf

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 of the oppressed

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 because even your

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 feeble efforts

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 here are not in vain

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 because I'm alive

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 and I will set

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 all wrong things

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 right forever.

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 Come with me

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 in that,

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 I'm doing an amazing

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 work,

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 he says.

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 All of that is true

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 because Jesus

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 really rose

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 from that tomb.

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 If he didn't rise,

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 we are still

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 in our sins.

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 We have no receipt

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 to prove otherwise.

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 We're to be pitied

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 for living

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 only for this life.

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 Oh,

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 if he didn't rise,

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 you might as well

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 live very different lives.

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 But Christ

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 has been

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 raised

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 from the dead.

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 Nothing

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:19.339
 can stop God

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.459
 from bringing life

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 to this world.

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 He's recreating,

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.220
 right?

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.379
 Remember that Jesus

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.899
 and John

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 is showing us

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.099
 what God

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.079
 is really like

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 in the flesh.

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 Here he is

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 powerful

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 to recreate

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 light

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 overcoming

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 darkness,

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.399
 life

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 invading death.

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 That's why we celebrate

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 Easter

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 because there's

00:19:36.580 --> 00:19:37.320
 real hope.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.680
 If you want

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.680
 to make me cry,

00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:43.799
 it's apparently

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:45.140
 easier these days.

00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.240
 Someone said to me

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 the other day,

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.320
 well,

00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.120
 it's like two out of

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 three sermons lately.

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 Yeah.

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 I don't think

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 it's that bad.

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.380
 Don't check the tape

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.740
 on that.

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 If you want

00:19:59.580 --> 00:20:00.160
 to make me cry,

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.680
 just show me

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.539
 videos of

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 soldiers

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.920
 returning from

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 war

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.640
 to surprise

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.700
 their families

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 at a sporting

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 event

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 or a school

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 or wherever

00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:11.200
 it is.

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.940
 It gets me

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 every time.

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:14.080
 The personal

00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:15.020
 impact of

00:20:15.020 --> 00:20:16.080
 dad

00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:17.500
 or sister

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.620
 or husband

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:20.680
 showing up.

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 It's so powerful.

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.820
 I told you

00:20:24.820 --> 00:20:25.580
 a few weeks ago

00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:26.440
 of the young boy

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.480
 whose dad

00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.400
 went off to war

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.120
 and he kept

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 a picture

00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.520
 of his dad

00:20:30.520 --> 00:20:32.340
 beside his bed

00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.859
 to comfort him

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.480
 when things

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.199
 were hard.

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.939
 But one night

00:20:36.939 --> 00:20:37.740
 when it was

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.819
 really hard,

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 that wasn't

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.759
 enough.

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.579
 And he,

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:42.759
 through his tears,

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.799
 said to his

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.079
 mother,

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 I just want

00:20:45.459 --> 00:20:46.519
 daddy to come

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.159
 out of the

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.639
 frame.

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.879
 He wanted

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.379
 his father

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:50.659
 there

00:20:50.659 --> 00:20:51.740
 personally,

00:20:52.939 --> 00:20:53.359
 bodily,

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.399
 not just another

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.019
 picture,

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:56.099
 not just a nice

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:57.159
 thought or an

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.399
 idea of dad.

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 and we

00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.360
 reflected then

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:01.400
 how wonderful

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.220
 it was that

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.680
 our heavenly

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:03.920
 father comes

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:04.640
 out of the

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.460
 frame to

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.259
 enter into

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.780
 our sorrows.

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:09.140
 That Jesus

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:10.540
 really suffers

00:21:10.540 --> 00:21:11.800
 in this world,

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.820
 in the flesh.

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.460
 He doesn't leave

00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.259
 us alone in our

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.759
 pain.

00:21:16.820 --> 00:21:17.320
 But can you

00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:18.680
 imagine how

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.560
 much more

00:21:19.560 --> 00:21:20.280
 amazing,

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.380
 how much more

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.500
 life changing

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.040
 it would be

00:21:23.040 --> 00:21:24.120
 if that young

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:25.500
 boy had just

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.200
 been told

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.620
 that his dad

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.259
 died in

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.699
 combat?

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.239
 How many

00:21:31.239 --> 00:21:31.859
 more tears

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.379
 he cried?

00:21:33.219 --> 00:21:33.759
 How much

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.939
 more desperate

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.459
 he was?

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.419
 And then a few

00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:37.299
 days later his

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.579
 dad shows up

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.939
 and wraps his

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.459
 son in his

00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:41.500
 arms and lifts

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.439
 him up high.

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.919
 Can you imagine

00:21:43.919 --> 00:21:45.000
 how much that

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.579
 would change

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.419
 things if he

00:21:46.419 --> 00:21:47.519
 not only came

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.039
 out of the

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.919
 frame but

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.759
 walked out of

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.599
 the grave?

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.519
 Not merely

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.339
 entering our

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.319
 suffering with

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.519
 us but conquering

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.279
 our greatest

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.719
 enemy for us?

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.539
 How much

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.180
 more does that

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.220
 change things?

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.480
 How much

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.119
 more joy?

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.399
 How much

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:01.920
 more life?

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.240
 How much

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.059
 more hope?

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.220
 Interestingly,

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.379
 Peter and

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.960
 John don't

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:11.480
 yet encounter

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.980
 the risen

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.720
 Jesus, do

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:12.940
 they?

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.899
 Not in this

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.200
 story.

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.059
 They do what

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.559
 you might do

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.000
 this Easter,

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.559
 they go back

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:18.859
 to their

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.240
 homes.

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.700
 See, they

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.000
 have the

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:24.480
 principles but

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.980
 not yet the

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.359
 person.

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:27.299
 and it's

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.899
 not enough to

00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:28.559
 transform their

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.179
 lives, is it?

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.339
 Just wait.

00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:36.240
 Mary gets

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.919
 to be first.

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.939
 This is one of

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:39.519
 my favorite

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.619
 personal encounters

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.559
 with Jesus in

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.199
 the whole Bible.

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.059
 I know some of

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.659
 you really love

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:43.979
 it too.

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.000
 Mary stands

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.779
 outside the

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:48.740
 tomb, still

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.199
 weeping.

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.079
 The others

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.419
 have gone

00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:50.699
 away.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:52.080
 Why?

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.880
 Well, some

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.500
 background may

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:56.840
 help.

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.779
 Jesus changed

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.640
 Mary's life

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.600
 completely just a

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.420
 couple years ago

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.580
 when he cast

00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:03.559
 seven demons

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.920
 out from her.

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.840
 She's been

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.740
 following him

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.440
 since then.

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.340
 She was one of

00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.440
 the very few

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.759
 friends at the

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.200
 cross when

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.319
 Jesus died with

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.220
 him to the

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.819
 bitter end.

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.740
 She is now

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:18.000
 clearly grieving

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.460
 the loss of

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.940
 Jesus' life

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:22.359
 changing presence

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.940
 with her.

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.319
 She's searching

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.900
 everywhere for

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.460
 his body.

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.119
 We all know

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:31.240
 tears like this.

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:33.480
 I want to

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.940
 encourage you to

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.720
 put yourself in

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.539
 the story here

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.019
 for a minute.

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.680
 It's a little

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.539
 bit hard for

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.940
 some of you

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.319
 because I know

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.460
 it's Easter and

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.039
 you thought maybe

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.059
 I'm safe coming.

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.880
 They'll be happy

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:42.380
 and they won't

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.039
 make me think

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.680
 about the hard

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.039
 things.

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.480
 I get it.

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.220
 But we've all

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.460
 cried tears like

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:51.400
 this at the

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:51.940
 grave of a

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.559
 loved one.

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:53.799
 Right?

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.339
 Feeling that

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.299
 ache of death

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:59.359
 and separation.

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:01.219
 Maybe the

00:24:01.219 --> 00:24:02.419
 tears are tears

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.579
 of disappointment

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.719
 in a life that

00:24:04.719 --> 00:24:05.579
 used to have

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.500
 this clear path

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.959
 that made sense.

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.500
 A future that

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.139
 was full of

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.139
 hope and

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.919
 purpose.

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.619
 It was free

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:16.099
 from death

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:17.099
 and war

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.259
 and injustice

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.179
 and now that

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:20.419
 life path

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.859
 seems gone.

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.479
 Maybe they're

00:24:24.479 --> 00:24:25.740
 fearful tears

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.339
 for you.

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.240
 Tears of not

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:28.439
 being enough.

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:31.079
 afraid demons

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.219
 from my past

00:24:32.219 --> 00:24:33.519
 will catch up

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.339
 to me now.

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.979
 Some combination

00:24:37.979 --> 00:24:39.479
 of those tears

00:24:39.479 --> 00:24:40.439
 makes Mary

00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:42.439
 long for

00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:42.859
 Jesus.

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:45.659
 Don't you love

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.559
 how as you read

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.199
 through these

00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.659
 verses

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:49.419
 nothing will

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:50.659
 satisfy her

00:24:50.659 --> 00:24:51.979
 except Jesus

00:24:51.979 --> 00:24:52.740
 himself.

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.839
 Peter and

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.219
 John

00:24:55.219 --> 00:24:56.279
 where's

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.819
 Jesus?

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:59.579
 two bright

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.759
 shining angels

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.259
 not even

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.000
 distracted by

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.139
 y'all.

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.720
 Where's

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.179
 Jesus?

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.319
 People are

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.799
 usually afraid

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.039
 of us.

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.460
 No, no,

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.960
 where's

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.419
 Jesus?

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.919
 Some

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.579
 gardener guy

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.279
 outside the

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.559
 tomb

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.359
 not paying

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.960
 attention to

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.299
 him,

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.079
 not even

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.359
 giving him

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.679
 the time

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:13.939
 of day.

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.500
 Where's

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.039
 Jesus?

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.919
 Not a

00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.359
 beautiful

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.899
 longing.

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.099
 But her

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.519
 tears

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.559
 and her

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.500
 frantic grief

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.640
 keep her

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.680
 from recognizing

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.460
 Jesus

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:28.099
 until

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:30.960
 Mary.

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.039
 The good

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.480
 shepherd

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.000
 calls his

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.680
 sheep by

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.160
 name

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.960
 and they

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.339
 know his

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:39.880
 voice.

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.900
 There's a

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.839
 personal

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.539
 resurrection

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.759
 of Jesus.

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.500
 All of a sudden

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.180
 things change

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.619
 for Mary,

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.059
 don't they?

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.960
 That personal

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.700
 resurrection of

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.460
 Jesus means

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.839
 there's a

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.299
 personal

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.220
 relationship

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.120
 for Mary

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:54.059
 with her

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.460
 Lord.

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.660
 His one

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.140
 word

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.819
 changes

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.700
 everything.

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.860
 He lives

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.240
 my

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.940
 teacher,

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.960
 savior,

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.920
 Lord.

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.380
 Throws

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.759
 herself

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.400
 around him.

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.140
 See,

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.940
 because he

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.339
 lives,

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.460
 the demons

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.339
 that haunt

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.039
 Mary's life

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.500
 are gone

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.140
 forever,

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.000
 aren't they?

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.980
 He's already

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.579
 shown his

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.620
 power over

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.259
 them once

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.160
 and if this

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.579
 is no

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:15.980
 failed

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.740
 Messiah,

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.779
 no dead

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.240
 rebel,

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.839
 then he

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.299
 is the

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.240
 real deal

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.120
 and those

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.600
 demons

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.539
 are really

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.019
 defeated.

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:23.659
 Nobody

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.259
 else ever

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.579
 could,

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.299
 but this

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.559
 guy,

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.019
 if he's

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.539
 with me,

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.219
 I know

00:26:27.219 --> 00:26:27.679
 who's in

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.079
 charge.

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:29.919
 He's come

00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.339
 out of the

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.819
 frame and

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.259
 out of the

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.899
 grave,

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.919
 so I have

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:35.619
 hope instead

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.119
 of endless

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.619
 sorrow.

00:26:38.219 --> 00:26:38.759
 I'm no

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.599
 longer most

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.639
 to be pitied

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.439
 with hope

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.480
 only for

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.219
 this life

00:26:43.219 --> 00:26:43.759
 that maybe

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.119
 I'll have a

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.500
 little better

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.279
 day tomorrow,

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.159
 a little more

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.019
 comfort next

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.480
 time.

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.139
 No,

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.539
 no,

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.679
 no,

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.659
 eternal

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.419
 life,

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.660
 beyond the

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.480
 grave with

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.980
 all of

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.940
 those things

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.759
 removed from

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.080
 it.

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.440
 The good

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.840
 news of

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.680
 Jesus is that

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.240
 he really

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.500
 died to pay

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.039
 the penalty

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.759
 for all your

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.300
 sins and

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:03.680
 failures,

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.480
 that he

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.380
 really rose

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.019
 from the

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.600
 dead to

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.980
 show that

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.320
 God has

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:08.039
 accepted that

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.580
 payment in

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.200
 full and

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.880
 give you

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.640
 resurrection

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.240
 power.

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:11.880
 Death no

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.580
 longer holds

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.759
 you captive.

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.120
 It's a

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.060
 personal thing

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.660
 that Jesus

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.259
 has done.

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.420
 Pastor Andrew

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.039
 Murray once

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.319
 said,

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.059
 a dead

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.980
 Christ I

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.680
 must do

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.279
 everything

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.839
 for.

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.399
 A living

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:24.899
 Christ does

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:26.399
 everything for

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:26.740
 me.

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.279
 You get that?

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.000
 Can you believe

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.319
 that?

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.559
 A living

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.859
 Christ does

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.119
 everything for

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.279
 me.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.039
 He's paid it

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.259
 all.

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.519
 He's with me

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.839
 now.

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.720
 He's never

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.440
 leaving me.

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:38.500
 I can rest

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.539
 in him.

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.680
 That's true

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.159
 that you may

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:41.839
 still battle

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:44.139
 demons because

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.779
 we're all still

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.819
 in this groaning

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.819
 world.

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:49.039
 But if you

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.000
 trust this

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.899
 resurrected

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:52.259
 Savior, you're

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.279
 united with

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.379
 him today and

00:27:54.379 --> 00:27:55.180
 you will surely

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.220
 be united with

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.799
 him in a

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.779
 resurrection like

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.119
 his.

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.680
 That's Romans

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.299
 6.

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.259
 You'll never be

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.279
 the failure that

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.200
 you're afraid you

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.359
 are.

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.039
 You'll be the

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.379
 glorious child of

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.259
 God that he

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:06.200
 created you to

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.399
 be forever.

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.879
 Your best days

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:10.139
 are always ahead.

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.539
 That's the good

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.119
 news of Jesus.

00:28:13.139 --> 00:28:14.339
 Because he lives,

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:16.019
 Mary's now known

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:18.039
 instead of

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.400
 insignificant,

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.160
 distant from

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.980
 the one who

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.559
 loves her.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.960
 Jesus doesn't

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.559
 preach a long

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.180
 sermon, does

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.299
 he?

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.700
 Some of us

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.079
 could learn

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.819
 from that.

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.500
 He doesn't

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.139
 spend a lot of

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.779
 time with her

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.819
 explaining how

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.500
 resurrection works,

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:41.859
 the nature of

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.779
 the new body,

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.859
 glorified.

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:48.059
 what does he

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.259
 do?

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.619
 He calls her

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.940
 name.

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.920
 Do you need

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.759
 to hear Jesus

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:59.339
 speak your name

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.859
 this morning?

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.660
 It really helps

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.160
 if you're named

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.559
 Mary.

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.480
 You can't really

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.139
 read yourself

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.599
 right in.

00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.900
 Do you need to

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.319
 hear him say

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.940
 Joseph,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.259
 Gabriella,

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:14.319
 David?

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.400
 David?

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:20.660
 Jesus sees you.

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:24.099
 Jesus understands

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.319
 your tears.

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.000
 He knows your

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.660
 sorrows,

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:30.000
 yours specifically,

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.019
 and he comes to

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.980
 you to call you

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.359
 his own

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.079
 by name,

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.400
 not forgotten,

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.660
 no way.

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:41.320
 you're not

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:41.900
 abandoned,

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.320
 not by him.

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:45.000
 He will never

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.920
 let Mary go,

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.080
 even when she

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.820
 has to leave

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:49.040
 his side for

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:49.740
 the mission on

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.759
 which he sends

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:50.900
 her.

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.500
 It's okay,

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.100
 she can't

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.480
 because he's

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.940
 with her.

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.580
 Because he

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:56.800
 lives,

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.580
 she's no longer

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.040
 alone.

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.759
 In fact,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.180
 she has a new

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.840
 community

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:02.800
 instead of

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.380
 isolation.

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.880
 Notice what he

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.480
 sends her to

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.259
 announce to his

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.720
 disciples,

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.519
 to embrace

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.560
 for herself.

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.679
 tell my

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:10.200
 brothers,

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.359
 Jesus says,

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.220
 that my

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.039
 father is

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.799
 their father,

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.159
 that my

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:17.159
 God is

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:18.220
 their God.

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:18.899
 Jesus'

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.839
 resurrection

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.839
 brings us

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.379
 into a

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.359
 family with

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.960
 people of

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.799
 all sorts

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.339
 of stories

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.099
 and none

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.519
 of us has

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.759
 it all

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.059
 together.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.819
 None of

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.119
 us has

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.399
 it all

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.359
 figured out.

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.419
 I mean,

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.099
 think about

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.200
 that.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.480
 Are you

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.139
 serious,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.539
 Jesus?

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.579
 These

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.440
 failures who

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.079
 just abandoned

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.460
 you,

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.639
 who fell

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.299
 asleep at

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.639
 the wheel

00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:36.960
 when you

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.559
 really needed

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:37.720
 them,

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.539
 who let

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.319
 you down,

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.160
 tell them

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.920
 to buzz

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.980
 off while

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.680
 you win

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.400
 the victory

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.000
 and claim

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.519
 all of the

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.160
 glory for

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.700
 yourself.

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.299
 You tell

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.460
 them,

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.880
 Jesus,

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.480
 nope.

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.680
 Go tell

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:54.579
 my brothers,

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.240
 he hasn't

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.860
 called them

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.440
 that often,

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.240
 go tell my

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:01.000
 brothers that

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.779
 you've seen

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.740
 me and that

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.559
 I say,

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:05.460
 we're family

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.400
 forever.

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.480
 forever.

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.259
 What grace

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:10.960
 in Jesus'

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.500
 words.

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.560
 Remember,

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.220
 Jesus is

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.000
 showing us

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.720
 what God

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.280
 is like

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:15.900
 in the

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.220
 flesh.

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.720
 We've

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:16.940
 already

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.540
 seen his

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.540
 power to

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:19.460
 bring life,

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.720
 to recreate.

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.620
 Now we

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.259
 see part of

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.640
 that new

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.580
 creation is

00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:24.780
 remaking us

00:31:24.780 --> 00:31:25.420
 in his

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.700
 image,

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.400
 in his

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:27.060
 family.

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.840
 What do

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.340
 we see

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.980
 about God

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.240
 here?

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.440
 We need to

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:30.840
 know this,

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.840
 that nothing

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:33.360
 can stop him

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.320
 from being in

00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:35.720
 relationship with

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.039
 you,

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.880
 nothing.

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.400
 That's why

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.000
 he's made

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.819
 the long

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.519
 journey,

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:42.120
 fought the

00:31:42.120 --> 00:31:42.480
 enemy,

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.700
 paid the

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.200
 price,

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.120
 faced death

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:46.120
 itself head

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.360
 on,

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.460
 emerged from

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.920
 the grave

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.620
 victorious,

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.420
 and come

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.100
 back to

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.860
 call you by

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.380
 name,

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.620
 to call you

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.460
 by name

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.120
 and say,

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:56.740
 I understand

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.519
 your tears.

00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:00.139
 I know

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.359
 you're

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.680
 hurting.

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.920
 I know

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.500
 life is

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.839
 hard.

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.359
 I've

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.099
 lived it.

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.740
 I know

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.660
 death looms.

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.559
 I've felt

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.740
 it.

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.019
 That's why

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.000
 I came

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.720
 and I've

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.420
 come back

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.440
 for you

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.240
 to wipe

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.960
 all of

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.559
 your

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:14.440
 tears

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.180
 away.

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.940
 I don't

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.460
 know all

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.960
 of the

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.619
 reasons you

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.139
 may have

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.779
 tears

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:24.960
 today.

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:26.160
 I will

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.460
 tell you

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.860
 after the

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.360
 sunrise

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.819
 service,

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.640
 in just

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.039
 a few

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.400
 minutes,

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.720
 people came

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.240
 up to talk

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.720
 to me about

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.279
 tears from

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.059
 miscarriage,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.640
 job loss,

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.799
 death of

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.200
 a loved

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.559
 one,

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.279
 depression,

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.600
 debilitating

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.220
 injury.

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.140
 Y'all,

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.799
 it's Easter.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.079
 And this

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.380
 is what

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.960
 we're sharing

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.539
 with one

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.360
 another about.

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:52.880
 Saying,

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.220
 well,

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.319
 sometimes I

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.819
 can't even

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.019
 see Jesus

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.500
 through all

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.220
 the tears.

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.839
 It's too

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.220
 hard.

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.720
 It's too

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.200
 much.

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.740
 I don't

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.839
 know what

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.339
 it is for

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.559
 you,

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.740
 but I know

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.079
 this.

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.799
 Derek said

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.120
 it at the

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.579
 beginning of

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.140
 the service.

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.220
 If Jesus

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.240
 really walked

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.720
 out of the

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.819
 grave and

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.759
 really calls

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.600
 you by name,

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.519
 then whatever

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.259
 it is,

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:20.779
 it's going

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.539
 to be okay

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:23.039
 in the end.

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.119
 it will

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.339
 be.

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.379
 You can

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.859
 trust him.

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.579
 No matter

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.139
 how hard

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.420
 it is,

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.799
 and it's

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.399
 really hard

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.599
 and you

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.000
 don't have

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.460
 to pretend

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.099
 it's not.

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.200
 He's got

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.579
 this.

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.559
 He's alive.

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.460
 He's got

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.819
 you.

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.700
 Just a couple

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.200
 of years ago,

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.960
 the last time

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.500
 I preached

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.519
 this passage,

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.960
 he showed up

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.680
 in my life.

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.680
 I was in

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.340
 a season

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:51.180
 of excessive

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.620
 self-focus.

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.600
 I was not

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.259
 caring well

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.740
 for others.

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.820
 I could feel

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:56.940
 it.

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.980
 I was frustrated.

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.160
 I was disappointed

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.900
 in myself.

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.420
 I was thinking

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.240
 things like,

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.480
 I know the

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.259
 principles about

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.640
 Jesus,

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.740
 but Jesus

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.440
 himself,

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.220
 the person,

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.320
 feels distant.

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:12.960
 I was saying,

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:13.860
 I need him

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.800
 to show up,

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.720
 but I'm afraid

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.320
 he won't.

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.539
 But he did

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:24.480
 to remind me

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.700
 that I was

00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.059
 his

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.620
 and that he

00:34:27.620 --> 00:34:28.220
 had me.

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.400
 Just last week,

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.800
 I was

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.940
 confessing

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.900
 some sins

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.720
 to a trusted

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.460
 friend.

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:37.460
 He listened

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.059
 patiently,

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.780
 took a while,

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.039
 usually does

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.640
 when I talk,

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.600
 especially does

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:41.960
 when I need

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.519
 to confess.

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.360
 When I finally

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:45.900
 stopped,

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.480
 he said

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:48.420
 something like

00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:48.740
 this.

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.460
 Will,

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:51.960
 before I

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.640
 share something

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:52.980
 with you,

00:34:53.080 --> 00:34:54.200
 I just want

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.600
 you to know

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:56.380
 those things

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.980
 in your heart

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.519
 and life

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.260
 are real

00:34:58.260 --> 00:34:58.780
 and awful.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.539
 Jesus went

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.460
 to the cross

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:03.000
 and paid

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.519
 for them

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.440
 completely.

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.780
 And he rose

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.580
 from the grave

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:08.320
 because he

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.820
 wanted you

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.880
 to live

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.780
 with him

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.680
 even though

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.380
 you struggle

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.000
 like this.

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.500
 Will,

00:35:13.580 --> 00:35:14.400
 he loves you

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.940
 even when

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.340
 you don't

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.039
 feel lovable.

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.380
 It was as

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.640
 though

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.920
 sitting at

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.600
 Eggs Up Grill,

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:22.940
 Jesus

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.460
 called me

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.160
 by name

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:26.400
 and spoke

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.940
 to me

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.960
 words of

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.160
 life

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:31.080
 and grace

00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:32.280
 and peace

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.600
 to my heart.

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.480
 It was like

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.900
 he spoke

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.500
 of himself.

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.500
 what a gift

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.159
 that is.

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.679
 Maybe you're

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.239
 wondering this

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.940
 morning if that

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.760
 personal relationship

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.440
 with Jesus

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.480
 is real

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.219
 or just

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:47.539
 pastor talk,

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.719
 church speak.

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.219
 I'd encourage you

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.079
 not to take my

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.699
 word for it

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.559
 but would you

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.199
 ask Jesus

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.820
 himself?

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.079
 Would you

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.780
 set aside

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.519
 some time

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:59.400
 to talk

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.940
 with him?

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.760
 To ask

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.719
 Jesus if he's

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.440
 real to speak

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.760
 to you,

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.579
 to read his

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:04.840
 word,

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.400
 maybe just

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.940
 read through

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.700
 the gospels,

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.099
 Matthew,

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.480
 Mark,

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.019
 Luke,

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.940
 John over

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.639
 the next few

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.320
 days to

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.840
 encounter

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.280
 Jesus.

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:11.700
 It doesn't

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.119
 take real

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.460
 long,

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.039
 honestly.

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.440
 Ask him

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.840
 to show

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.260
 you who

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.980
 he is.

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.619
 Because I

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.159
 mean here's

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.400
 the deal

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.740
 for me,

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.740
 if Christianity

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:22.260
 is a person

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:23.900
 not a set

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.720
 of principles

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:26.820
 don't reject

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.360
 it without

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.079
 encountering

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.420
 him.

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.599
 In fact

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.159
 if Christianity

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:32.079
 is a person

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.880
 not a set

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.519
 of principles

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.599
 don't claim

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.280
 to embrace

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.800
 it without

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.559
 encountering

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.880
 him.

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.119
 You may be

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.440
 in church

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.860
 like this

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.500
 every Easter

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.780
 and you

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:42.440
 may think

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.720
 none of

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.039
 this stuff

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.559
 about Jesus

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.260
 matters at

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.539
 all.

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.280
 Would you

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.960
 ask him

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.300
 to show

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.619
 you who

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.180
 he is?

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.599
 Ask Jesus

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.059
 to call

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.380
 you by

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.700
 name.

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.760
 Ask him,

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.720
 challenge him

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.800
 to show

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.340
 you how a

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:54.820
 relationship

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.300
 with him

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.960
 can change

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.559
 your life.

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:59.280
 And it's

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.640
 not just

00:36:59.640 --> 00:36:59.880
 you.

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.780
 This is

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.099
 why you

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.400
 can be

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.799
 assured

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.099
 that

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.819
 everything

00:37:03.819 --> 00:37:04.279
 no matter

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.619
 what it

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:04.819
 is

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:05.519
 everything

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.279
 will

00:37:06.279 --> 00:37:06.920
 ultimately

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.400
 be

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.259
 okay.

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:09.420
 See because

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.179
 he's alive

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.239
 entering into

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.980
 a relationship

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.679
 with Jesus

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.559
 believing into

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.079
 him makes

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.559
 you part

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.079
 of something

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.679
 bigger than

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.199
 yourself

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.920
 just like

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.199
 you've been

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.920
 longing for.

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:19.539
 We saw

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.039
 hints of

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.420
 this in

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.900
 bringing you

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.699
 into community

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.599
 but Jesus

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.159
 says he's

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:24.440
 making all

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.460
 things

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.119
 new

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.599
 not just

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.920
 you.

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.480
 Listen to

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.860
 Revelation

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.559
 21.

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.980
 The dwelling

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.680
 place of

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:32.079
 God is

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.620
 with man.

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.140
 He will

00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:33.720
 dwell with

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:33.980
 them and

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.280
 they'll be

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:34.900
 his people

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.680
 and God

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.500
 himself will

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.059
 be with

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.940
 them as

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.740
 their God.

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:39.840
 He will

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.740
 wipe away

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:42.480
 every tear

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.420
 from their

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.920
 eyes and

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.539
 death shall

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.200
 be no more.

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.980
 Neither shall

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.200
 there be

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.940
 mourning or

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.480
 crying or

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.160
 pain anymore

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.760
 for the

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.360
 former things

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:50.800
 have passed

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.460
 away and

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.800
 the one

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.240
 seated on

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.700
 the throne

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.620
 says behold

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.539
 I am

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.559
 making all

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.659
 things

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.679
 new.

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:58.859
 Remember

00:37:58.859 --> 00:37:59.659
 John has

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.099
 given us

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.799
 an account

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.819
 of a new

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.539
 creation

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:04.039
 so life

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.639
 starts to

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.199
 flow doesn't

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.339
 it?

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.139
 Not just

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.859
 to Mary's

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.500
 soul as

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.259
 wonderful as

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.679
 that is

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.539
 but to her

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.239
 body as

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:11.339
 her tears

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:11.920
 clear and

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.639
 she can see

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.319
 Jesus.

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:15.099
 Not only to

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.880
 her but also

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:17.259
 to the people

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:18.139
 around her

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:19.319
 that Jesus

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:19.920
 sends her

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.179
 to.

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.940
 Not only to

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:22.259
 all those

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:23.180
 people but

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:23.920
 but to

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.360
 the entire

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.200
 creation

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.000
 groaning

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.560
 since our

00:38:26.560 --> 00:38:27.020
 rebellion

00:38:27.020 --> 00:38:27.760
 broke it

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:28.020
 to the

00:38:28.020 --> 00:38:28.440
 to the

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.900
 world

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.460
 that is

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.340
 haunted by

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.860
 death

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.500
 that will

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:32.040
 now be

00:38:32.040 --> 00:38:33.020
 flooded with

00:38:33.020 --> 00:38:33.520
 life

00:38:33.520 --> 00:38:35.000
 because God

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.560
 has come

00:38:35.560 --> 00:38:36.280
 to live

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.960
 here and

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.260
 that's what

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.160
 happens when

00:38:38.160 --> 00:38:38.860
 he's present.

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.760
 Jesus will

00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:40.280
 make this

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.840
 world new

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.960
 with passionate

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.760
 commitment

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.020
 because he

00:38:44.020 --> 00:38:45.600
 like Mary

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.760
 like you and

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.520
 me has

00:38:47.520 --> 00:38:48.420
 shed tears

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.620
 at the grave

00:38:49.620 --> 00:38:50.080
 of a loved

00:38:50.080 --> 00:38:50.640
 one hasn't

00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:50.800
 he?

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.040
 He knows

00:38:53.040 --> 00:38:53.740
 those tears

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:55.700
 he hates

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.800
 death

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:58.460
 he longs

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.960
 to remove

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.560
 all its

00:38:59.560 --> 00:39:00.240
 effects on

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.840
 the world

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.740
 and people

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.660
 he lovingly

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:03.160
 created

00:39:03.160 --> 00:39:05.040
 you can count

00:39:05.040 --> 00:39:05.480
 on his

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.940
 commitment

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.900
 to wipe

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.840
 all of those

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.600
 tears away

00:39:08.600 --> 00:39:09.620
 one day

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.060
 he's going

00:39:10.060 --> 00:39:10.280
 to make

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.900
 all things

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.340
 new

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.780
 he's going

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.340
 to destroy

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.920
 death

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.400
 forever

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:14.240
 swallow it

00:39:14.240 --> 00:39:14.540
 up in

00:39:14.540 --> 00:39:15.180
 his victory

00:39:15.180 --> 00:39:15.900
 make his

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.420
 blessings

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.200
 flow as

00:39:17.200 --> 00:39:17.900
 far as

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.380
 the curse

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.060
 is found

00:39:19.060 --> 00:39:19.960
 joy to

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.480
 the world

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.100
 the Lord

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.719
 has come

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.299
 and he's

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:23.219
 coming back

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.139
 alive

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.199
 forever

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:26.460
 never more

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.000
 to die

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:28.019
 that's our

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.360
 hope

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.539
 Jesus wipes

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.239
 Mary's tears

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:30.599
 away

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:32.299
 with his

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.699
 personal

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.339
 presence

00:39:33.339 --> 00:39:34.719
 and then he

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.360
 sends her to

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.940
 share the good

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.179
 news

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.779
 what is it?

00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:38.920
 I've seen

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.500
 the Lord

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:41.900
 tears

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.960
 are being wiped

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.319
 away

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:43.779
 mourning

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.719
 is over

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.960
 because death

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:47.480
 has died

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:49.699
 because Jesus

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.420
 is alive

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.659
 your relationship

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.619
 with God

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:54.860
 and then

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.179
 your

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:56.480
 relationship

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.599
 with your

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.800
 spouse

00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:01.300
 your

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.320
 kids

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:03.639
 your

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.559
 parents

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:06.400
 your

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.000
 friends

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:08.139
 your

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.679
 neighbors

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.900
 your

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.300
 body

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.219
 your work

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:12.380
 your schedule

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.820
 whatever it is

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.460
 that's broken

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.840
 and is tormenting

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 you

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 all of those

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 relationships

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 now have

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 hope

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 not in the

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 mere idea

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 or the

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 power of

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 positive

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 thinking

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 but in a

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 risen

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 savior

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 and the

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 power of

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 a life

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 giving

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 relationship

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 healing

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 God

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 who walked

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 out of

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 the frame

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 to enter

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 your pain

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 and walked

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 out of

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 the grave

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 to give

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 you life

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 forever

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 let's pray

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 Jesus

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 I just

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 ask

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 this

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 morning

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.039
 that

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 you

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 would

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 encounter

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 each

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 of

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 us

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:50.059
 that

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 you

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 would

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 speak

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 personally

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 and

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 powerfully

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 because

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 we need

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.460
 to hear

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 your

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 voice

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 I do

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 all

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 of us

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 do

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 would you

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.199
 assure us

00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:04.880
 of your

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.280
 love

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 would you

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.440
 remind us

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.900
 of your

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 power

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 would you

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.000
 comfort us

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.360
 with your

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:12.059
 presence

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 never ever

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 to leave us

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 thank you

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.159
 that you're

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.619
 alive

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.759
 we rejoice

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.239
 in that

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 and we

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 thank you

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.420
 in your

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.719
 name

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:19.780
 amen

00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:21.679
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