WEBVTT 00:00:00.420 --> 00:00:07.020 Certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:14.820 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. 00:00:15.339 --> 00:00:19.760 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, he whom you love is ill. 00:00:20.820 --> 00:00:25.820 But when Jesus heard it, he said, This illness does not lead to death. 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:31.920 It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of Man may be glorified through it. 00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:36.539 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:44.100 So when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:49.340 Then after this, he said to the disciples, Let us go to Judea again. 00:00:49.340 --> 00:00:56.000 The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you. 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:57.980 Are you just going there again? 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.540 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:08.980 If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:14.740 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles because the light is not in him. 00:01:14.739 --> 00:01:23.739 After saying these things, he said to them, Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him. 00:01:24.419 --> 00:01:30.259 The disciples said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover. 00:01:30.979 --> 00:01:35.959 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest and sleep. 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:47.539 Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus has died, but for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. 00:01:48.179 --> 00:01:49.419 But let us go to him. 00:01:50.119 --> 00:01:57.500 So Thomas called the twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. 00:01:58.479 --> 00:02:04.060 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:13.479 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:20.539 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:25.699 Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:30.219 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you. 00:02:30.219 --> 00:02:34.539 Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. 00:02:35.259 --> 00:02:39.979 Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:44.860 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:50.180 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. 00:02:50.699 --> 00:02:54.900 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:56.819 Do you believe this? 00:02:56.819 --> 00:03:03.560 She said to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world. 00:03:04.239 --> 00:03:08.319 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, 00:03:08.939 --> 00:03:10.959 The teacher is here and is calling for you. 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:14.419 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 00:03:15.219 --> 00:03:21.319 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:31.919 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 00:03:32.799 --> 00:03:41.180 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:51.939 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.840 And he said, Where have you laid him? 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.740 They said to him, Lord, come and see. 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:02.020 And Jesus wept. 00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:06.540 So the Jews said, See how he loved him. 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:14.140 But some of them said, Could not he open the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying? 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:18.480 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:22.079 It was a cave and a stone lay against it. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:25.079 Jesus said, Take away the stone. 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:33.759 Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days. 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:39.959 Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:42.959 So they took the stone away. 00:04:43.719 --> 00:04:51.159 And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:53.939 I knew that you would always hear me. 00:04:53.939 --> 00:05:00.100 But I set this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me. 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:07.040 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out. 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:16.279 The man who had died came out, his hand and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:21.240 Jesus said to them, Unbind him and let him go. 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:23.060 This is the word of God. 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:24.939 Thank you. 00:05:24.939 --> 00:05:25.939 Thank you. 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:30.719 Great. 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.200 Well, good morning, everybody. 00:05:32.780 --> 00:05:35.000 And welcome to our Easter service. 00:05:35.200 --> 00:05:36.940 If you don't know me, my name is Kevin. 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:39.580 I'm one of the leaders here at Watermark. 00:05:39.760 --> 00:05:47.160 And whether you are a regular part of the Watermark family, or whether this is the first time you are dialing in, a warm welcome to you. 00:05:47.260 --> 00:05:49.280 We're so glad that you've joined us this morning. 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:51.480 And it's great to be together. 00:05:52.280 --> 00:05:54.460 Thank you, Jeremy and Julie and Leo. 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:55.540 Great time of worship. 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:58.040 Before we do anything else, let's pray together. 00:05:58.200 --> 00:06:00.080 And so will you join me as we pray? 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:08.579 Heavenly Father, great and sovereign Lord, majestic God, risen Savior. 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:12.019 God, thank you for Resurrection Sunday. 00:06:12.419 --> 00:06:23.659 Thank you for this day in history, which is not just a day in history, but it's a day in which we get to experience once again your resurrection life and power in our lives. 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:27.180 Christ, we thank you so much for the wonder of the gospel. 00:06:27.820 --> 00:06:37.040 Father, as we look around our world, much like Mary and Martha, there is so much to weep about, so much that causes us to grieve. 00:06:37.780 --> 00:06:45.980 Father, this morning we ask you, just like you did 2,000 years ago, to this family in the village of Bethany, come and draw near to us. 00:06:46.440 --> 00:06:47.800 Come and minister to us. 00:06:48.200 --> 00:06:50.460 Come and open our eyes to see your glory. 00:06:50.700 --> 00:06:52.640 Come reveal yourself to us this morning. 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.979 Father, come and give us fresh hope and confidence in you. 00:06:57.060 --> 00:07:02.319 Father, this morning we ask that you will write your gospel story deep in our hearts. 00:07:03.159 --> 00:07:11.439 Father, for those of us that have been Christians for many years, we pray once again this morning, make it fresh and real to us. 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:16.620 For those of us, God, that have just recently started to follow you and trust you and obey you, 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:20.439 God, open our eyes to the wonder of the gospel and of Easter. 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:29.519 Father, for those of us this morning that are still on a spiritual journey and still seeking and exploring, we pray, come and show us the truth of the gospel. 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.660 Come and reveal to us your resurrection glory. 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:42.040 God, this morning as we look at this passage, we ask you to come and take these words off of the pages of scripture and make them alive in our hearts, we pray. 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:45.899 Come and open the eyes of our hearts to see you and to see your glory. 00:07:45.899 --> 00:07:48.579 We pray these things in your wonderful name. 00:07:49.339 --> 00:07:49.620 Amen. 00:07:50.459 --> 00:07:50.779 Amen. 00:07:51.859 --> 00:07:57.779 Now, this passage that we are looking at this morning is a fascinating passage, and there's so much in here. 00:07:57.859 --> 00:07:59.819 We're not going to get to cover it all, unfortunately. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:06.040 But the context is that this is happening around the time of the Easter weekend. 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:17.819 The passage just before this, Jesus in John chapter 10, he describes himself as this good shepherd that lays down his life for his sheep, for his followers, his disciples. 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:30.759 And the passage immediately after this, the religious leaders in Jerusalem gather together in secret council and discuss how it might be that they can arrest Jesus and have him killed. 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.080 Jesus is causing too much of a stir. 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:36.259 This scene in particular causes too much of a stir. 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:38.519 And they decide it's better to get rid of him. 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:44.740 And this scene precipitates the leader to his death and ultimately his resurrection. 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:54.820 And so while this isn't Easter weekend exactly, it's a few weeks outside of Easter weekend, the Easter story is looming large behind what's happening here. 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.759 And it's anticipating the Easter weekend that's coming. 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:02.740 Now, what happens in this passage is Jesus is with his disciples. 00:09:02.940 --> 00:09:04.940 He's about 150 miles away. 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:09.879 And he gets a message that his dear friend Lazarus is desperately ill. 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:12.060 Well, look what Jesus does. 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:14.399 Jesus does something really strange. 00:09:14.740 --> 00:09:16.700 Because look at verse 5 and 6. 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:17.720 It says, 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:22.659 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:31.379 So, or therefore, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he decided to stay two days longer in the place where he was. 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:32.560 You see that? 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:34.820 He loves Lazarus. 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:36.159 He loves this family. 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:37.680 They're dear to his heart. 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:44.500 And yet, when he hears that they're ill, rather than rushing back to be by their side, he decides to stay where he is. 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:46.519 Why would Jesus do that? 00:09:47.459 --> 00:09:49.599 Well, the answer is given to us in verse 4. 00:09:49.819 --> 00:09:50.779 Look at what it says. 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:56.240 Verse 4 tells us, 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:15.980 I wonder how many of us feel like you're living in those two days. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:17.980 When the world is collapsing. 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:18.300 When the world is collapsing. 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:20.080 Chaos is ensuing all around. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.360 Things are going wrong. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.200 And you feel like, God, where are you? 00:10:24.420 --> 00:10:27.920 Or God, if you know what's going on, please come and rescue me. 00:10:28.300 --> 00:10:33.220 And it feels like God might be saying, let's just stay where we are for a few more days. 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:35.180 Have you ever felt like that? 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:37.120 You're living in the two days? 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.039 Why does Jesus do this? 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.159 We know one of the reasons why he doesn't do it. 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:46.200 At least we know it's not because he doesn't care. 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:47.360 Because look at what he says. 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:51.080 He says, Jesus loved Martha and his sister and Lazarus. 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.799 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was. 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:58.500 Whatever his reason is, it's not because he doesn't care about them. 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:00.639 Verse 4 tells us, 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:05.940 He does it that the Son of God, that's Jesus, may be glorified through it. 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:08.840 Now, at first, that may sound strange to us as well. 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:10.600 Because we may feel like Jesus is saying, 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:15.380 Listen, let's just stay here, let him die, I'll go and raise him from the dead, 00:11:15.580 --> 00:11:18.420 and then everyone will worship me and tell me how amazing I am. 00:11:18.900 --> 00:11:20.740 It sounds a little narcissistic, right? 00:11:21.780 --> 00:11:26.940 In John's Gospel, whenever John uses the word for God to be glorified, 00:11:27.280 --> 00:11:32.920 he's not talking about the worship that he is due or the praise that he is due. 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:37.979 When John talks about God being glorified, or specifically Jesus being glorified, 00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:45.639 it means God revealing or disclosing or making known something about Jesus' nature and character, 00:11:46.079 --> 00:11:47.620 which previously is hidden. 00:11:48.139 --> 00:11:52.679 So in John's Gospel, he says that the cross is the moment that Jesus is glorified. 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:57.019 It's the moment that reveals something about Jesus that apart from his cross, 00:11:57.079 --> 00:11:58.159 we wouldn't have known about him. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:05.480 Jesus says here that this moment, God is going to use this time to reveal or disclose 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.959 or show something about who he is that apart from this, 00:12:09.459 --> 00:12:11.839 Mary, Martha, and the disciples would not know. 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.299 So what is it that Jesus wants to show them? 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:16.139 What does he want to show us? 00:12:16.899 --> 00:12:18.679 In this passage, we see four things. 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.779 We're going to see very briefly. 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:29.019 We see Jesus' surprising anger, Jesus' radical claim, Jesus' astounding exchange, 00:12:29.579 --> 00:12:31.539 and his miraculous validation. 00:12:32.079 --> 00:12:35.279 So let's dive into the first one, Jesus' surprising anger. 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:38.759 Look at verse 32 with me. 00:12:39.299 --> 00:12:41.819 Jesus comes and he's making his way towards Bethany. 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:44.659 Mary hears that Jesus is coming. 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:48.319 She's weeping and mourning the death of her brother. 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:52.400 She hears Jesus on the way and she gets up and runs to where he is. 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:54.760 And while she's there, she says to him, 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:58.580 Jesus, if you had been here, my brother Lazarus would not have died. 00:12:59.780 --> 00:13:01.280 But look at verse 33. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:02.800 It says, 00:13:04.020 --> 00:13:08.860 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, 00:13:09.040 --> 00:13:12.740 he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 00:13:13.680 --> 00:13:17.400 Now, unfortunately, our English Bibles don't really help us here 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:22.379 because most scholars agree that that's not a great translation of the original languages. 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:28.659 The word deeply moved here actually means to be angry at something, 00:13:28.819 --> 00:13:33.039 to be indignant, to be even outraged at something that's happening. 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:38.039 In fact, that word is used in contemporary Greek writing of the time of the Gospels 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:44.559 to talk about horses that flare their nostrils, that snort and stampede in agitation. 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.419 There's something going on here. 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:51.459 Jesus is not just deeply moved like he's looked at the sunset or a beautiful picture. 00:13:51.939 --> 00:13:54.899 There's something that's riled him, something that's stirred him, 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:57.439 and he's outraged about something. 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.299 But what is it that stirred him so much? 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.579 What's caused Jesus to get angry? 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:08.280 Some people think that maybe it's Mary and Martha that are asking him to do a miracle. 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:13.580 But that can't be the case because in verse 11, he says to his disciples, 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:15.940 let's go and I'm going to raise Lazarus from the dead, 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:18.400 before he's even spoken to Mary or Martha. 00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:21.420 What is it that's got Jesus so riled? 00:14:23.040 --> 00:14:28.200 Well, D.A. Carson, one of the greatest New Testament theologians of our time, says this. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:36.360 Jesus' indignation is aimed at the sin, the sickness, and the death in this fallen world 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:41.200 that wrecks so much havoc and generates so much sorrow. 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.259 Do you see that? 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:50.840 Jesus is angry because he sees that the consequences of sin and death and sickness 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.379 causes grief and pain and heartache. 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:57.320 It's like he's looking at what's happening to his dearly beloved children, 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:00.960 and he's saying, this is not the way that my father and I designed the world. 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:02.760 This is not how it should be. 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:08.040 Jesus is riled by the grief that he sees around him. 00:15:08.760 --> 00:15:10.480 Now, of course, it's not a cry of confusion. 00:15:10.780 --> 00:15:12.540 Jesus is not saying, where are you, God? 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.820 How could you let this happen? 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.360 He knows where it comes from. 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:17.320 It comes from the fall. 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.900 It comes from sin entering our world. 00:15:19.520 --> 00:15:22.300 But neither is Jesus powerless to do anything about it. 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:24.220 He's not saying, I'm really sorry. 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.980 I wish I could do something about it. 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:29.980 In a few minutes' time, Jesus is going to raise Lazarus from the dead. 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:34.860 In half an hour time, these tears are going to be tears of joy, not weeping. 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:37.200 There's going to be a celebration happening. 00:15:37.800 --> 00:15:41.399 So why is Jesus so riled or angry at this moment? 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:47.340 Tim Keller says it's because he's perfect, 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.019 because he knows how to love perfectly. 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:55.120 Jesus doesn't just say, come on, I'm going to sort it all out. 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.079 Don't worry about it. 00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:59.259 Jesus, in this moment, he enters their grief. 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.620 He enters their pain. 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:04.600 He absorbs some of their pain and their weeping. 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.500 Jesus knows how to weep with those who weep. 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:13.840 J.C. Ryle was a 19th century pastor in England, and he writes this. 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:43.820 He says, 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:55.000 Friends, our world is weeping at the moment. 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.700 Our city is grieving at the moment. 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.040 I saw the headlines this morning saying Hong Kong has reached a grim milestone 00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:06.400 as over 1,000 people in our city have contracted the coronavirus. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:10.640 Friends, all over our world, people are grieving. 00:17:11.300 --> 00:17:13.580 We're weeping at the brokenness all around us. 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.860 Loved ones are passing away. 00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:17.680 Industries are collapsing. 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.680 Jobs are on the line. 00:17:20.320 --> 00:17:23.380 There is pain and sorrow everywhere we look. 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:28.240 Friends, Jesus is someone who comes and he weeps with those who weeps. 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:30.440 He grieves with those who grieves. 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:35.240 He enters into the sorrow and the pain of our broken world. 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:39.840 John says that when he saw Mary weeping, he was deeply moved. 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.039 He was indignant. 00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:45.779 And the shortest verse of the Bible, verse 37, says Jesus wept. 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:47.120 He wept with her. 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:55.539 He wept at the sin and the sickness and the death of this fallen world that causes so much grief and generates so much sorrow. 00:17:56.379 --> 00:17:57.519 As J.C. Rouse says out, 00:17:57.819 --> 00:18:02.739 This Jesus in whom believers trust is the most tender and a feeling Savior. 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:05.160 But that's not all. 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.599 Look at the second thing. 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:08.099 Jesus makes a radical claim. 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:12.220 Earlier on in the passage in verse 21, Jesus goes to Martha. 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:15.120 And Martha says the same thing that her sister Mary says. 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.620 She says, 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:19.339 Jesus, if you were here, my brother would not have died. 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:21.440 And Jesus says to her, 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:23.259 Martha, he says, 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:24.819 Your brother will rise again. 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.279 Now Martha says something very interesting. 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.819 She says, 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:34.200 Yes, Lord, I know that in the last day he will rise again at the resurrection of the dead. 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.299 Now what's Martha saying to him? 00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:38.720 In a sense, Martha is saying, 00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:40.339 I know it's true. 00:18:40.439 --> 00:18:43.480 I know that in eternity, I know he will rise from the dead. 00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:45.179 I know that one day I'll be with him. 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.799 But Jesus, where were you when it mattered? 00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:49.859 Where were you when he was sick? 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.460 I know that one day everything will be fine. 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:54.480 But Jesus, we needed you now. 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:56.579 Where are you now? 00:18:56.579 --> 00:19:00.099 And Jesus says the most astounding thing to her. 00:19:00.939 --> 00:19:01.879 Look at what he says. 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.720 He says, 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:07.139 Martha, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:11.759 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:16.659 And anyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.819 Friends, I wonder how many of us can resonate with Martha in this time. 00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:25.199 How many of us, our faith or our Christianity can feel a bit like that. 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.519 We know that, yes, there's going to be an eternity. 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:31.420 We know that, yes, there's coming a time, the new heavens and the new earth. 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:33.940 There'll be no more tears, no more agony, no more pain. 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:35.660 But where is Jesus now? 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:39.360 Jesus says to Martha, he makes this radical claim. 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:45.059 He says that life and death are in my hands, and I've come to bring life to you now. 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:49.679 Now, in John's gospel, the word life is a major theme. 00:19:49.919 --> 00:19:53.279 It appears in almost every chapter throughout John's gospel. 00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:58.500 When Jesus talks about life, he's not so much talking about breathing as opposed to not breathing. 00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:01.859 He's not talking about having a heartbeat as opposed to not having a heartbeat. 00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:07.819 And he's not only talking about future life, one day in eternity, eternal life. 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:09.399 There's elements of that. 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:18.699 When Jesus talks about life, he's talking about this existential, abundant life that we get to experience here and now in the midst of our lives. 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:24.759 In the midst of all the brokenness and the chaos around us, there's a fullness of life that we get to experience. 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:33.519 In some ways, he's talking about an eternal life, the life we experience in glory, coming and breaking into our lives even in this world now. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:39.559 New Testament theologian and scholar N.T. Wright said it like this. 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:45.539 Jesus' life, death, and resurrection is the beginning of God's new project. 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:55.779 But not just to snatch people out of this dirty, broken world and take them to heaven, but rather to colonize earth with the life of heaven. 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:56.980 See what he's saying? 00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:58.599 And then that's what Jesus says. 00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.740 I've come to bring life. 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:04.359 I am the resurrection, but I'm also life, and I've come to bring it to you. 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:12.039 I was talking to a good friend of mine this week, and he was talking about the transformation that's taken place over his life. 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:19.019 Over the last six months or so, as he's learned to deeply trust God with some of the deepest areas of his life. 00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:21.240 And he said two beautiful things. 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:27.180 He said, it feels like for the first time in years, I can breathe deeply again. 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:31.039 Then he said, it feels like for years I've been wearing this straitjacket. 00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:34.480 I've been constrained, and I haven't been myself. 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:36.019 I haven't been able to breathe properly. 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:40.579 And for the first time in years, it feels like the straitjacket's been removed. 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:44.639 And I can finally be myself and breathe again. 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.720 I can finally be free. 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.679 Friends, Jesus says he's come to bring life, abundant life. 00:21:52.159 --> 00:22:02.519 In fact, in the chapter before, John chapter 10, Jesus describes Satan as a thief, someone who comes to steal our joy, to cure life, to destroy our faith in God. 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:06.980 But he says, I have come rather to bring life and life in abundance. 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:11.019 Jesus says in John chapter 6, I am the bread of life. 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:19.259 Anyone that believes in me will have eternal life, will never go hungry, will experience that eternal life in this life. 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:25.440 Now, Jesus is making this radical claim that life is found in him. 00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:27.819 But look at what else he's saying. 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:36.220 Jesus is not just claiming that he is a dispenser of life, like a shopkeeper that comes and dispenses life. 00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:42.619 He's saying that life is found as you come to him and trust in him and believe in him. 00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:46.579 Jesus doesn't just promise to give life as a gift or reward. 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:48.679 He says that he is life. 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:51.899 He says, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:22:51.900 --> 00:23:02.300 In John chapter 17, he's praying to his father and he says, Father, this is eternal life, that they know you, the one true God, and your Christ that you've sent. 00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:06.940 Eternal life isn't just something that Jesus gives. 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:09.300 It's intrinsic to who he is. 00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:15.960 And this actually is a distinction between Jesus and every other founder of world religions. 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:26.039 You know, the founder of every world religion will say, don't look to me, don't worship me, follow my teachings, follow my dogma, my disciplines. 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:33.700 Remember Gautama Buddha, he's on his deathbed, and he says to his disciples, those who have gathered around his bed, his final words. 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:38.799 He says, let my dharma, let my disciplines be your teacher. 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.840 And Muhammad said the same thing. 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:45.880 He said, don't worship me, follow the revelation that I give you, the words of the book. 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:55.140 Jesus comes and he stands alone amongst every moral philosopher, every founder of world religion, and he says, don't just follow my teachings, come to me. 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:59.299 There's not just life found in my words, life is found in me. 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:03.980 If you follow my teachings, my principles, that alone doesn't give you life. 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:07.779 Jesus says, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:11.039 And so he says, whoever believes in me. 00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.779 What does that mean? 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:13.900 Well, it means more than just intellectual assent. 00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:18.140 It means to place the weight of our hope and our trust in him. 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.400 Jesus is making this radical claim. 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:28.519 He claims that the life that we hunger and thirst for, the existential fullness of life, is not found by avoiding him. 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:34.200 But it's also not found by using him or trying to earn our favor. 00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:36.000 It's earned his favor. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:43.440 It's found by simply trusting him, by hoping in him, by believing in him, by surrendering to him. 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:48.900 Jesus makes this radical claim that he is life and resurrection. 00:24:48.900 --> 00:25:01.280 Jesus claims to be one of the deepest philosophical questions that humankind has. 00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:06.620 All human beings ask the question, how are we going to put the world right again? 00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:09.100 How can we fix this broken world? 00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:12.359 Jesus comes and he says, I can. 00:25:12.919 --> 00:25:20.419 Many moral philosophers, religious leaders, gurus will give many good answers and have many good insights into human nature. 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:25.819 Jesus stands alone amongst all of them because to the question, what can put the world right again? 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:28.259 Jesus says, I can. 00:25:29.159 --> 00:25:30.519 Why should we believe him? 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.839 How is he going to back up such a claim? 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:38.699 The answer is found in the astounding exchange that Jesus does for us. 00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:44.480 At the end of this passage, we didn't get to read it, but I alluded to it earlier. 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:49.480 After Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, the religious leaders take counsel together. 00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:52.919 And verse 53 says it like this. 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:57.619 It says, after the counsel meeting, the religious leaders, it says this. 00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:02.000 So from that day, they made plans to put him to death. 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:09.079 They come together and they agree how to arrest him and how it might be that they might exterminate him. 00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:18.799 The irony here is that in Jesus coming to Bethany to give new life to a dead man, Lazarus, 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:23.919 is going to be the very thing that precipitates and brings about his own death. 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:27.079 Tim Keller, commenting on this passage, says, 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:32.740 Jesus knew the only way to interrupt Lazarus' funeral was to bring about his own. 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:39.419 The only way to bring Lazarus out of death into life is to bring about his own death. 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:49.679 Jesus in coming to Bethany and raising Lazarus from the dead is at the very moment precipitating and causing his own death on the cross. 00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:52.579 But friends, you know that that's not just true for Lazarus. 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.240 That's true for every one of us. 00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:57.000 This is the astounding message of the gospel. 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.900 That life is given to us. 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:01.779 That we have hope and freedom and resurrection. 00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:05.799 That we can live both now and all eternity. 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:12.000 That Jesus came to save us and to bring us life and new hope and to give us freedom. 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.920 But that that would cost him his very life. 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:23.140 Sally Lloyd-Jones says that his death on the cross was the only way that he could deal with the sin in our lives 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:29.580 that was causing all the destruction and destroying us without destroying the very people in whom sin dwelt. 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:34.900 Jesus came and he brought life to Lazarus knowing it would cost him his own. 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:41.519 Friends, Jesus comes and he brings life to you and I knowing that it would cost him his very own. 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:44.420 Friends, this is the heart of the gospel. 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:49.100 The gospel message is not how to save yourself, how to rescue yourself. 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:54.600 The heart of Christianity is not how to be a better person or how to engage in self-improvement. 00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:59.380 The heart of Christianity in the Bible is not how to be a better version of yourself. 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:03.279 The heart of Christianity is that all of us are dead in our sin. 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.380 Under God's just judgment. 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:08.860 Alienated from the God that loves us and made us. 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.940 And separated from him. 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:15.700 But this God moved towards us in grace and gave us life and freedom. 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:20.860 Jesus took the death that we deserved upon himself and gave us life in his place. 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:25.700 But he did it knowing it would cost him his own life. 00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:30.259 Friends, this is what Christianity is all about. 00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:32.880 This is what Easter is all about. 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:37.220 There's an old hymn from 150 years ago and it says this. 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:56.579 Friends, this is what Jesus took our death and gave us life. 00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:59.720 Jesus took our sin and gave us righteousness. 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:04.700 Jesus took our judgment and gave us favor with God the Father instead. 00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:09.779 Finally, Jesus' astounding validation. 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:20.440 As we said earlier, many moral philosophers, religious leaders, wise men and women have said many wise things and do have good insight into human nature. 00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:23.079 But Jesus claimed to be more than that. 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:26.519 Jesus didn't just claim to have the answers to life's questions. 00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.900 He claimed to be the answer. 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:31.700 Jesus didn't just claim to show us the way to God. 00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:33.660 He claimed to be the way. 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:38.320 Jesus Christ stands alone and says, in him life is found. 00:29:39.280 --> 00:29:40.560 But why should we believe him? 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:44.420 What does Jesus have to back up such a radical claim? 00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:46.500 What validation does he have? 00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:50.980 How can he certify such a radical claim that in him is found life and abundance? 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:57.440 In this passage, Jesus does eventually raise Lazarus from the dead. 00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.440 But as you probably know, Lazarus doesn't stay alive forever. 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:04.240 In a few years' time, there's going to be another funeral. 00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:11.620 The grave that is now empty, the stone that has been rolled away, is once again going to roll back. 00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:15.419 And this tomb is once again going to be filled with Lazarus' body. 00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:21.000 Lazarus is alive, but he's not going to stay alive on this earth anyway, forever. 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:27.699 But Jesus Christ stands alone amongst every human being, every religious leader, every teacher. 00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:37.519 Because the grave in which he was laid, the tomb which housed him, the stone which rolled away, has been removed. 00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:40.440 And that grave is empty, and it's still empty today. 00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:46.880 The tomb in which Jesus was laying was rendered, defeated, and has been defeated forever. 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:52.360 Jesus stands alone because he died, but he came alive never to die again. 00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:56.120 Jesus says, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:00.679 And he backed up that claim impressively by rising from the dead. 00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:06.819 Jesus said that Jesus died not because death was forced upon him, 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:10.819 not because he came to an unfortunate end of a good man's life. 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:13.359 He died because he laid down his life. 00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:16.479 He died because he gave it up for his followers. 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:21.979 But he also rose again to seal his victory and to validate his claim, 00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:24.659 that he really is who he said he is. 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:29.540 This is the remarkable claim of the gospel, that in Christ new life is found, 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:31.980 because Jesus died but he rose again. 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:35.960 And he's in heaven now, seated at the Father, alive and well. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:40.259 And he promises that those who trust in him get resurrection life as well. 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:46.920 Many years ago, there was an American journalist, an investigative journalist, 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.400 by the name of Lee Strobel. 00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:53.500 And he studied journalism, and then he studied law. 00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:59.640 And at one stage, he's working as the legal counsel at the Chicago Tribune newspaper. 00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:04.420 And previously, he had been a reporter, an investigative journalist. 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.240 He's an atheist man. 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.319 His wife is agnostic. 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.900 And one day, his wife comes to him and says, 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:12.779 Honey, you know that I'm an agnostic. 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:17.660 But I've been doing some spiritual searching recently. 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:22.220 And I've come to believe that Jesus Christ really is who he said he is. 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.140 He really is the Son of God. 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:26.539 And I think I'm his follower. 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:31.480 And Lee Strobel says that this news was devastating. 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.880 He thought it was the end of his marriage. 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.840 He thought it was the end of his life. 00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:43.700 He said he thought his wife was going to become a boring, prude, introspective, lose all her life. 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.940 He said, That's the end. 00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.500 My marriage, my life. 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:48.380 This was devastating. 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:52.380 But Lee Strobel decided to do something. 00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:55.060 He said, I'm going to investigate the claims of Christianity 00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:59.040 so that I can save my wife from this cult that she's entered into. 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:04.399 But he also knew that Christianity hinged upon this Easter weekend, 00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:06.659 the death and the resurrection of Jesus. 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:10.079 And if he could prove that that was wrong or false or fallacy, 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.940 his claim was justified. 00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.579 And so listen to what he says. 00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:18.440 He says, As an atheist, I understood one thing about Christianity. 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:22.319 It arises or falls on the resurrection of Jesus. 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:27.039 After all, anyone can claim to be divine as Jesus did. 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:34.359 Yet, if Jesus predicted that he would die and rise three days later and then did it, 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:39.799 well, that would be pretty good evidence that just maybe he is who he claimed to be. 00:33:40.419 --> 00:33:43.259 In other words, Easter is the issue. 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:47.119 As a law-trained journalist at the Chicago Tribune, 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.460 I also knew something else. 00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.319 Dead bodies stay dead. 00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:53.980 I'd seen lots of corpses during my career as a reporter, 00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:56.400 and none of them ever regained life, 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.180 especially after three days. 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:02.119 So I figured it would be easy to disprove the resurrection 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:06.460 and thus liberate my wife from her newfound faith in Christ. 00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:09.039 Give me a weekend, I told her, 00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:12.000 and I can shred Christianity's central claim. 00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:16.540 He investigates the claim of Jesus for three months, 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.160 six months, 00:34:19.020 --> 00:34:20.000 12 months, 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.580 15 months. 00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.100 Eventually, he says, 00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:24.780 After a year and nine months, 00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:26.620 one November morning, 00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:30.480 in the light of the torrent of evidence 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:33.780 flowing in the direction of the truth of Christianity, 00:34:34.040 --> 00:34:36.080 in particular Christ's death and resurrection, 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:41.800 I realized I could no longer swim upstream against the torrent of evidence. 00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:46.740 I was trained in journalism and law to respond to truth. 00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:50.700 And so after more than a year and a half of searching, 00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:53.200 I had to come to believe, 00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.620 I had to admit, 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:57.740 that Jesus really is who he said he is, 00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:00.740 and he's my savior and my king. 00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:04.560 Friends, Jesus makes this radical claim. 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:07.480 He says that in him is found life, 00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.900 life in abundance. 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:12.460 He said that he came to die the death that we deserve to die. 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:16.460 He came to take our sin and judgment upon himself so that we don't need to bear it. 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.539 He came to be our sacrifice. 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.840 How can we believe him? 00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.460 Why should we trust him? 00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:24.500 Why should we put our lives in his hands? 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:27.259 Because he backed up that claim impressively. 00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:29.699 He didn't just die for the sins of the world, 00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.719 he also rose again. 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.779 And he rose to give us life. 00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:35.599 He rose that he could prove that he is life. 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:39.299 He rose that those who trust in him can get new life themselves. 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:42.899 Friends, this promise that Jesus gives is true 00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:45.019 because he's died, but he didn't stay dead. 00:35:45.379 --> 00:35:48.500 He's alive and he's come to bring this life to us. 00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:51.939 All this because Christ, our savior king, 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.199 died and rose again. 00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:56.059 Let's pray together. 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:59.119 Will you join me as we pray? 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.360 And then we'll take communion. 00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:03.400 Lord Jesus, thank you. 00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:04.699 Thank you for Easter. 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.799 Father, this morning, this Easter Sunday morning, 00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:14.340 we do praise you for the wonder and the truth of the Easter weekend, 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.739 of Resurrection Sunday. 00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:18.900 Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for us. 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.980 Thank you for taking our sin and our shame. 00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:25.739 Thank you for taking the just judgment of God that we deserve. 00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:28.679 But God, thank you that you didn't just die. 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.679 You rose again, God. 00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:32.460 You defeated the grave. 00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:36.320 As Chris read to us this morning, God, you defanged death. 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.139 You have swallowed up death. 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:43.380 You have given us life that those of us who know you 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:46.559 will never taste real death, but will live forever. 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:49.239 Now in this life and with you. 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.460 Jesus, thank you so much. 00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:58.019 Father, for those of us that are still searching, exploring, 00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:03.720 come and help us to see the wonder of the gospel of Easter. 00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.900 Jesus, come write it deeply on our hearts, we pray. 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:09.960 In your wonderful name, amen. 00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.400 Amen. 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.619 Amen. 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:21.099 Amen. 00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.699 Amen. 00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.799 Amen. 00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.559 Amen. 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.940 Amen.