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 Happy Easter, everyone.

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 Last week I asked the question, what's your relationship like with death?

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! Do you think about death that much?

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 And of course it's one of those things that makes us uncomfortable to think and process.

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 Sometimes we want to live as though we live forever and everything that we do revolves around everything here and not everything that is to come.

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 I was just talking to Danny and Grace as we were coming up and for those of us who gathered here on Friday for the Good Friday time that we had and some of you stayed to watch the Passion of the Christ, which is such a horror on so many levels, right?

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 It's so painful on so many levels.

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 How in tune are we with the death of Christ and what it actually means?

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 There were some people in the day of the church back then when this book was written, where they were disputing that.

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 Last week we talked a little bit about that, 1 John 5.

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 John was saying, hey, he's not just God because of the baptism, he's God because of his blood.

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 I know there are some churches actually, there are some movements happening around the world where they're trying to rub those things out a little bit or at least to water them down.

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 They say, actually, we don't want to talk about death.

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 We don't want to talk about the crucifixion.

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 We don't want to talk about these things because they're a little bit too offensive to us.

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 So actually there's churches around, there's people around, you know, let's not talk about that.

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 Let's just talk about Jesus being a good guy, being a good teacher who teaches us the way to live.

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 But as actually Joe said on Friday, if your answer to the question, how will I get into heaven?

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 If it starts with the word I, then you've lost it.

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 Then you won't get, that's not the point.

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 You don't get into heaven because of anything that you do.

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 You get into the heaven because blood was spilled on your behalf because someone did something for you.

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 And so if we kind of skim over that and just say, Jesus was a nice guy.

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 He's teaching me the way to live and I'm going to live the way of Jesus and love people like he did.

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 That's enough.

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 No, that is not enough.

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 That's why John was saying, it's only by the blood.

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 It's only when you get confronted with this idea that someone died for us, for you and I.

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 The word we used on Friday was expiation, which is actually transferring your sin and the blood that comes with that because the wages of sin is death.

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 We transferred using red paint and we put it onto the cross.

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 And we transferred our sins, our paint onto the cross and then we washed our hands.

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 That moment wrecked me because I was like, wow.

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 That's what is happening here.

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 And I never want to lose sight of that.

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 I will never want to lose sight of the fact that one day I will die.

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 But it won't be an eternal death because someone paid that price for me.

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 How huge is that?

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 It's one of the crucial parts that John was trying to address as we went through the book of 1 John.

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 And actually today I want to address another one, which is what Paul was wanting to address.

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 And it comes from 1 Corinthians 15.

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 And it is the chapter.

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 If you're looking for a chapter on the resurrection, this is the chapter.

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 And Paul addresses it and says, actually, because there's other people who are saying, hey, it's not about the death.

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 And it's also, this guy didn't come back to life again.

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 In fact, since the beginning of time, man has been obsessed with immortality.

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 People ask us, why is your Chinese fairly good?

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 It's because we, Joe and I, we grew up watching TVB.

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 And one of the, all the dramas about, like, especially the old ones is about, right?

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 It's finding the way to live forever.

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 The Jews were arguing all the time.

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 Can someone be resurrected?

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 And so there was this, all this talk that Jesus was a man.

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 He was a good man.

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 But then he died and that was it.

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 And then Paul's like, no, no, no, no, no.

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 Anyway, the reason why we gather here today is I think the same, I hope is the same reason why the people gathered in the very beginning when time, when we're starting to count the calendar again from basically 33 AD onwards.

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 Why?

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 Because someone died, faced the very thing that we're all most afraid of and came back to life.

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 Came back to life.

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 I can't just sit at home now and just carry on doing the thing that I'm doing because someone died, defied the laws of science and nature and came back to life.

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 I must respond in some way.

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 And so Paul's doing that.

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 And I want to open up two places today.

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 One is the resurrection story, which is the book of John.

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 But I wanted to start off with 1 Corinthians 15, the chapter on the resurrection.

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 And I want to read it to you.

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 I believe there's nothing more powerful than just the word of God itself.

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 And even Acts 2.42, we'll talk about this again in a couple of weeks.

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 It says, they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching.

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 That doesn't mean they devoted themselves to the apostle and to follow the apostle around.

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 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, which is basically what we have here in this book.

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 And I don't believe there's anything more powerful than this.

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 And I wanted to read to us 1 Corinthians 15 from 1 to 19.

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 We do a thing here at the gathering, which is we try to remind ourselves of the holiness and reverence that we must have for this book.

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 That this book really does give life.

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 So can I invite you to stand for the word of God?

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 Thank you.

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 The apostle Paul writes to the church in Corinth in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

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 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

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 Then he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

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 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

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 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

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 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain.

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 On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

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 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

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 Now, if Christ is proclaimed and as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

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 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

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 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.

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 We're even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ,

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 whom he did not raise, if it is true that the dead are not raised.

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 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised, and if Christ has not been raised,

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 your faith is futile, and you are still in your sins.

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 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Paul is trying to tackle the most important thing here.

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 He's saying, this is it.

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 Without that, we have nothing.

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 In fact, let's just say, now I remind you, the gospel I preach to you in which you stand.

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 This is how you are saved.

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 After I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,

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 that Christ died for our sins, and we addressed that last week.

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 He says this, if you don't believe in the resurrection of Christ,

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 first thing is, your preaching or my preaching is useless.

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 And some of you say, well, I didn't say it.

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 You said it.

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 Preaching is useless.

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 There's no point us gathering.

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 There's no point being here if there isn't the resurrection of Christ.

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 That's why we're here.

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 What I'm trying to say, what I'm trying to proclaim,

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 is the good news is that death has been defeated.

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 If that didn't happen, then there's no point being here.

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 The second point he says is, not only is my preaching useless and futile,

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 so is your faith.

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 Your faith in this higher being that brings you comfort,

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 that brings you salvation, that doesn't matter anymore,

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 because the person that you put your faith in is dead.

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 He said, that's not right.

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 And the other problem with that is, if your faith is futile,

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 and he didn't rise from the dead, then actually you are still in your sins.

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 If the wages of sin is death, then you are still in your sins,

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 and it means you are still going to die.

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 What is that?

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 Well, we talked a bit about that last week.

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 We were created to be in communion and fellowship with God,

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 so that we can have this life of flourishing.

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 But instead, we decide to choose our own way,

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 and we decide to trust either in our own wisdom or in God's wisdom,

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 and when we say that, we're going to trust ourselves.

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 And when we do that, we went from flourishing to perishing.

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 And that's what really Christianity describes as sin.

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 We've simply just turned our backs on God and said,

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 we're going to go this way, not knowing or now knowing

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 that actually that leads to death.

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 And you are still in your sins, and all those who have died

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 will have perished, and we will perish.

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 And most of all, we of all people are most to be pitied.

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 That's what he's saying here.

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 Just a bit of context here.

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 How much did it cost you to be at church today?

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 How much did it cost you?

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 How much did it cost you in this day and age here in Hong Kong

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 to come to church for this Sunday morning?

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 Probably not too much.

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 Probably maybe a ride on the taxi or the MTR.

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 Maybe your friends are going out on a junk boat today,

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 and you said, I can't go because I've got to go to church.

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 How much did it cost you to be here?

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 Really not much.

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 Nothing in comparison to the people who are together at that time.

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 The context of theirs, the people that he was talking to,

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 the people that were being read this letter,

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 and they're saying, if Christ isn't risen from the dead,

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 you are most to be pitied.

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 Why?

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 Because you're suffering persecution being here.

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 You turning up here this Sunday morning,

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 some of your family members might actually turn against you

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 and snitch on you.

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 Some of your friends who find out what you're doing here

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 are going to snitch on you.

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 And then they're living in poverty.

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 They're living in poverty.

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 Why?

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 Because of the values of the kingdom of God

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 that they're trying to abide.

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 Why?

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 They can't carry on and conform to the ways of corruption

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 that the rest of the business world are doing.

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 So a lot of the Christians at that time,

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 imagine yourself sat here in the secret room,

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 threat of persecution right outside,

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 and you're also poor

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 because you're living by a set of values

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 that means that you can't make as much money as you can.

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 So not only are you persecuted,

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 you are also poor.

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 And finally, you don't get to enjoy all the pleasures

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 that your friends outside are doing

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 because of these values.

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 And he's saying,

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 man, if Christ didn't rise from the dead,

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 I have so much sympathy for you,

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 so much pity for you,

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 because your life sucks.

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 But if Christ did rise from the dead,

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 then that changes everything.

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 And that's what he's saying here.

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 There's a couple of things that people have used

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 to really dispute this idea of the empty tomb.

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 And we're going to jump over to John 20 now.

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 And actually today you have the pleasure,

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 and maybe to your relief,

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 not just me speaking,

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 we have two people

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 who are actually going to come

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 and share a little bit as well.

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 One is our dear friend,

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 my dear friend,

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 and our dear Deacon Tony,

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 and also Kelly,

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 who was killing it on the keys.

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 And so,

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 but before that,

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 I just wanted to set a little bit of the scene.

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 John 20, of course,

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 is the resurrection story.

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 And so when everyone was reading it just then,

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 that was such a blessing.

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 Seriously, such a blessing to hear that.

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 Well done.

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 And thank you, Alex, for organizing that.

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 That was just so good.

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 John chapter 20.

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 Now on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early

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 while it was still dark

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 and saw that the stone

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 had been taken away from the tomb

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 while it was still early.

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 Who wakes up when it's still dark?

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 My wife wakes up when it's still dark right now

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 because she's feeding.

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 Can you just imagine?

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 Actually, I know this.

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 When I'm waiting for something heavy

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 or some decision,

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 I remember waking up at 4 a.m.

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 and just checking my email

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 to see if I got anything.

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 Just this stirring,

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 this anxiety that's in my heart.

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 I can imagine Mary Magdalene had this.

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 She wakes up.

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 It's been a couple of days now.

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 It's still dark.

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 She can't sleep anymore.

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 It's 3, 4 a.m.

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 I can't deal with this anymore.

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 This grief that I have.

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 And so she goes to the tomb early

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 while it's still dark

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 and she discovers what?

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 It's empty.

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 It's empty.

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 Now, many scholars and theologians

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 have talked about this.

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 This fact of the empty tomb

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 is what's going to prove to us

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 that the resurrection really did happen.

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 You see, some people say,

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 well, actually, maybe he didn't die.

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 Maybe he didn't die.

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 Maybe that's how we explain

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 that people still saw Jesus.

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 You see, the problem with that one

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 is that you're totally underestimating

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 the ability of the Romans

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 to kill someone.

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 The crucifixion, as we talked about,

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 was the most brutal and humiliating form

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 of execution that they could have.

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 And the Romans themselves

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 were experts in killing people.

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 So to say that,

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 oh, Jesus managed to survive the cross,

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 to survive carrying the cross,

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 to survive getting beaten

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 the days before,

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 and those of you

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 who watched the Passion of Christ,

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 maybe that's where it really hits home.

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 And all those things

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 that happened to him,

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 and then they drove a spear

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 into his side

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 where blood and water

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 would come out,

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 and they're bleeding,

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 and you think that Jesus survived that.

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 Not only do you think that,

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 you think that they somehow

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 managed to put him in the tomb,

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 and then he had the strength

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 to wake up that morning

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 and to push the tomb

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 to the big stone side,

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 see the Roman soldiers

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 and say,

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 hey, what's up, guys?

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 I'm going to beat you up now

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 and run away.

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 Guys,

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 I played basketball yesterday morning.

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 I played with Bill's son.

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 Like,

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 I could barely walk this morning

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 just from playing basketball.

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 You're telling me

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 that Jesus not only didn't die,

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 that he subjected himself

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 to all of that pain,

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 and yet still managed

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 to somehow get out of the tomb.

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 Okay, then.

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 There's a problem with that.

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 Well, then,

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 actually,

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 other people say different things.

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 The Jews will say,

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 well, actually,

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 someone stole the body.

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 Maybe that's something.

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 See, the problem with this is,

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 actually,

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 we see this in the accounts.

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 They were worried about this

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 because they had heard

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 that these people of the way

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 who were following Jesus,

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 that they had heard

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 about his resurrection,

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 so they went to the Romans

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 and said,

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 hey,

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 there's going to be this thing

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 that happens

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 because they're going to try

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 and say that Jesus is alive,

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 and the way to do that

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 is they're going to steal the body

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 and say,

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 you don't have the body,

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 so why don't we steal the body first

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 and protect it and guard it?

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 That's why the Roman soldiers

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 were there in the first place.

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 You see,

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 the problem with that is,

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 one day,

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 three days of this rumor going,

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 one week,

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 one month,

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 one year,

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 at some point,

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 if you were the Jews

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 who had plotted this,

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 you would have been like,

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 you know what,

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 let's just bring the body out,

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 and that'll show everyone

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 that this way is fake,

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 but they didn't do that.

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 Actually,

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 the Muslim scholars

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 have a different view,

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 which is actually

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 a lot of them believe

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 that the Jesus

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 that appeared to the people

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 was Jesus' twin brother.

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 So they're like,

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 okay,

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 well,

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 Jesus did die,

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 but the one you saw

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 wasn't Jesus,

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 was Jesus plus,

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 and that's it.

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 The problem with that,

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 of course,

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 there's just so many problems

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 with that,

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 but there's accounts

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 of his siblings

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 and all these other people,

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 and again,

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 this was writing

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 to people

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 who were still alive,

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 who knew who Jesus was.

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 Jesus himself

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 faced resistance

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 from people

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 who knew him

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 growing up.

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 You were still in nappies

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 when I was an adult,

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 Jesus.

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 I can't believe

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 who you are,

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 that you are

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 who you say you are.

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 I've known you

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 since a little baby.

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 It's hard to fathom.

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 So that one

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 really doesn't

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 quite make sense either.

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 Some of the reasons

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 why actually

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 the resurrection of the dead

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 really does hold

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 on its own,

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 and actually N.T. Wright

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 talks a lot about this.

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 First of all,

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 the transformation

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 of the people around him.

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 If you look at the account

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 of what happens

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 in the Gospels,

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 the cowards,

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 people,

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 when Jesus was arrested

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 and taken away

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 and crucified,

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 his disciples ran away,

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 sometimes naked.

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 They would betray Jesus

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 and deny that they knew Jesus

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 even in front of young girls.

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 Those are the kind of people

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 that were following Jesus

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 on the last days,

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 and suddenly,

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 can you explain

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 how suddenly their lives

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 and their mindset

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 completely transformed

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 to the point where

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 they were going around

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 fearlessly sharing the Gospel?

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 Peter,

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 who denied Jesus three times,

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 suddenly now is willing to die.

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 All of the disciples

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 were killed,

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 martyred

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 for this.

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 Does that even make sense?

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 How these small group of people

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 transformed completely

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 and ending up

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 starting a revolution

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 that completely outlived

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 the Roman Empire?

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 That doesn't make sense.

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 You know what else

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 doesn't make sense?

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 The fact that

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 Jesus' own family

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 believed that he was God.

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 Jesus' own brother

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 brought in that he was God.

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 I have a problem

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 believing that my brother

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 is a man.

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 Let alone God.

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 somehow,

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 somehow,

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 somehow,

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 somehow,

00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:50.180
 Jesus managed to convince

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 his own brother

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 and his own mother

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 that he is God.

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 That's God to count for something.

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 Somehow,

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 he managed to meet

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 a mass murderer,

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 the persecutor of the church

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 in Paul,

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 the most zealous of them all

00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:06.000
 in trying to stamp down

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.960
 this Christianity.

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 Somehow,

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 he managed to turn him

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 to believe as well.

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 This doesn't seem

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 to make sense

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 unless there was

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 the resurrection

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 of Christ.

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 What else is there?

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 The actual witness account.

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 Now,

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 if you've read stories,

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 one of my favorites,

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 Harry Potter,

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 platform nine and three quarters

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 from King's Cross,

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 that story,

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 J.K. Rowling,

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 that just beautifully

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 written story,

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 there's so much detail

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 and it's just perfect.

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 Lord of the Rings,

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 J.R. Tolkien is probably

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.500
 something similar as well.

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 All these beautiful

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 myths and stories.

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 If this was supposed

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 to be a myth,

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 then actually,

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 it would be a very poor myth.

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 If they were trying

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 to write this

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 to convince people

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 of the resurrection

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 of the dead,

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 they've gone about it

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 completely the wrong way.

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 First of all,

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 when you're trying

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 to convince people

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 that someone rose again,

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 the witness that you have

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 is very important.

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 And back in those days,

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 to have a woman

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 be the witness

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 wouldn't stand

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 at all.

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 And yet here,

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 what does Jesus do?

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 Jesus chooses

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 to introduce himself

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 to a woman.

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 Not only any woman,

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 one who was formerly

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 demon-possessed.

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 A person who everyone

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 else would ignore.

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 If you're trying

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 to make up a story

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 that other people believe,

00:19:20.380 --> 00:19:21.340
 you've gone about it

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:23.100
 the wrong way completely.

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.160
 The story itself

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:26.100
 is a terrible story

00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.880
 and actually sheds

00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.580
 terrible light

00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:28.100
 on the people

00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.519
 who were trying

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 to spread the news.

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 If this was Peter

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 trying to start something,

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 because he didn't want

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 to go back to fishing,

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 let's say,

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 even though actually

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.599
 the account says,

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 he doesn't know

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:36.839
 what to do,

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.319
 so he ends up

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 going back to fishing.

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 Let's say he was

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.660
 so obsessed

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 with this Jesus

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 and the reputation

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 that he'd gained.

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 He's like,

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 let's just keep this going.

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 Guys,

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 let's make up a story

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.539
 and let's keep it going.

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 He writes this account

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 and puts himself

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 in such a bad light.

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 Peter is so lame

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 through most of this story.

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 If you are writing this

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 and trying to convince

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.720
 people to have faith

00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.619
 in you and believe in you,

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 you've once again

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.420
 gone about it

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 the very wrong way.

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 Again,

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 if you're to make up

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 a story,

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.500
 you don't make it up

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.119
 in the town

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 where people still know you.

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 This is what they do.

00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:07.659
 They stay in Jerusalem

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 because if you're going

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 to make up a story,

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.719
 you say,

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.000
 hey,

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:12.000
 I know someone

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 who lives in Kazakhstan.

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 You don't know them,

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:16.059
 but that's okay.

00:20:16.439 --> 00:20:17.179
 Trust me

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 because I know

00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.619
 there's someone

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.159
 in Kazakhstan

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 who managed to defeat death

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:22.419
 and is now living,

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 but you can't see him.

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 That's not what they're saying.

00:20:25.239 --> 00:20:25.979
 The account here is,

00:20:26.659 --> 00:20:27.599
 not only did he show himself

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.379
 to Mary Magdalene,

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.459
 but then to Peter

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 and then to 500 people.

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 Every other religion,

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.319
 the Mormonism,

00:20:35.919 --> 00:20:36.899
 Joseph Smith says,

00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:37.519
 hey,

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.399
 I've received a download

00:20:38.399 --> 00:20:38.939
 from God.

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 It's only from me

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.359
 and so you're just

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.179
 going to have to trust me

00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:42.679
 and you're going

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 to have to follow me.

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.559
 Christianity here

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.879
 is saying,

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:47.079
 no,

00:20:47.139 --> 00:20:48.259
 it's not just one person

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.000
 that's made this up.

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.000
 You're either going

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.539
 to have to believe

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.740
 that 500 people

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.939
 were hallucinating together.

00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.419
 But those of you

00:20:54.419 --> 00:20:55.599
 who know about hallucinations,

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.119
 what are those?

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.219
 These hallucinations happen

00:20:57.219 --> 00:20:58.479
 with just one person.

00:20:58.659 --> 00:21:00.399
 It is not a public experience.

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.859
 And yet you see here

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:04.299
 that it's 500 people

00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:05.219
 and he says this

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 and he calls people out

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:07.199
 by name and says,

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.419
 hey,

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.599
 some of them have died,

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 but some of them

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:09.959
 are still alive.

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.559
 What does that mean?

00:21:10.699 --> 00:21:11.179
 Go check.

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 That means go check

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 that this is real.

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 Even in the story

00:21:16.479 --> 00:21:17.819
 to the walk to Emmaus

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.419
 where he walks

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.279
 with these two people

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.639
 who've seen all the hype,

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.759
 thought they believed it,

00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.539
 Jesus died

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 and then they decided,

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:23.519
 okay,

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 it's time to go.

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 Nothing to see here.

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 So they walk

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 and the account there,

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.539
 even that one,

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 if you're making it up,

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.500
 you'd give more details.

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 But in the account here,

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:33.460
 you've got Cleopas

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 and some other unnamed person.

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.480
 Again,

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 if I'm writing a story,

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 I either tell one name

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 or I don't tell any names at all.

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 I just tell both names

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 or just no names at all.

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 But the account itself

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.720
 just shows that

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 there is something

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.460
 that's just raw

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.419
 and real

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:47.419
 about the resurrection story.

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:51.080
 the resurrection of Christ

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:54.340
 showing that he's still alive,

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.000
 convincing family members,

00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:57.360
 convincing disciples,

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 starting a revolution

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 that outlives

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 the Roman Empire,

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 the most powerful one

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:03.160
 at the time.

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 The fact that there remains

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.920
 to be an empty tomb

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.880
 remains unchanged

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 and there is no real explanation

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 for it

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 and that fact

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 changes everything.

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 See,

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.340
 then Jesus goes

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 and introduces himself

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 to something else more.

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 It's just interesting here,

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.460
 if I'm Jesus,

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.259
 I've been subjected

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.380
 to all this cruelty,

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.940
 all this pain.

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 The Roman Empire

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 tries to destroy me

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 and then I come back to life.

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 What am I doing

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 when I come back to life?

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.680
 Man,

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 I'm going Captain Marvel on them.

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.740
 I'm going to go

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 straight to Caesar.

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.000
 I'm going to go,

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:37.339
 how are you at me now?

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.220
 I'm going to go

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 and just fly up into the sky

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.720
 and just hover

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 and just blast the cities

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 and destroy them all.

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.960
 Would you not?

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.980
 After having been through

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.900
 what you went through,

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.740
 would you not come

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 and just show yourself

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 to all the haters

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 and destroy them?

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 And what does Jesus do?

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.220
 Jesus goes to his friends,

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 goes to restore the people

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.900
 that he knew

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.539
 and he loved,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.420
 one by one.

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.059
 There are a series of days,

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.819
 not many days,

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.680
 up until Pentecost,

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.920
 he goes and he just restores them.

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 He knows Peter is just

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:17.279
 Peter is just lost for words.

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.059
 He had all this gusto.

00:23:21.159 --> 00:23:22.339
 I'll follow you everywhere.

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 And then soon

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.500
 this little girl comes,

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.339
 ah, I don't know Jesus

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:26.039
 and he runs off.

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.680
 Peter is just,

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.720
 can you just imagine

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.399
 Peter's shame

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 and what does Jesus

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.879
 choose to do?

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.279
 Instead of flying,

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.240
 hovering into the sky,

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.559
 threatening to bazooka

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.000
 the heck out

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.759
 of the Roman Empire

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.399
 and Julius Caesar,

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.539
 he goes and sits

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.279
 next to Peter

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.919
 by a fire

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 and he says,

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.120
 Peter, do you love me?

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.820
 Peter says,

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 I can't even say yes,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.759
 but no, but yes.

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.220
 And Jesus goes on this journey,

00:23:51.320 --> 00:23:51.840
 this patient,

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.480
 gracious journey

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.539
 to restore Peter.

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.880
 That's the Christ

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.460
 that we know.

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.960
 He meets Mary Magdalene

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.539
 who put all her hopes in him.

00:23:58.600 --> 00:23:59.300
 She was cast out

00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.060
 by society

00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:01.180
 and she's weeping

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.500
 in the tomb

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.100
 because she has nowhere

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.779
 else to go

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:06.220
 and he goes to her first.

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:09.319
 and she's grieving

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.880
 and she's at a loss.

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.480
 She doesn't even recognize him

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:15.279
 until what?

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.400
 Until she says,

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.799
 he says her name,

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.180
 Mary.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.740
 And suddenly,

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.620
 being called by a name

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.900
 by the risen Christ,

00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.539
 she realizes who it is.

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.400
 I'm going to invite Kelly up now

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:32.079
 because even the story

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.920
 of Mary Magdalene

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.920
 is fascinating to me.

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:38.019
 how Jesus chooses

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.920
 to meet her first

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.480
 and the question

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.480
 that I really have is,

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.600
 and Joe maybe had

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.339
 a great term there,

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.600
 which is the reality

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.259
 of the resurrection.

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.600
 And the question

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.380
 I asked Kelly

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:48.059
 to really pray over

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:50.079
 and ponder over this week

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.799
 was how does the reality

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.920
 of the resurrection

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.220
 meet us in grief?

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.799
 Because Mary Magdalene

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.339
 was grieving.

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.980
 We are grieving

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.579
 about something.

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.759
 We're at a loss

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.460
 about something.

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.880
 So the question here

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.819
 is we know how important

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.640
 the resurrection is.

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.059
 We know that it happened.

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.460
 The question really is

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.319
 what does it mean to us?

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.640
 And so I want to just,

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.400
 Kelly's going to share

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.960
 for five minutes

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.200
 on how the reality

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.079
 of the resurrection

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:18.500
 impacts her

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.079
 when it comes

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.480
 to the issue of grief.

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.340
 Can we give her

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.900
 a round of applause?

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.519
 Is that good?

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.980
 Good morning,

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.400
 brothers and sisters.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.920
 Pastor James mentioned

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.299
 that on Good Friday

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.620
 we watched a movie

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.419
 called The Passion

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:34.059
 of Christ

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:37.119
 which really portrayed

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:39.559
 the immense physical

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.979
 and emotional torture

00:25:40.979 --> 00:25:42.399
 that Jesus went through.

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.259
 It also portrayed

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.459
 Mary Magdalene,

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.299
 a good friend of Jesus

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:50.799
 who followed Jesus

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.619
 the whole way

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.899
 as he carried the cross

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.679
 to Calvary

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:56.200
 and she had to watch

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:58.900
 him get mocked,

00:25:59.080 --> 00:25:59.940
 humiliated,

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.960
 flogged

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:03.180
 and eventually crucified.

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.299
 Friday really seemed

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.600
 like the worst day ever.

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:11.220
 The Messiah was dead

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.480
 and in utter despair

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.660
 and hopelessness

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:16.100
 Mary went to the tomb

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.980
 on the third day.

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.240
 And when we look

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.039
 at the passage,

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.200
 John 20,

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.440
 verse 11 to 18

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.440
 as Pastor James read,

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.579
 is it just me

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.400
 or did Mary

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.519
 really go through

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.539
 an emotional

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.740
 rollercoaster there?

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.500
 She went from

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.720
 weeping

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.819
 and mourning

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.539
 to all of a sudden

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.319
 discovering

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.799
 the greatest news

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.680
 of all time.

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.340
 And she went

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:42.000
 and announced

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.940
 that I have seen

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.480
 the Lord

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.400
 announcing

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.660
 the good news

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:47.400
 of Jesus' resurrection

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.680
 to the disciples.

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.039
 And as I reflected

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.240
 over what happened there

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.360
 and what it means

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.900
 to me,

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:57.299
 I came to an understanding

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:59.140
 that a lot of the times

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.820
 in life,

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.660
 it feels like

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.500
 it's game over.

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:06.580
 It's going to lead us

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.960
 into weeping,

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.580
 mourning,

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.960
 and hopelessness.

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:12.579
 But when the resurrected

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.960
 Jesus comes

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.960
 into the picture

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.500
 and when we just

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.419
 turn around

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:19.339
 and when he calls

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.859
 us by our names

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:22.279
 and we recognize

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.779
 the resurrected Jesus,

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:27.480
 weeping turns

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.399
 into rejoicing,

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.759
 mourning turns

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.519
 into dancing.

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.939
 And just like Mary,

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.919
 we can freely

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.919
 and joyfully

00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:36.379
 declare the good news

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:38.300
 of Jesus' resurrection.

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.880
 And we can rest assured

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.560
 that death

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.540
 is not the end.

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:44.100
 You and I

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.920
 will eventually

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.500
 spend eternity

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.100
 in heaven

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.620
 where every tear

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.600
 will be wiped away.

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.140
 There will be

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.040
 no more death,

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.200
 no more crying

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.960
 or pain

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.100
 or mourning.

00:27:55.260 --> 00:27:56.760
 And this is such

00:27:56.760 --> 00:27:57.600
 a game changer

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.220
 for me

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.760
 because,

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.800
 as some of you

00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.400
 might know,

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.660
 my mother,

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.860
 her name is Auntie Jean,

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:05.839
 in case you didn't know.

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.839
 My mother and I

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.119
 have a really extraordinary

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.559
 and precious bond.

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:12.399
 25 years ago,

00:28:12.959 --> 00:28:16.079
 when the people

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.779
 around her

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.459
 and the culture

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:18.279
 of the world

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:20.099
 were telling her,

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.659
 it's,

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:27.919
 Kelly is an accident.

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:30.300
 she's too much

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.900
 of a risk

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.920
 and...

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:48.060
 She's too big

00:28:48.060 --> 00:28:48.840
 of a commitment.

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.920
 My mother decided

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.519
 to seek

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.720
 and obey

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.740
 the voice of God

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:57.120
 and courageously

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.000
 gave birth to me

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.180
 in her mid-40s

00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.140
 and that's why

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:02.279
 I can stand here today.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.259
 And,

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.579
 whew,

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.859
 for as long

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.859
 as I can remember,

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.059
 she's been

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:10.000
 my best friend,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.220
 my teacher,

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.559
 my counselor,

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.279
 my role model,

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:15.539
 and so much more.

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.680
 And,

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:19.059
 I've shared

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.019
 with some of you here,

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.519
 whew,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:24.400
 my biggest fear

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.500
 is losing her.

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.299
 The thought

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.920
 that

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:30.119
 one day

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.319
 she's going to

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.819
 depart from me

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:35.119
 makes my heart ache.

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:39.200
 I know that

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.819
 that day

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.119
 is going to be painful.

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.440
 I will mourn

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.960
 and I will weep.

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.119
 But I also know

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.500
 that

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:50.420
 when I turn to

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.920
 and recognize

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.140
 the resurrected Jesus,

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.180
 I no longer

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.700
 have to fear

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:57.440
 because death

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.920
 is not the end.

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.380
 My mom and I

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.319
 will reunite

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.940
 in heaven

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:05.359
 and spend eternity

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:07.099
 with Jesus

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.460
 who is seated

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.319
 at the right hand

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.799
 of God.

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.700
 So,

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.000
 whew,

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.960
 Jesus'

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.819
 resurrection

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.740
 doesn't mean

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.359
 that there's

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.980
 not going to be

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.779
 bad days

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:22.160
 or difficult moments.

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.400
 In fact,

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.259
 there is going

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.420
 to be

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:27.359
 tough times

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.400
 when it feels

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.759
 like

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:30.180
 you've reached

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.660
 the end

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.500
 and you just

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.940
 feel like

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.759
 you can't go on

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.380
 with this life

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.880
 anymore.

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.640
 But may I

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:37.420
 encourage you

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.140
 that when we

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.819
 are grieving

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.700
 and when we

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.319
 are mourning

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:41.220
 and weeping,

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.380
 Jesus meets

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.820
 us where we

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.140
 are.

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.720
 Just like

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.280
 how Jesus

00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:48.180
 met Mary Magdalene

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:49.660
 in her despair

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:51.040
 where she was.

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.620
 There is no

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.400
 battle in your

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.120
 life that is

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.760
 too difficult

00:30:55.760 --> 00:30:56.500
 for God

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.560
 because even

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.320
 in the most

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:59.240
 difficult battle

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.040
 of all time,

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:01.140
 God came through.

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.140
 Jesus won

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.680
 the ultimate

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.260
 battle.

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.640
 And we can

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.360
 stand in his

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.480
 victory and rise

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.180
 up again and

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.540
 again.

00:31:08.800 --> 00:31:09.640
 And just

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.680
 no matter

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.200
 what we

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.660
 face,

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.520
 just know

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:13.640
 that it'll

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.460
 be all

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.300
 right.

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.800
 So brothers

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.440
 and sisters,

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.320
 let us rejoice.

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.940
 Christ is risen.

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.180
 Jesus is alive.

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.920
 And I can't

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.800
 wait to

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.520
 proclaim this

00:31:24.520 --> 00:31:25.120
 good news

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:26.100
 to the people

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.680
 in Thailand

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.580
 tomorrow as

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.060
 some of us

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.360
 go on

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.700
 mission.

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.940
 Happy Easter!

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.360
 Thank you.

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.440
 Thank you.

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.940
 Thank you.

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.000
 Thank you.

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.500
 Thank you.

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.940
 Thank you.

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.400
 Thank you.

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.140
 Thank you.

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:36.320
 Thank you.

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:37.160
 Thank you.

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.960
 Thank you.

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.460
 Thank you.

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:41.600
 I'm reminded

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.480
 in John 11,

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.400
 Jesus' close,

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.340
 close friends,

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.160
 Mary,

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.500
 Martha,

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.180
 Lazarus,

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.380
 Lazarus dies

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.860
 and there's

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.440
 just grief

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.700
 and there's

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.240
 just crying

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.460
 and Jesus

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.039
 shows up

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.299
 and they're

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.440
 like,

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.620
 oh,

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.140
 if only you

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.579
 were here!

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.600
 And what

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:54.940
 does Jesus

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.180
 say?

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.720
 Those famous

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.160
 words,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.460
 I'm the

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.880
 resurrection

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.519
 and life.

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.120
 1 Thessalonians

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.980
 4 says about

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.120
 this,

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.779
 we can

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.319
 grieve.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.819
 If you're

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.140
 grieving,

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.620
 you can

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.079
 grieve.

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.600
 You're

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.100
 allowed to

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.299
 grieve,

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.039
 but we do

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.640
 not grieve

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:10.040
 as those who have no hope.

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:12.620
 We grieve knowing there is hope,

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.660
 that this isn't the end.

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.900
 And that's what the reality of the resurrection

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.500
 means for us,

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:21.060
 that we can face all of those same things

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:22.920
 that everyone else faces in the world as well.

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.580
 Because we will, isn't that,

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.960
 maybe this is too morbid,

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:28.160
 doesn't that fact just cross your mind

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.820
 every now and again,

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:34.520
 that every single person in this room will die?

00:32:36.540 --> 00:32:38.000
 It does to me all the time.

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.460
 Maybe I need to go see someone.

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:43.000
 But that's what I am acutely aware of.

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.119
 And yet there is hope.

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:49.640
 And so I can grieve, but there is hope.

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:52.339
 My brother says that he gets invited to more funerals

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.700
 than he does for weddings,

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:55.980
 which he should probably reflect on his own life about that.

00:32:56.779 --> 00:33:01.180
 But he says, actually, he loves going to funerals.

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.799
 And I also like going to funerals

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:04.799
 because there's just this,

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:07.680
 it's just, it's beautiful in this way

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.759
 where you are reminded of the,

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:12.879
 just the treasure that is life

00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:15.359
 and how we should live every day.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.899
 And we're reminded that Jesus says,

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:19.099
 I am the resurrection and the life.

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:22.419
 I hold the keys to death and Hades.

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:25.500
 And now I'm alive forevermore.

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:29.119
 So Jesus meets us at our grief.

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.700
 He then has this story, the next story along,

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:33.079
 which is another fascinating one,

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:36.240
 because as Jesus is starting to appear to people,

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:38.660
 there's a guy who gets ultimate FOMO,

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:40.759
 fear of missing out completely.

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.539
 And who's that guy?

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.519
 Thomas.

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.980
 Tommy boy.

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:49.519
 So he's out and is somewhere else.

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:52.099
 And then the friends, the disciples,

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.960
 they're in a room and they meet Jesus.

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:58.640
 And then Thomas misses out and then he comes back.

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:01.779
 And they're all just in hysterics

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:04.079
 that Jesus is back and he's alive.

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:06.920
 Thomas gets a lot of grief from all of us.

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.079
 Oh, you're doubting Thomas.

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:10.000
 But if you and I were Thomas,

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:12.199
 we would do exactly the same thing that Thomas does.

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.440
 Would you not?

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:15.599
 You walk back into a room with all your friends

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.759
 and everyone's grieving.

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.139
 He probably just went to take a walk

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:20.099
 and just to kind of get some fresh air.

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.039
 He comes back and everyone's just gone crazy.

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.779
 We saw him, we saw him.

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:25.880
 And he'd like, in my mind, I'd be like,

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.900
 you guys, you guys have lost it.

00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:32.579
 You all lost it.

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:35.619
 And then so he says, hey, look,

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:38.319
 I'm trying to just remain even keeled here.

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.559
 Just, I need to see it to believe it.

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:43.880
 And little did he know that that would then be coined

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.500
 for him for the rest of his life.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:48.119
 They're like, you are all doubting Thomas's.

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:50.000
 He's like, man, that's just the real thing to ask.

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:55.880
 Jesus then, eight days later, meets him in his doubt.

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:58.960
 Which again, is a fascinating story.

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:00.880
 He could be destroying the Roman Empire

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.799
 and yet here he is saying,

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:05.400
 Thomas, I'm going to circle back around.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:08.519
 I'm going to meet you in your doubt.

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:10.139
 There are some of you who have sat here

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.799
 who are like, okay, well, I get it.

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:13.260
 Fairly compelling case.

00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:15.720
 Not looked into it too much.

00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:17.740
 Not cared quite enough either.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.460
 But I don't know.

00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.800
 I still have some doubt.

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:26.260
 The question that I have for Tony is actually,

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:28.039
 how does the reality of the resurrection

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.440
 meet us in our doubt?

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.420
 And what does that mean for him?

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.840
 And again, Tony has been spent this week

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:35.060
 just mulling this over.

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.380
 He's been very gracious

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:37.920
 because he was going to talk about something else

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:39.900
 and then I gave him this last minute

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.519
 and he's changed.

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:42.100
 So can we give a round of applause to Tony?

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:47.559
 Thanks, James.

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:51.059
 Feels a little bit weird to share the stage with Kelly.

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.739
 He used to be my Sunday school student.

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:56.279
 In fact, the last time I did something like a message

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:59.299
 was many years back during Sunday school.

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:02.860
 So James asked me to talk about Thomas.

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.860
 I looked him up in the Bible.

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:08.099
 There's not a whole lot of things about Thomas in the Bible.

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:13.539
 In fact, the only book that talks about what Thomas talked about

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:16.839
 was in John, the Gospel of John.

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:20.420
 We kind of knew that Thomas was a good man

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:22.480
 with a good family

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:25.440
 because he's got a Jewish name

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:27.559
 and he's got a Greek name.

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:30.019
 It was in the Bible that we're in John.

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.900
 Didymus.

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:34.759
 It's kind of like when, you know,

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:36.360
 in the good old days of Hong Kong,

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:38.640
 we're under the British colony.

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:43.120
 Some of us were given British name

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:45.720
 on top of a Chinese name, right?

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:47.720
 So we got this very long name,

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:49.720
 you know, identity card.

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:53.500
 So he's got parents that actually are pretty well to do

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:55.800
 and I figure that's probably

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.579
 want him to be successful

00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:01.740
 in the days where he lived in Galilee,

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:06.859
 say a major city under the Roman Empire at the time.

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:11.519
 So we didn't really know much about Thomas,

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:16.319
 but from the very few verses in the book of John,

00:37:16.799 --> 00:37:19.579
 we knew he's a pretty good disciple among the 12.

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:21.239
 You know, he's well-spoken.

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:24.079
 He urges his peers on,

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:26.939
 even though at times that people were not sure.

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:29.000
 And he asked questions

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:31.940
 and he chimes along with Jesus,

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.280
 you know, teaching.

00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:37.159
 But the most famous thing

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.559
 that people knew about Thomas

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:43.159
 was this thing about him asking questions about,

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.679
 hey, you know,

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:45.920
 I don't believe that Jesus resurrected.

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:50.840
 And unless I see his hands and sigh,

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:53.300
 I don't believe that.

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:56.280
 So he's famous for being a doubting Thomas.

00:37:57.580 --> 00:38:00.840
 So we probably have our fair share

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:02.460
 of doubting Thomas around us.

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:06.400
 I met a few very nice people,

00:38:06.560 --> 00:38:07.920
 thanks to Alex,

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:11.160
 during our Alpha sessions a few weeks back.

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:13.260
 These are very nice men,

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:16.060
 pretty much similar age to me,

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.519
 very bright,

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:20.300
 Cambridge-trained,

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:22.820
 physicians and scholars.

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:28.720
 And they kind of okay with this God existence,

00:38:29.620 --> 00:38:31.660
 but they had a really hard time

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:38.000
 to believe that Jesus resurrected from death.

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.980
 And they all saying,

00:38:40.240 --> 00:38:42.300
 show me the evidence.

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.580
 I need scientific evidence to believe it.

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:47.560
 And yet one of them,

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:49.220
 I had a good chat with him.

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:51.740
 He was very much into Stephen Hawking's.

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:54.359
 And even though Stephen Hawking's,

00:38:54.919 --> 00:38:57.039
 we're very much talked about,

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.639
 you know,

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.419
 in theory,

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.839
 based on mathematics,

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.339
 which is,

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.679
 again,

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:04.019
 cannot be repeated in a lap,

00:39:04.359 --> 00:39:06.319
 as most science does.

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:12.180
 So what about the doubting Thomas in us?

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.900
 In my 40 years of being a Christian,

00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:18.300
 I had my fair share of doubts.

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:21.800
 The one that I share would be

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:25.320
 speaking in tongues.

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:27.559
 So I've been to churches

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:29.140
 and I've been to gatherings

00:39:29.140 --> 00:39:31.260
 where we heard people

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:32.300
 were speaking in funny,

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.620
 you know,

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:35.360
 driblish language.

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:38.400
 And I had my doubts,

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.140
 you know,

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:40.780
 is this really

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:43.440
 what the Bible was describing

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.880
 in the book of Acts,

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:48.700
 where people are filled with Holy Spirit

00:39:48.700 --> 00:39:50.600
 and they speak a foreign language.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:52.799
 And in the book of Acts,

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:54.039
 they actually talk about

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:55.619
 interpreters.

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:58.319
 So I have never met

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.059
 an interpreter

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:00.839
 who actually interprets for me.

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.779
 And yet,

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:04.900
 I learned to

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:06.000
 accept

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:07.339
 that

00:40:07.339 --> 00:40:08.460
 perhaps,

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.900
 you know,

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:11.099
 the speaking of tongues

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.539
 is

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:13.279
 a spirit-filled

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:14.039
 act.

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.779
 Even though I

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:17.440
 myself

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.380
 have really not

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.440
 experienced that.

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:25.300
 So in our faith journey,

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.820
 we all have

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:28.079
 our moments of doubts.

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.500
 I believe God

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.440
 can handle us

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.280
 with

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:33.380
 questions

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:35.059
 and

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:36.420
 he would give us time

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.500
 so

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.800
 we can kind of

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:39.980
 work it out

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.500
 ourselves.

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.400
 Right?

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:44.360
 Doubts are often

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:45.800
 a

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.800
 kind of a

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:48.039
 twisting path

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.599
 to a deeper,

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:51.099
 more meaningful

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:52.019
 faith.

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:53.980
 Doubts

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:55.000
 are a

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.860
 twisting path

00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:57.440
 to a deeper

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.480
 and a more

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.340
 meaningful faith.

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.340
 We can't

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.380
 really avoid it.

00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:05.039
 There's a way

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.360
 that

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:07.619
 through Thomas

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.659
 we can learn

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:10.400
 how to live

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.159
 with this mystery

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.639
 of doubt.

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:13.579
 Jesus

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:13.940
 could have

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.500
 revealed to

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.819
 Thomas

00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:15.359
 right

00:41:15.359 --> 00:41:16.079
 after

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.579
 that

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.599
 evening

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.940
 gathering

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.400
 with the

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.839
 disciples

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:20.699
 when Thomas

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.599
 wasn't

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:21.960
 there.

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:24.119
 But he

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.539
 waited

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:25.920
 eight days.

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:28.859
 Now that

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.699
 eight days

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:31.179
 probably

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.879
 is good

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.460
 for Thomas

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:34.339
 and maybe

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:35.019
 it's

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.980
 good for us

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.460
 as well.

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:41.119
 we are

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.559
 given the

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.119
 opportunity

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.800
 to

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:43.659
 think,

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:45.500
 to seek,

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.440
 to question,

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.980
 and to

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.639
 listen to

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.079
 others

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:52.119
 to figure

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.539
 out

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:53.820
 our

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.300
 faith

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:56.780
 and how

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.220
 to handle

00:41:57.220 --> 00:41:57.940
 these doubts

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:58.340
 that

00:41:58.340 --> 00:42:00.659
 we have.

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.659
 So we

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:01.900
 need to

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.519
 keep this

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.360
 as an

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:04.320
 kind of

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.679
 an open

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.099
 heart

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.699
 so the

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:06.960
 eighth

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.339
 day of

00:42:07.339 --> 00:42:07.699
 hope

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.639
 can

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:09.039
 arrive.

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.639
 Sometimes

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.099
 we have

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.460
 to wait

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.019
 what seems

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.699
 to be

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:16.779
 no good

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.099
 reason

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.539
 as well.

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.420
 It

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.699
 doesn't

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.179
 make any

00:42:21.179 --> 00:42:21.519
 kind of

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.799
 sense.

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.659
 And it

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:24.099
 probably

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:25.319
 doesn't

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:26.000
 make sense

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:27.139
 for another

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:28.000
 thousand years

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.619
 after our

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:29.079
 lifetime.

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.619
 But I'm

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.159
 learning to

00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:32.639
 be okay

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:33.179
 with that

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:34.699
 because

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.679
 when the

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:36.419
 time comes

00:42:36.419 --> 00:42:37.619
 that

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:39.159
 waiting is

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.519
 over,

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.279
 like what

00:42:40.279 --> 00:42:40.839
 Thomas is

00:42:40.839 --> 00:42:41.379
 experiencing,

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:42.980
 I know

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.480
 we all

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:44.079
 will react

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:44.379
 to the

00:42:44.379 --> 00:42:44.859
 same way

00:42:44.859 --> 00:42:45.399
 that Thomas

00:42:45.399 --> 00:42:45.739
 did,

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:47.460
 which is

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.759
 exclaiming

00:42:48.759 --> 00:42:49.460
 in excitement,

00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:50.919
 my Lord

00:42:50.919 --> 00:42:51.960
 and my

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.299
 God.

00:42:54.939 --> 00:42:56.000
 Faith is

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.039
 assurance

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:58.619
 for things

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.219
 that we

00:42:59.219 --> 00:42:59.859
 have not

00:42:59.859 --> 00:43:00.339
 seen.

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:03.519
 if we

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:04.180
 see an

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.700
 evidence,

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:06.260
 then it

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.640
 is not

00:43:06.640 --> 00:43:06.940
 faith.

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:09.019
 Back to

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.220
 James.

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.579
 Thank you,

00:43:10.620 --> 00:43:10.800
 Tony.

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.240
 Thank you.

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.240


00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.240


00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.240


00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.300
 Thank you.

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.800
 Thank you.

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:21.000
 What does

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.460
 the reality

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:21.860
 of the

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:22.120
 resurrection

00:43:22.120 --> 00:43:22.640
 mean for

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:22.800
 you?

00:43:23.620 --> 00:43:24.180
 How can

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.660
 you apply

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.740
 it today?

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.760
 What does

00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:26.980
 it mean

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.320
 for you?

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.080
 And the

00:43:28.080 --> 00:43:28.539
 two accounts

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:28.920
 we see

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.340
 here are

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:30.180
 that Jesus

00:43:30.180 --> 00:43:30.539
 in his

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.080
 grace meets

00:43:31.080 --> 00:43:31.519
 you in

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:31.960
 your grief.

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.900
 Jesus

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:34.200
 in his

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.680
 grace meets

00:43:34.680 --> 00:43:34.980
 you in

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.360
 your doubt.

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.640
 And I

00:43:35.640 --> 00:43:35.980
 love what

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.440
 Tony said,

00:43:36.580 --> 00:43:37.000
 that doubt

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.360
 is the

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:38.240
 twisting path

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:38.760
 that you

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.320
 often have

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:39.800
 to go on

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.100
 to get

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.679
 deeper in

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.019
 the faith.

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.079
 Some of

00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:42.420
 you come

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:42.839
 from church

00:43:42.839 --> 00:43:43.480
 contexts where

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:43.759
 you're like,

00:43:43.819 --> 00:43:44.119
 don't ask

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.619
 questions.

00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:46.179
 Don't ask

00:43:46.179 --> 00:43:46.599
 questions.

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.119
 The 5,000

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.519
 were full,

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:48.819
 right?

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:49.839
 They were

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:50.119
 fed.

00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:51.360
 Don't ask

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:51.779
 questions.

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.179
 Don't even

00:43:54.179 --> 00:43:54.480
 doubt.

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.559
 Don't even

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.960
 grieve.

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:57.960
 And yet,

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:58.759
 that's not

00:43:58.759 --> 00:44:00.019
 the God

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.339
 that is

00:44:00.339 --> 00:44:00.980
 revealed in

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.460
 this book.

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.699
 You see

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:03.059
 this book

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.679
 time and

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:03.920
 again,

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.360
 whether it's

00:44:04.360 --> 00:44:04.619
 Jonah,

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:04.900
 who we're

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.059
 going to

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:05.380
 go through

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:05.699
 in a couple

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:05.980
 weeks,

00:44:06.319 --> 00:44:06.799
 whether it's

00:44:06.799 --> 00:44:07.239
 Elijah,

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:08.339
 whether it's

00:44:08.339 --> 00:44:08.639
 Peter,

00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:09.159
 those who have

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:09.779
 betrayed and

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:10.500
 disappointed and

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.860
 turned their

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.280
 backs on

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.680
 God,

00:44:12.080 --> 00:44:13.940
 God seems

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:15.260
 to draw

00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:15.660
 close to

00:44:15.660 --> 00:44:16.120
 those people

00:44:16.120 --> 00:44:16.660
 even more

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:18.280
 in the most

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.640
 patient,

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.500
 gracious kind

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:19.800
 of way.

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.120
 You see,

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:21.720
 even after

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.300
 those accounts

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:22.820
 where Jesus

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.420
 shows up,

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:24.620
 chapter 21

00:44:24.620 --> 00:44:25.160
 in John,

00:44:25.620 --> 00:44:26.019
 Peter doesn't

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.360
 really know

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.700
 what to do

00:44:26.700 --> 00:44:27.120
 with himself.

00:44:27.240 --> 00:44:27.440
 Can you

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.260
 imagine being

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:28.800
 Peter in

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:29.240
 that room

00:44:29.240 --> 00:44:29.680
 when Jesus

00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:30.280
 shows up?

00:44:31.080 --> 00:44:31.580
 He's usually

00:44:31.580 --> 00:44:31.980
 the head of

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:32.620
 the table.

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:33.060
 He's usually

00:44:33.060 --> 00:44:34.019
 just up there.

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:34.960
 This time he

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.320
 probably would

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:35.720
 have just been,

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:36.340
 oh man.

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.260
 And there's no

00:44:37.260 --> 00:44:37.740
 account of Jesus

00:44:37.740 --> 00:44:38.600
 saying anything to

00:44:38.600 --> 00:44:38.800
 him.

00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.700
 Can you

00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.100
 imagine just

00:44:40.100 --> 00:44:40.519
 how Jesus

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:40.800
 would be

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.140
 feeling?

00:44:41.220 --> 00:44:42.360
 Just tiny.

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:44.420
 And those

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:44.940
 eight days

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.440
 comes and

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:45.880
 then Thomas

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.420
 finally gets

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.900
 to see him

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.280
 and Peter

00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:47.600
 would still

00:44:47.600 --> 00:44:47.900
 be like,

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:49.660
 oh man,

00:44:49.700 --> 00:44:50.260
 he's back.

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:51.820
 I wonder

00:44:51.820 --> 00:44:52.180
 whether he

00:44:52.180 --> 00:44:52.740
 knows what

00:44:52.740 --> 00:44:53.200
 I did.

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.280
 But then

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.600
 he rose

00:44:54.600 --> 00:44:54.860
 from the

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.160
 dead so

00:44:55.160 --> 00:44:55.640
 he probably

00:44:55.640 --> 00:44:56.180
 knows what

00:44:56.180 --> 00:44:56.540
 I did.

00:44:58.120 --> 00:44:58.540
 And then

00:44:58.540 --> 00:44:58.780
 he does

00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.200
 this thing

00:44:59.200 --> 00:44:59.420
 and he

00:44:59.420 --> 00:44:59.740
 says,

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:00.120
 oh,

00:45:00.560 --> 00:45:01.340
 I don't

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:01.520
 know what

00:45:01.520 --> 00:45:01.800
 to do.

00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.320
 I'm going

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.480
 to go

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:03.740
 fishing.

00:45:05.620 --> 00:45:06.080
 And he's

00:45:06.080 --> 00:45:06.200
 like,

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.340
 you know

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:06.460
 what,

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:06.660
 I'm just

00:45:06.660 --> 00:45:06.820
 going to

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:07.140
 go back

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:09.400
 to what

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:10.720
 I knew.

00:45:11.560 --> 00:45:11.800
 Maybe

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:13.240
 that's it.

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.520
 Jesus

00:45:13.520 --> 00:45:14.520
 didn't want

00:45:14.520 --> 00:45:15.300
 to talk

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:15.680
 to me

00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:16.320
 anymore.

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.240
 I have

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:17.539
 doubt,

00:45:18.120 --> 00:45:18.380
 I have

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:18.640
 grief.

00:45:19.600 --> 00:45:19.880
 I'm just

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.019
 going to

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.360
 go back.

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:22.559
 And yet

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:22.980
 it's in

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:24.440
 that moment

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:24.820
 he goes

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:25.200
 fishing and

00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:25.500
 you show

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.980
 his leadership

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.440
 and you show

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.960
 what good

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.500
 leadership does

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:27.860
 and you show

00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:28.140
 what bad

00:45:28.140 --> 00:45:28.660
 leadership does

00:45:28.660 --> 00:45:29.200
 because Peter

00:45:29.200 --> 00:45:29.539
 says I'm

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:29.640
 going to

00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:30.019
 go fishing

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:30.340
 and the

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:30.680
 other guys

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:30.880
 are like,

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.140
 we don't

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.660
 know what

00:45:31.660 --> 00:45:31.840
 to do,

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.059
 we're going

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:32.260
 to come

00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:32.539
 with you.

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:34.120
 And Jesus

00:45:34.120 --> 00:45:34.500
 in that

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:34.760
 moment

00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:35.220
 meets him

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:35.460
 again.

00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:37.260
 And this

00:45:37.260 --> 00:45:37.600
 time he

00:45:37.600 --> 00:45:38.120
 sits with

00:45:38.120 --> 00:45:38.300
 him.

00:45:39.140 --> 00:45:39.660
 And this

00:45:39.660 --> 00:45:40.000
 time he

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.660
 speaks to

00:45:40.660 --> 00:45:40.880
 him.

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.600
 And this

00:45:42.600 --> 00:45:43.019
 time he

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.640
 restores him

00:45:43.640 --> 00:45:43.840
 and he

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:45.480
 turns that

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:45.900
 shame

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:48.160
 into

00:45:48.160 --> 00:45:48.539
 honor and

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:48.740
 love.

00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.440
 What does

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:51.980
 the reality

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:52.320
 of the

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:53.180
 resurrection

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:54.380
 mean for

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:55.119
 you?

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:58.260
 If you

00:45:58.260 --> 00:45:58.619
 have had

00:45:58.619 --> 00:45:59.180
 grief that

00:45:59.180 --> 00:45:59.599
 has turned

00:45:59.599 --> 00:46:00.280
 you away

00:46:00.280 --> 00:46:02.599
 from him,

00:46:03.559 --> 00:46:04.539
 then take

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:04.980
 comfort

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:07.500
 because he

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.260
 is still,

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:09.920
 his mercy

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:10.400
 and goodness

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:10.940
 is still

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.720
 following you.

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:14.839
 if you

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:15.439
 have doubts

00:46:15.439 --> 00:46:15.699
 and you're

00:46:15.699 --> 00:46:15.919
 like, I

00:46:15.919 --> 00:46:16.079
 don't

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:16.519
 understand

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:16.859
 that,

00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:18.399
 where did

00:46:18.399 --> 00:46:18.559
 the

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:18.899
 dinosaurs

00:46:18.899 --> 00:46:19.239
 go?

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:19.899
 I don't

00:46:19.899 --> 00:46:20.019
 know,

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:20.259
 whatever

00:46:20.259 --> 00:46:20.459
 your

00:46:20.459 --> 00:46:20.639
 doubt

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:20.919
 is.

00:46:22.199 --> 00:46:22.559
 What

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:22.819
 about

00:46:22.819 --> 00:46:22.980
 the

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.399
 dinosaurs?

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:26.079
 Terry's

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:26.319
 like, what

00:46:26.319 --> 00:46:26.619
 about the

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:26.939
 dinosaurs?

00:46:27.119 --> 00:46:27.419
 Okay, we'll

00:46:27.419 --> 00:46:27.859
 find someone

00:46:27.859 --> 00:46:28.299
 smart to

00:46:28.299 --> 00:46:28.679
 talk to

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:28.899
 you about

00:46:28.899 --> 00:46:29.119
 that.

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:31.659
 But even

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.039
 in those

00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:32.419
 doubts,

00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:33.919
 ask away.

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.199
 Man, if

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:36.059
 God is not

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:36.699
 question-proof,

00:46:36.799 --> 00:46:37.119
 then I don't

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:37.439
 know if he's

00:46:37.439 --> 00:46:37.959
 God at

00:46:37.959 --> 00:46:38.179
 all.

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:40.779
 But he's

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.119
 bigger than

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.259
 your

00:46:41.259 --> 00:46:41.679
 questions.

00:46:43.859 --> 00:46:44.440
 And the

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:44.719
 other thing

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:45.279
 is, if you

00:46:45.279 --> 00:46:45.539
 were to

00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:45.859
 understand

00:46:45.859 --> 00:46:46.199
 everything

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:46.699
 about him,

00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:47.039
 then maybe

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.460
 he's not

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.779
 God either.

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:52.679
 So come

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.059
 at him

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:53.739
 with your

00:46:53.739 --> 00:46:54.039
 doubts.

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:55.319
 Hey, I

00:46:55.319 --> 00:46:55.399
 have

00:46:55.399 --> 00:46:55.839
 questions.

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.659
 Those two

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:00.199
 people walking

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.579
 away from

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:00.940
 Jerusalem,

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:01.519
 disappointed,

00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:03.079
 leaving,

00:47:04.299 --> 00:47:04.919
 he walks

00:47:04.919 --> 00:47:05.779
 with them,

00:47:06.839 --> 00:47:07.539
 speaks to

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:07.960
 them, opens

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:08.300
 up the

00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.920
 word with

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:10.380
 them, and

00:47:10.380 --> 00:47:10.780
 their hearts

00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:11.360
 start burning.

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.380
 Maybe that's

00:47:14.380 --> 00:47:14.780
 some of us

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:14.940
 here.

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:17.280
 The

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:17.720
 resurrection

00:47:17.720 --> 00:47:19.659
 in the

00:47:19.659 --> 00:47:19.860
 Greek

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.659
 anastasis

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:24.920
 means to

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.400
 rise.

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.699
 It means

00:47:27.699 --> 00:47:28.440
 to cause

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:29.699
 one's feet

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.320
 to stand

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:32.320
 up, to

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.740
 stand on

00:47:32.740 --> 00:47:33.240
 one's feet

00:47:33.240 --> 00:47:33.519
 again.

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.679
 That is

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:35.960
 what we

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.340
 believe.

00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:37.179
 That is

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:37.420
 what we

00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:37.780
 hang our

00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:38.220
 hats on.

00:47:38.300 --> 00:47:38.599
 That is

00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:38.980
 why we're

00:47:38.980 --> 00:47:39.139
 here.

00:47:39.200 --> 00:47:39.500
 And because

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:39.760
 of that,

00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:40.039
 we have

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:40.440
 no fear

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.780
 of death.

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:41.340
 We have

00:47:41.340 --> 00:47:41.860
 no worry

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:42.260
 about what

00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:42.639
 our boss

00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:43.360
 will say

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:43.639
 to us

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:43.940
 tomorrow.

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:44.460
 We have

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:44.860
 no worry

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:45.180
 about what

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:45.760
 our friends

00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:46.280
 think of

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:46.519
 us,

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:47.820
 because someone

00:47:47.820 --> 00:47:49.200
 died and

00:47:49.200 --> 00:47:50.280
 rose again.

00:47:50.780 --> 00:47:51.440
 The fact

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:52.119
 that an

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.880
 empty tomb

00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:53.559
 remains

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:56.440
 is the

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:57.000
 thing that

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:57.460
 changes

00:47:57.460 --> 00:47:58.500
 everything.

00:47:59.300 --> 00:47:59.900
 It has

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:00.099
 to.

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:03.099
 what does

00:48:03.099 --> 00:48:03.360
 it mean

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:03.719
 for you?

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.619
 I want

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:05.980
 to invite

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.219
 you to

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:06.719
 the last

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:07.239
 few moments

00:48:07.239 --> 00:48:07.500
 now.

00:48:08.299 --> 00:48:08.679
 If you

00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:09.319
 have grief,

00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:10.699
 if you

00:48:10.699 --> 00:48:11.299
 have doubt,

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:12.480
 if you

00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:12.639
 have

00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:13.239
 disappointment,

00:48:13.839 --> 00:48:16.599
 then I

00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:16.900
 want to

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:17.360
 do what

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:18.159
 our

00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:18.559
 resurrected

00:48:18.559 --> 00:48:19.179
 Christ did

00:48:19.179 --> 00:48:20.299
 and invite

00:48:20.299 --> 00:48:20.679
 you in.

00:48:21.319 --> 00:48:21.819
 Come in

00:48:21.819 --> 00:48:22.119
 with all

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:22.440
 of those

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:22.799
 things.

00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:26.940
 Revelation

00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:27.260
 at the

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:27.440
 end,

00:48:27.539 --> 00:48:27.840
 he says,

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.220
 Behold,

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:28.680
 I stand

00:48:28.680 --> 00:48:28.920
 under the

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:29.280
 door and

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:29.500
 knock.

00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:30.560
 Whoever

00:48:30.560 --> 00:48:31.260
 opens the

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:31.460
 door,

00:48:31.560 --> 00:48:31.800
 I will

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:32.240
 come into

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:32.440
 him and

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:32.640
 I will

00:48:32.640 --> 00:48:32.940
 eat with

00:48:32.940 --> 00:48:33.200
 him.

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.620
 I will

00:48:35.620 --> 00:48:35.820
 be at

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:36.240
 the table

00:48:36.240 --> 00:48:37.220
 with him.

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.380
 The

00:48:43.380 --> 00:48:43.880
 resurrected

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.340
 Christ,

00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:44.740
 you may

00:48:44.740 --> 00:48:45.060
 have only

00:48:45.060 --> 00:48:45.640
 heard about

00:48:45.640 --> 00:48:45.900
 him,

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:47.700
 but there

00:48:47.700 --> 00:48:47.980
 have been

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:48.880
 many greats

00:48:48.880 --> 00:48:50.460
 who

00:48:50.460 --> 00:48:50.860
 finally,

00:48:51.160 --> 00:48:51.700
 who actually

00:48:51.700 --> 00:48:52.160
 met him,

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:52.700
 whether it's

00:48:52.699 --> 00:48:53.519
 the Apostle

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:53.919
 Paul,

00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:55.579
 whether it's

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:56.039
 C.S.

00:48:56.099 --> 00:48:56.359
 Lewis,

00:48:58.079 --> 00:48:59.219
 whether it's

00:48:59.219 --> 00:48:59.559
 the person

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:00.119
 sitting next

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:00.439
 to you,

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:00.799
 there are

00:49:00.799 --> 00:49:01.259
 people in

00:49:01.259 --> 00:49:01.619
 this room

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:01.960
 who have

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.519
 met that

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:02.980
 resurrected

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.460
 Christ,

00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:04.500
 and that

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:04.719
 same

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:05.159
 Christ

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:07.119
 knocks on

00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:07.379
 your door

00:49:07.379 --> 00:49:07.699
 today.

00:49:11.419 --> 00:49:11.879
 We

00:49:11.879 --> 00:49:12.659
 invite Alex

00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:13.079
 and the

00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:13.980
 team up

00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:14.960
 as their

00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:15.399
 leaders in

00:49:15.399 --> 00:49:15.719
 the final

00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:16.079
 song.

00:49:19.799 --> 00:49:20.379
 Those of

00:49:20.379 --> 00:49:20.579
 you who

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:20.799
 have grown

00:49:20.799 --> 00:49:21.039
 up in

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:21.460
 church will

00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:22.000
 know that

00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:23.119
 this is

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:23.599
 usually what

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:24.059
 people do

00:49:24.059 --> 00:49:24.920
 and after

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:25.320
 the sermon

00:49:25.320 --> 00:49:25.619
 there's a

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:25.880
 song,

00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:26.800
 something

00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:27.239
 powerful

00:49:27.239 --> 00:49:27.639
 about

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:30.079
 music that

00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:30.559
 allows us

00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:30.840
 to put

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:31.519
 into words,

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:33.199
 release words

00:49:33.199 --> 00:49:33.440
 that we

00:49:33.440 --> 00:49:33.719
 don't have

00:49:33.719 --> 00:49:34.019
 ourselves.

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:35.079
 That's why

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:35.500
 we sing.

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:37.500
 That's why

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:38.440
 football fans

00:49:38.440 --> 00:49:39.079
 sing when

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.340
 they're in

00:49:39.340 --> 00:49:40.260
 a stadium.

00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:40.539
 That's why

00:49:40.539 --> 00:49:41.099
 Arsenal fans

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:41.360
 are going to

00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:42.219
 sing in

00:49:42.219 --> 00:49:42.619
 about 12

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.119
 hours time

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.460
 when we

00:49:43.460 --> 00:49:43.800
 come out

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:44.300
 victorious.

00:49:44.300 --> 00:49:47.580
 we're not

00:49:47.580 --> 00:49:48.000
 smart enough

00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:48.240
 to say

00:49:48.240 --> 00:49:48.519
 any other

00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:48.840
 words so

00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:49.120
 we just

00:49:49.120 --> 00:49:49.740
 sing stupid

00:49:49.740 --> 00:49:50.039
 songs.

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:50.880
 This is

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 not a

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 stupid

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 song.

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 This is

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 not just

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 a song

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 that I

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 want you

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 to sing

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 mindlessly.

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 These

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 words bring

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 power.

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 I praise

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 the name

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 Anastasis,

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 someone rose

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 again.

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 And because

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 that someone

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 rose again,

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 we live.

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 We live.

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 We live

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 forevermore.