He Is Not Here, He Is Risen

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We're going to go from Matthew chapter 27, verse 62, to chapter 28, verse 15.
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As you're turning there, if you haven't signed up for the retreat, please do sign up.
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Jared Torrance is a friend of mine who's going to be preaching.
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He's a force of nature.
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His forearm is the size of my thighs.
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He lifts weight like crazy.
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His water bottle is like the size of a propane tank.
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He preaches like that too, which is what you're really interested in.
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So you're going to not want to miss that.
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It's going to be a great time, so please come to the retreat.
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As you find a way there, let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.
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Heavenly Father, we stand in the line of this veritable heritage you've given us
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of those who have borne witness to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Thank you that you have counted us among their number.
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You have called us and saved us.
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And as we read this account again, as you address us and speak to us from your Word in Matthew again,
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embolden us as your witnesses.
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And if there are those here who have not yet professed faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord,
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give them this morning eyes to see, ears to hear.
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In Jesus' holy name we pray.
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Amen.
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If you are able, please stand.
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Let us honor God by standing as we read from His Word.
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Matthew chapter 27, starting verse 62, and I will read it out loud for us.
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The next day, that is, after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said,
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Sir, we remember how that imposter said, while he was still alive,
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After three days I will rise.
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Therefore, order the tomb to be made secure until the third day,
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lest His disciples go and steal Him away and tell the people,
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He has risen from the dead.
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And the last fraud will be worse than the first.
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Pilate said to them,
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You have a guard of soldiers.
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Go, make it as secure as you can.
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So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.
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Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week,
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Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
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And behold, there was a great earthquake,
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for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.
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His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow.
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And for fear of him, the guards trembled and became like dead men.
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But the angel said to the woman,
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Do not be afraid,
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for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
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He is not here,
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for He has risen,
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as He said.
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Come,
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see the place where He lay.
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Then go quickly and tell the disciples that He has risen from the dead.
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And behold,
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He is going before you to Galilee.
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There you will see Him.
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See,
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I have told you.
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So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to tell His disciples.
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And behold,
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Jesus met them and said,
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Greetings.
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And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshipped Him.
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Then Jesus said to them,
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Do not be afraid.
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Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee,
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and there they will see me.
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While they were going,
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behold,
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some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.
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And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel,
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they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said,
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Tell people,
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His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.
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And if this comes to the governor's ears,
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we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.
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So they took the money and did as they were directed.
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And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.
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This is God's holy and authoritative word.
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Please be seated.
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By God's grace,
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I've been walking with the Lord,
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following Jesus for several decades now.
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And now that I'm a Christian,
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the world,
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the surrounding world,
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and the course of human history,
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they all make sense to me.
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I don't feel any longer like a loose leaf wandering and tossed to and fro by the wind.
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Now I feel like a rooted tree,
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grounded in reality.
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Now that I'm a Christian,
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when the heavy burden,
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the weight of my own sins come crashing down on me
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and crushes me down to the depths of despair,
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I can shake off my guilt,
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my shame,
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and stand upon the rock of Christ,
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my Savior who paid for all my sins.
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Now that I'm a Christian,
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when the worries caused by the dangers
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and the uncertainties of life
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tighten around me like a vice grip,
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I can fly in prayer to my sovereign Lord
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who is in control over every detail of my life
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and who assures me that
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all things,
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he works out all things together for me.
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Now that I'm a Christian,
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when I feel my own weakness and neediness keenly,
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I can rest in the power and provision of my Heavenly Father
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who is higher than I
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and who is mightier than I.
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Now that I'm a Christian,
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the friendship and companionship of the Lord Jesus
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is ever with me.
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And I'm never alone.
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And the very Spirit of God comforts me
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and guides me.
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Now that I'm a Christian,
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I can't imagine life apart from Christ.
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The very thought of life apart from Christ
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is gutting and devastating.
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But what's incredible
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is that that devastating scenario
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very well could have been.
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If my parents hadn't shared the gospel with me,
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if they hadn't brought me to church,
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if their pastor in a rural town in Korea
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hadn't shared the gospel with them,
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if that pastor hadn't become a Christian
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because that foreign missionary
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who went through that town
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had never shared the gospel with him,
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where would I be today?
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Where would you be today
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if no one invited you to church,
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if no one shared the good news of Jesus Christ with you?
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The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ,
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his death and resurrection
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for the salvation of sinners.
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And this news must be published.
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It must be proclaimed
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or it does no good for anyone.
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Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
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shall be saved,
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but how can they call upon him
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unless they believed him?
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How can they believe him
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unless someone has preached to them?
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They've heard the gospel,
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someone's preached to them,
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and how can they preach
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unless someone sends them?
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It's Romans 10, paraphrase.
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Our passage this morning
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in the Holy Scriptures
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is here for that purpose,
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to recruit heralds for the king,
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to raise up witnesses for Jesus.
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And will you today answer the king's call?
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Will you go and tell people
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that Christ has risen,
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that Christ the king has risen from the dead?
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And that's the main point of my sermon.
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Go and tell Christ has risen.
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And there are two diametrically opposed ways
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that we can respond to this call.
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The first one we see
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is the cover-up and the hush money
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of the Jewish leaders,
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the chief priests and the Pharisees.
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And secondly, we see the worship
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and witness of the two women,
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Mary and Mary.
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After Jesus' crucifixion and burial,
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the chief priests and the Pharisees
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gather before Pilate again.
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And it says in verses 63 to 64,
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Sir, we remember how that imposter said
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while he was still alive,
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after three days I will rise.
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Therefore order the tomb
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to be made secure until the third day,
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lest his disciples go and steal him away
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and tell the people he has risen from the dead
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and the last fraud will be worse than the first.
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These chief priests have already framed Jesus
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and have killed him,
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have gotten him killed, crucified,
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but they are still afraid of him.
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They have somehow caught wind of Jesus'
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repeated predictions to his disciples
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throughout the Gospel of Matthew
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that he will be killed
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and then be raised on the third day.
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And now they want to make certain
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that that never happens.
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Jesus' resurrection would vindicate Jesus
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and it would incriminate them.
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It would prove once and for all
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that Jesus is the real deal
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and that they are the imposters.
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So they're not taking any chances
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and they don't want even a hint of a rumor
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of Jesus' resurrection from the dead.
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And so they ask Pilate,
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they go to the Roman governor Pilate
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to secure the tomb,
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lest Jesus' disciples steal his body
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and then claim that he has risen from the dead.
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Pilate consents to their request in verse 65,
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you have a guard of soldiers,
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go make it as secure as you can.
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It seems that the chief priests already had access
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to some sort of guard of soldiers
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that they can deploy,
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perhaps the same band of soldiers and officers
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that John 18, three mentions
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that came at Jesus' arrest.
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And so with the official permission
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of the Roman governor,
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the chief priests and the Pharisees
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go and secure to seal the tomb.
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It says that they seal the stone
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and set a guard.
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Joseph of Arimathea in the preceding passage
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had already rolled a great big stone
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at the entrance of the tomb.
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But now, in addition to that,
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they seal the tomb.
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What does that mean to seal the tomb?
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In that day and age,
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it would involve taking ropes
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and tightly wrapping it around the stone
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and then sealing the ends of the rope
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with an official seal,
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perhaps of the Roman governor,
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or the imprimatur that says basically
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this is off limits.
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No one can reverse this.
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Don't dare enter,
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otherwise you'd be punished.
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Trespassers would be punished.
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The seal would serve
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as an additional physical barrier,
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but also it would serve to scare people.
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It would be a deterrent,
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a political and legal deterrent.
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The sealing is also reminiscent
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of another famous ceiling,
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a stone ceiling of a cave
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from the Old Testament.
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when King Darius threw Daniel,
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the prophet,
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into a den of lions
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because he had proclaimed
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that people should pray
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only to him as the king,
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but Daniel continued to pray
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not to him but to the Lord God,
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and because of that,
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Darius threw Daniel
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into the den of lions,
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and then they sealed
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the entrance of that cave
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with the stone,
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and then they sealed that
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with the king's seal
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so that nothing can be reversed.
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The king sealed it
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with his own signet
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that nothing might be changed
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concerning Daniel.
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In essence,
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Daniel's execution,
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his grave,
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had been sealed
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by the highest authority
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so that no one can reverse it,
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so that his fate is sealed,
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and that's exactly
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what the pilot,
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what pilot and the chief priests
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are doing.
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Nothing can reverse this.
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Jesus' fate is sealed.
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No one may enter
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or exit from this tomb.
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But just as the lions
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then could not hold Daniel down,
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death cannot hold Jesus down.
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And what pilot
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and the chief priests thought
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was the end of Jesus
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is instead a new beginning,
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and Jesus is raised
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from the dead.
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We'll get back
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to that amazing scene shortly,
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but for now,
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please skip ahead with me
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to chapter 28, verse 11.
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After Jesus' resurrection,
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he says,
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behold,
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some of the guard
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went into the city
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and told the chief priests
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all that had taken place.
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The soldiers report back
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to the chief priests
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that they saw
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an angel of the Lord
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come down from heaven,
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roll back the great stone
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with ease
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that was blocking Jesus' tomb,
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that they saw the empty tomb,
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and that they saw the angel
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say to the woman,
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Jesus is not here
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for he has risen,
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as he said.
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So these chief priests
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and the Pharisees
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did everything they could
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to suppress
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the resurrection of Jesus.
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They know Jesus has said,
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after three days,
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I will rise.
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So they did everything
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in their power
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to make that not happen,
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and yet Jesus did
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just as he had said he would.
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He was raised from the dead.
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And imagine,
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for a moment,
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imagine yourself
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in the shoes
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of these chief priests.
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you thought
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that Jesus
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was an imposter
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and a fraud,
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so you got him
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crucified as a heretic.
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But this Jesus
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came back from the dead
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just as he had said.
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What do you do?
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Well, now is the hour
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of repentance.
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Now is when you eat
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some humble pie
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and you eat your own words
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and then you say,
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well,
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I was gravely wrong
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about Jesus.
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He is the prophesied Messiah.
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He is the Son of God.
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I must follow him.
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We all must follow him.
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But no.
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They double down
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and resort to cover up
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and hush money.
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It's ironic.
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They had accused Jesus
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of being an imposter
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and a fraud,
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but it turns out
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that they are the real
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imposters and frauds.
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So many times
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throughout Jesus' ministry,
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these Jewish leaders
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falsely accused Jesus
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of violating the Sabbath,
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of breaking the Sabbath.
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But look at their hypocrisy.
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Chapter 27, verse 62,
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notes that it was
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on the day
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after the day
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of preparation
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that the chief priests
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and the Pharisees,
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one,
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traveled to Pilate's court
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and had a conference
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with Pilate,
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a Gentile governor,
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which was considered
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ceremonially defiling
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for the Jews,
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and then,
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according to John 18, 28,
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and two,
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on that same day,
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they also sealed
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Jesus' tomb,
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and three,
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they set a guard
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over Jesus' tomb
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on that very day.
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The day of preparation
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is the day of preparation
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for the Sabbath
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and not any ordinary Sabbath
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either.
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It's the Sabbath of,
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it's a high Sabbath.
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It's a holy Sabbath
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during the Passover feast.
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These Jewish leaders
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are quite busy at work
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all during the Sabbath.
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While Jesus is resting
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on the Sabbath day
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in his grave,
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these Jewish leaders
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are scheming and working.
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They are the Sabbath breakers.
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They are the frauds,
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and they are the imposters.
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They have shed innocent blood
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by killing Jesus.
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And 28, 12 says that
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that after hearing
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the soldiers' report,
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they assembled
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with the elders
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and took counsel.
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They were deliberate.
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This wasn't
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an impulse reaction,
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a decision,
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a resolution
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was arrived
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after making careful
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deliberations
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with the council
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and the elders.
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And yet,
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they don't even try
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to investigate
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what happened
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to Jesus
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to check,
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to confirm
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whether or not
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he was actually
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raised from the dead.
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doesn't that seem
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like a sensible thing
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to do in this situation?
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Instead,
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they gave a sufficient
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sum of money
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to the soldiers
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and said,
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tell people.
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His disciples
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came by night
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and stole him away
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while we were asleep.
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I wonder
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what that sufficient
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sum of money
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entailed,
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what it took
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to hush
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all of those soldiers,
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probably a substantial sum,
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not only because
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these soldiers
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had witnessed
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something truly spectacular,
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it would be hard
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to shut them up,
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but also because
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it's incriminating
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for them.
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It doesn't reflect well
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on those soldiers
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who were the guards
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whose job it was
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to guard the tomb
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to tell people,
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oh,
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I was sleeping.
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And his disciples
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came and stole away
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the body.
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So these chief priests,
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even though they tried
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to prevent
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and suppress
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the resurrection,
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now that Jesus
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has risen
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and now that the word
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of his resurrection
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has already gone out,
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resort to cover up
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and hush money.
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And they assure
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these soldiers,
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don't worry about
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the repercussions
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of telling people
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that you fell asleep
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on the job.
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We'll make sure
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to keep you out of trouble
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with the governor.
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We'll make sure
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you keep your
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job.
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Since they couldn't
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stop it from happening,
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now they resort
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to suppressing
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the media
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and controlling
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the narrative
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so that no one
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will believe
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that Jesus
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was really raised
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from the dead.
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Why does this
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always happen?
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Whether it's
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the Nixon administration
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with the Watergate
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scandal when they
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tried to cover up
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the fact that
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they infiltrated
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the Democratic
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Party's headquarters
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to try to get
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some kind of leverage
00:19:00.360 --> 00:19:01.360
for their upcoming
00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.439
re-election campaign,
00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.819
or whether it's
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Gorbachev
00:19:05.699 --> 00:19:07.099
and the Soviet Union
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who tried to cover up
00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.979
the explosion
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of a nuclear reactor
00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.939
in Chernobyl,
00:19:11.219 --> 00:19:11.899
which ended up
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killing 16,000 people
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in the long term
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with radiation
00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.159
and costing
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$600 billion.
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They tried to cover
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that up.
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Why do people in power
00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:22.180
resort to lies
00:19:22.180 --> 00:19:23.240
rather than admitting
00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.220
that they did wrong,
00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.920
tampering with evidence,
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bribing officials,
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and hushing witnesses?
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The answer is obvious.
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They want to preserve
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the status quo.
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They have too much
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to lose.
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They don't want
00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.799
to lose their reputation,
00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.720
their position,
00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.579
their power.
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But let's not be
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too quick to point fingers
00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.539
and cast blame
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on others without
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examining our own hearts.
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Romans 1, 18-19
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teaches us that
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God has revealed
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himself to us
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in diverse ways,
00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:00.480
but that the ungodly
00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.360
and the unrighteous
00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:03.120
suppress the truth
00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.840
by their unrighteousness.
00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.720
This is true
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for all unbelievers
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and this was true
00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.740
at some point
00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.620
for all of us.
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If Jesus was really
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raised from the dead,
00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.180
you have to reform
00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:20.400
your worldviews.
00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:22.620
You must rethink
00:20:22.620 --> 00:20:23.440
your priorities.
00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:25.180
You must repent
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of your sins.
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If Jesus really was
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raised from the dead,
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if Jesus really is
00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:31.460
who he said he is,
00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:33.319
then you must believe
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in him and follow him
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as your Lord and King
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and that means
00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.220
surrendering
00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.700
your will,
00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.819
submitting
00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:42.220
to his will.
00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.880
Following Jesus
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requires a radical
00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.619
reorientation
00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.920
of our lives
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and what would
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your family
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and friends
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and coworkers
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say to that?
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what would happen
00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.640
to your reputation?
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The unrighteous
00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.480
don't want to give up
00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.400
their sinful ways.
00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.180
They want to be lords
00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.339
over their own lives.
00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.579
They want to do
00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.660
what they want to do
00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.059
in life.
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They don't want to submit
00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.960
to the lordship
00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.500
of another.
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So they suppress
00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.740
the truth.
00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:15.759
What about you?
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Some of you
00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.839
are not yet followers
00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.640
of Jesus Christ
00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.339
and this morning
00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.059
you are confronted
00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.279
with the same reality,
00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.480
the same truth
00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.220
that the characters
00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.700
in this passage faced.
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What will you do
00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.579
with the resurrection
00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.920
of Jesus Christ?
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How will you respond?
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If you are considering
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whether or not
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Jesus really rose
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from the dead,
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notice the fact
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of the empty tomb.
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Even the Jewish leaders
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lie that Jesus' disciples
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stole the body
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confirm that the empty tomb
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was an unquestioned
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historical reality
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in that first century.
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That Jesus really lived
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and died,
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he was crucified
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under Pontius Pilate,
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is a historical claim,
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it's a historical datum
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that no serious historian
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disputes.
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It is also indisputable
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that Jesus' followers
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for the last 2,000 years
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have been claiming
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that Jesus was raised
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physically from the dead.
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If Jesus had not risen,
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if Jesus' tomb
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had not been empty,
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the Jewish leaders
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and the Roman rulers
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very easily could have
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quelled the Christian movement
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by simply opening up
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the tomb for a tour
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and showcasing and presenting
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the body of Jesus.
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But they couldn't do that.
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They didn't do that
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because they couldn't.
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Instead,
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the alternative narrative
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that they circulated
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in its place
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was that Jesus' disciples
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stole the body.
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And Matthew notes
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in 28, 15,
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that this story
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has been spread
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among the Jews
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to this day.
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So Matthew is writing
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this gospel
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and that verse,
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that passage in particular,
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to counter that
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alternative narrative
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that's been spreading
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among the Jews.
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I know you've heard this,
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that Jesus' disciples
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stole the body,
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but I'm telling you
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the real story,
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that's not what actually happened.
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And that alternative explanation
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of the empty tomb
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being a result
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of Jesus' disciples
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stealing the body
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seems plausible
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at first glance,
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but when you think about it,
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even for a moment longer,
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it doesn't make much sense.
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If the soldiers were asleep
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while the disciples
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came to roll away the stone
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and steal the body away,
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how could they know
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that Jesus' disciples
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stole the body?
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They were sleeping.
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At best,
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it's a guess,
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an inference,
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an allegation
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without any proof whatsoever.
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They couldn't even know
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that the body was stolen,
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let alone they were stolen
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by Jesus' disciples.
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No, Jesus' tomb was empty
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because Jesus had risen
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from the dead.
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How then should we respond
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to the resurrection of Jesus?
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For that, let's return
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to the scene of the resurrection
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in chapter 28, verse 1.
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It says,
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Now, after the Sabbath,
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toward the dawn
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of the first day of the week,
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Mary Magdalene
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and Mary went to see the tomb.
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All four gospel accounts,
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
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note that Jesus
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was raised from the dead
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at dawn of the first day
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of the week.
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And both dawn
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and first day
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strike a note
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of new beginning
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and hope.
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Matthew 4, 13 to 16
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described Jesus' birth
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as fulfilling
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Isaiah's prophecy
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that the people
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dwelling in darkness
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have seen
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a great light.
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And for those
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dwelling in the region
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and shadow of death,
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on them the light
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has dawned.
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Jesus is
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the light of the world.
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And it is fitting
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that in chapter 27,
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verse 45,
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just before Jesus' death,
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there was darkness
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over all the land.
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And now,
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in chapter 28,
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verse 1,
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as the light
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invades the darkness
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at dawn,
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Jesus is raised
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from the dead
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because he is
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the light of the world.
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And that reality
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is tied to the expression
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first day of the week.
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The seven-day week
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comes from
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the seven days
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of creation
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in Genesis 1.
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It's not a natural,
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you know,
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astronomical
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kind of
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unit of time,
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seven days.
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We only have
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the seven-day week
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because of the Bible,
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because of Genesis 1.
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And what does God
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create on the first day?
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Let there be light.
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He creates light
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on the first day.
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And there was light.
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This is the first day
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of the new creation.
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And once again,
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God says,
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let there be light.
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And that light
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of the world
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is Jesus Christ
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raised from the dead.
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Therefore,
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if anyone is in Christ,
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he is a new creation.
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The old has passed.
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Behold,
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the new has come.
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Friends,
00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.700
all those who live
00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.639
apart from Christ
00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:21.139
dwell in darkness
00:26:21.139 --> 00:26:22.399
under the shadow
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of death.
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How would you like
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to come out
00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.439
of that darkness
00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.220
and step into
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the light of Christ
00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.380
today?
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Do you feel
00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.480
the darkness
00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.279
of this world?
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All the hatred,
00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.019
suffering,
00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.340
evil?
00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.140
Do you feel
00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:40.000
the darkness
00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.620
within?
00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.480
The desires
00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.259
of the flesh,
00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.080
the lusts
00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.600
of the eyes,
00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.740
the pride of life
00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.960
that lurk
00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.799
within your own
00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.860
sinful heart?
00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:51.259
Do you feel
00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.940
the shadow
00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.580
of death
00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.299
encroaching?
00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:55.159
There is still
00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.599
hope
00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.879
because our God
00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.720
is the God
00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.339
who makes
00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:59.779
all things new.
00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:04.019
Those who are dead
00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.279
in their trespasses
00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.899
and sins
00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:07.319
can be made alive
00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.899
together with Christ
00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:10.460
because Jesus died
00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.460
for our sins
00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.960
on the cross
00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.740
and because he was
00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.919
raised for our
00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.639
justification.
00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.940
We are no longer
00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.720
in our sins,
00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.579
we who have put
00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.079
our faith
00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.339
in Jesus Christ.
00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.779
Because Jesus
00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.639
was raised,
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.800
death no longer
00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.700
has the median
00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.520
over us
00:27:25.520 --> 00:27:26.840
and we are promised
00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.340
eternal spiritual life
00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.140
and resurrection
00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.160
life to come
00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.560
because Jesus
00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.300
was raised.
00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.900
Because Jesus
00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.420
was raised,
00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.420
the same divine
00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.540
power that raised
00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:37.480
Jesus from the dead
00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.220
now courses
00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.100
through us
00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.920
is at work
00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.600
in us
00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.560
who believe
00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:41.960
in him.
00:27:44.540 --> 00:27:45.259
And verse 1
00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.080
tells us that
00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:47.200
Mary Magdalene
00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:48.000
and the other Mary
00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.860
were the first
00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.560
witnesses
00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.700
of Jesus'
00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.500
resurrection.
00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:54.520
Imagine that,
00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.200
isn't that amazing?
00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:59.020
These were the
00:27:59.020 --> 00:27:59.680
same women
00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.580
who watched
00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:01.840
Jesus' crucifixion
00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.500
from a distance
00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.540
in chapter 27
00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:05.040
verses 55-56.
00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.240
The same woman
00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.980
who saw
00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.540
where Jesus
00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.020
was buried
00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:08.900
in chapter 27
00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.759
verse 61.
00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.120
Mary Magdalene
00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.980
and Mary
00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.500
the mother
00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.980
of James
00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.500
and Joseph.
00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.320
They are the ones
00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:15.780
who according
00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.660
to Mark 16
00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.220
were now
00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.759
looking for
00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.640
Jesus' corpse
00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.620
coming to his tomb
00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.239
so that they
00:28:20.239 --> 00:28:20.959
can anoint
00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:21.959
his dead
00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:22.619
body with
00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.119
spices
00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:25.379
so that his
00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.019
decomposing
00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.659
body doesn't
00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.559
smell bad
00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:29.699
as a last
00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:31.179
gesture of love
00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:31.779
and affection
00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.439
and honor
00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:34.219
toward Jesus
00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:34.799
Christ.
00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.500
And that
00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.239
these women
00:28:38.239 --> 00:28:38.959
are the first
00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:39.579
witnesses of
00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:39.819
Jesus'
00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.500
resurrection
00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.239
is remarkable
00:28:41.239 --> 00:28:43.099
because Jewish
00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.079
law stipulated
00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.059
that woman's
00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.500
testimony
00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.399
cannot be
00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.879
accepted
00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.520
in the legal
00:28:47.520 --> 00:28:48.040
courts.
00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.400
People back
00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.940
then didn't
00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.440
give much
00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:51.840
weight to
00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.300
the testimony
00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.700
of women.
00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.380
In fact
00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:55.120
Luke 24
00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.940
11 records
00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.740
that even
00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.240
Jesus'
00:28:57.520 --> 00:28:57.900
own
00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.820
disciples
00:28:58.820 --> 00:29:00.060
who had
00:29:00.060 --> 00:29:00.460
repeatedly
00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.220
heard Jesus'
00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.780
prediction
00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:02.260
of his
00:29:02.260 --> 00:29:02.800
resurrection
00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.800
did not
00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.460
believe these
00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.980
women when
00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.600
they told
00:29:05.600 --> 00:29:06.320
him Jesus
00:29:06.320 --> 00:29:07.120
is risen
00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.760
Christ is
00:29:07.760 --> 00:29:08.060
risen
00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:09.000
they dismissed
00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.000
00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.000
00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.440
them and say
00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.720
ah
00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.900
idle tale of
00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:12.120
woman.
00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.420
In fact
00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.779
this was a
00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.100
point of
00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.560
embarrassment
00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:19.039
even among
00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.060
even in the
00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:20.560
Greco-Roman
00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.039
world.
00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.640
Second century
00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.519
Greek philosopher
00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.400
Kelsus who was a
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.180
fierce opponent of
00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:26.279
Christianity mocked
00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.220
Christians precisely
00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.019
on this point
00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.000
arguing that the
00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.720
Christian doctrine
00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.420
of the resurrection
00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.300
of the son of
00:29:31.300 --> 00:29:32.120
God was based on
00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.920
the testimony of
00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.840
quote half
00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.720
frantic self
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.580
deceived woman.
00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.380
But God
00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.779
almighty
00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.100
the Lord of
00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.400
lords
00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:44.580
is not ashamed
00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.339
to make
00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.960
these
00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.460
devoted
00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.919
women
00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.659
the first
00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.240
witnesses
00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.960
of his
00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.779
resurrection.
00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.759
And none
00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.399
of the gospel
00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.279
writers try to
00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.839
minimize that
00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.199
fact.
00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.759
All of them
00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.259
note that
00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.579
they're the
00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.879
first.
00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.279
Matthew,
00:29:59.419 --> 00:29:59.559
Mark,
00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.759
Luke,
00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.299
John because
00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.679
they're not
00:30:00.679 --> 00:30:01.359
making this
00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.679
up.
00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.599
They're
00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.279
reporting what
00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.980
really happened.
00:30:06.939 --> 00:30:07.460
And there's a
00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.879
dramatic reversal
00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.740
of fortunes here
00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.119
at Jesus'
00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.779
resurrection.
00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.619
These small
00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:14.719
in society
00:30:14.719 --> 00:30:15.659
insignificant,
00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.399
powerless women
00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.659
are twice told
00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.959
do not be
00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.459
afraid.
00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.219
Once by the
00:30:21.219 --> 00:30:21.779
angel and once
00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.199
by Jesus
00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.639
himself.
00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.259
These women
00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.219
who are so
00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:26.099
weak and frail
00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:27.399
have no power
00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.119
in society yet
00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.079
they have nothing
00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.139
to fear in the
00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.699
presence of
00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.519
almighty God.
00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:34.299
But the
00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.859
chief priest
00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.519
soldiers,
00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.019
the ones
00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.619
carrying the
00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.019
swords,
00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.239
guarding the
00:30:38.239 --> 00:30:38.579
tomb,
00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.479
it says in
00:30:39.479 --> 00:30:39.879
verse 4,
00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.860
trembled and
00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.640
became like
00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.340
dead men
00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.340
for fear of
00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.920
the angel.
00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.020
They,
00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.020
unlike the
00:30:46.020 --> 00:30:46.260
woman,
00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.920
have something
00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.540
to fear
00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:48.000
and they're
00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.640
never told
00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.000
to do not
00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.580
be afraid.
00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.300
Oh,
00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.660
you better
00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.280
be afraid.
00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.440
And the
00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.240
word trembled
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.740
is a different
00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.400
form of the
00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.960
same word
00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.440
that means
00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:56.960
earthquake.
00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:58.940
The word
00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.400
tremble,
00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.660
it's ironically,
00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.180
these soldiers
00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.760
are trembling
00:31:02.760 --> 00:31:03.420
like the earth
00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.040
that's trembling
00:31:04.040 --> 00:31:04.960
as Jesus
00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.360
is raised
00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.660
from the
00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.020
dead and
00:31:06.020 --> 00:31:06.360
Jesus,
00:31:06.780 --> 00:31:07.040
who was
00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.460
formerly
00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.920
dead,
00:31:08.020 --> 00:31:08.400
is now
00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.280
alive and
00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.099
these soldiers
00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:11.099
become like
00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.859
dead men.
00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.379
These
00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:15.000
word plays
00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.779
reveal the
00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.299
hidden
00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.819
spiritual
00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:17.420
reality.
00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:18.700
Those who
00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.599
follow Christ,
00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.160
no matter
00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.000
how small
00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.879
and weak
00:31:21.879 --> 00:31:22.480
they might
00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.899
seem,
00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.980
have nothing
00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.579
to fear.
00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.980
But those
00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.779
who persecute
00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.000
them,
00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.359
no matter
00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.980
how big
00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.539
and powerful
00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.000
they might
00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.259
be,
00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.660
should be
00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.059
shaking
00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.379
in their
00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:30.660
boots.
00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.379
Those who
00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.160
follow Christ,
00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.899
though their
00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.920
outward body
00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.379
might be
00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.200
wasting away,
00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.599
they are
00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.500
inwardly,
00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.059
spiritually
00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.859
being renewed,
00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.679
day by
00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.079
day.
00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.599
They are
00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.359
more alive
00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.759
than ever
00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.279
before.
00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.500
But those
00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.059
who do not
00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.740
follow Christ,
00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.019
though they
00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.539
might be
00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.219
strong and
00:31:47.219 --> 00:31:47.759
robust,
00:31:47.879 --> 00:31:48.240
physically
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:48.959
healthy and
00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:49.279
strong,
00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.919
they are
00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.479
spiritually
00:31:50.479 --> 00:31:52.519
dead and
00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.059
destined for
00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.379
the lake
00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.819
of fire,
00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.399
which is
00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.879
the second
00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.359
eternal
00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:55.759
death.
00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.099
The angel
00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.539
of the Lord
00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.259
instructs the
00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.679
woman in
00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:01.159
verse 7,
00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.959
go quickly
00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:02.659
and tell his
00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.279
disciples that
00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.819
he has risen
00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.500
from the dead
00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.459
and behold,
00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.099
he is going
00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.679
before you to
00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.079
Galilee.
00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.659
There you
00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:08.099
will see
00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.319
him.
00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:08.699
See,
00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.439
I have
00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:10.119
told you.
00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.619
Imagine the
00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.099
excitement.
00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.259
You are
00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.139
about to
00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.939
meet the
00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.500
risen Lord,
00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.720
go to
00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.119
Galilee.
00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.399
I don't
00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.659
know how
00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.179
long that
00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.759
journey is,
00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.299
but I can
00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.619
assure you
00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:21.939
that would
00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.279
be the
00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.000
fastest mile
00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.319
I ever
00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:25.039
run to
00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:26.799
Galilee to
00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.460
see Jesus,
00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.899
the risen
00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.359
Jesus.
00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.859
And the
00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.519
two Marys
00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.179
don't lose
00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:31.839
any time.
00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.399
It says in
00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:34.019
verse 8 that
00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.619
they departed
00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.239
quickly from
00:32:35.239 --> 00:32:35.639
the tomb
00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.119
with fear
00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.479
and great
00:32:36.479 --> 00:32:36.839
joy and
00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:38.599
ran to
00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:38.979
tell the
00:32:38.979 --> 00:32:39.439
disciples
00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.759
they're
00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.199
running,
00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.479
but as
00:32:41.479 --> 00:32:42.000
they're
00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.419
running
00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:42.839
toward
00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.379
Galilee,
00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.139
behold,
00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.399
it says in
00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.939
verse 9,
00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.559
Jesus met
00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.019
them and
00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.319
said,
00:32:48.739 --> 00:32:49.059
greetings.
00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.019
I love
00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.599
this scene.
00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.619
This wasn't
00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.319
the plan.
00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.139
What did
00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.479
the angel
00:32:59.479 --> 00:33:00.059
tell them?
00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.739
Go to
00:33:01.739 --> 00:33:02.099
Galilee.
00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.139
Galilee.
00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.699
He's gone
00:33:03.699 --> 00:33:04.119
before you
00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.299
there.
00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.559
He will
00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.839
meet you
00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.139
there.
00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.459
That was
00:33:06.459 --> 00:33:06.980
the plan.
00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.480
But Jesus
00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.059
doesn't meet
00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.339
them in
00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.679
Galilee.
00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.500
It's as if
00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.379
Jesus can't
00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:18.179
wait until
00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.659
Galilee.
00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.859
Here are the
00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.259
women who
00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.679
are devoted
00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.219
to him,
00:33:22.699 --> 00:33:22.899
who have
00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.279
come to
00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.699
anoint his
00:33:23.699 --> 00:33:24.079
body.
00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.019
On his
00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.559
way, he
00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.139
can't wait.
00:33:26.219 --> 00:33:27.000
He stops
00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.259
them.
00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.039
He interrupts
00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.119
them.
00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:29.219
He intercepts
00:33:29.219 --> 00:33:29.959
them as
00:33:29.959 --> 00:33:30.379
they run
00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:31.039
into Galilee
00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.559
and says
00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.079
greetings.
00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.679
Here I
00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.099
am.
00:33:34.639 --> 00:33:35.240
I wanted
00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.639
to see
00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:35.779
you.
00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.459
It's as if
00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:36.759
he wanted
00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.500
to surprise
00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.899
them.
00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.059
Why do
00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.399
we like
00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.699
throwing
00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:41.199
surprise
00:33:41.199 --> 00:33:41.599
parties?
00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:41.899
I mean,
00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.179
isn't there
00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:42.559
a special
00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.059
delight in
00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.579
surprise?
00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:44.839
Receiving
00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.379
something that
00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.740
you weren't
00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.279
expecting.
00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.240
How
00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.859
gracious and
00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.279
kind of
00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.519
Jesus.
00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.559
It's so
00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.079
funny too,
00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.279
right?
00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.599
I could
00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:56.939
imagine,
00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.879
what should
00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.339
be the first
00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.740
thing I
00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:58.980
say?
00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.099
It's
00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.419
greetings.
00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:05.320
you see
00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.880
our Savior's
00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.200
love?
00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.539
Can you
00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:09.940
see a
00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.500
glimpse into
00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.000
his heart?
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.480
It's what
00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.139
God promises
00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.599
in the new
00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.059
heavens and
00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.300
the new
00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.619
earth in
00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.380
Isaiah 65,
00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.019
24.
00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.260
Before they
00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.980
call, I
00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.659
will answer.
00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.880
While they
00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.260
are yet
00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.200
speaking, I
00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.700
will hear.
00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.780
Before they
00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.280
even make
00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:25.960
their way down
00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.460
to Galilee,
00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.159
he is there
00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.899
to see
00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:28.539
them, to
00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.960
meet them
00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.399
because he
00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:30.000
loves them
00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.299
and because
00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.960
he cherishes
00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.259
them.
00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.899
And isn't
00:34:31.899 --> 00:34:32.960
that God's
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.879
heart toward
00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:34.399
you?
00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.500
His precious
00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.159
saints, his
00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.920
beloved children?
00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.379
You are not an
00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:40.079
annoyance to
00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.339
him.
00:34:41.359 --> 00:34:41.940
You're not a
00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.639
nuisance to
00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.920
him.
00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.019
You're not a
00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.579
burden to
00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.859
him.
00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.399
You are his
00:34:45.399 --> 00:34:45.859
delight.
00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.339
You are his
00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:48.039
treasured
00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.519
possession.
00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.779
God says to
00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.239
his people,
00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:52.279
Isaiah 43,
00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.980
verse 4,
00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.119
you are precious
00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.299
in my eyes
00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.339
and honored
00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.980
and I love
00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.279
you.
00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.059
And the
00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.659
response of
00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.980
the two
00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.619
Marys is a
00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.159
model for
00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.759
all of us.
00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.239
It says in
00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.779
verse 9,
00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.539
and they
00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.299
came up and
00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.900
took hold of
00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.000
his feet and
00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.759
worshiped him.
00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.099
That's the
00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.779
right way to
00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.599
approach Jesus,
00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.179
our Lord.
00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.359
To honor
00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.819
him, it's
00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.299
worship.
00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.900
Taking hold
00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.440
of Jesus'
00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:24.099
feet,
00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.500
in worship.
00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.819
Feet are
00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.519
dirty things.
00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.880
Why else
00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.139
would we
00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.639
consider it
00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.099
rude when
00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.519
you're at
00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.819
someone's
00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:36.139
house and
00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.679
they put
00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.920
their foot
00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.199
up on
00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.599
the table?
00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.400
It's
00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.480
beggars that
00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.339
take hold of
00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:47.139
people's feet
00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.759
because people
00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.659
who still have
00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.319
any dignity
00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:51.139
left wouldn't
00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.639
deign to do
00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.219
such a thing.
00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.639
in Mark
00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.000
5,
00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.839
22-23,
00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.480
when Jairus
00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.420
is imploring
00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.719
Jesus earnestly
00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.259
to come and
00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:00.799
heal his
00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.319
daughter who
00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.679
is at the
00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.079
point of
00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.319
death,
00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:03.039
he says he
00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.779
fell at
00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.719
Jesus' feet.
00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:07.259
Beggars who
00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:08.039
recognize that
00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.319
they are
00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:09.319
completely at
00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:10.059
the mercy of
00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.420
another,
00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.619
they fall at
00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.359
people's feet.
00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.159
Friends,
00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.980
we cannot
00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.279
approach Jesus
00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.599
as if he's
00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:18.159
our equal,
00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.440
shoulder to
00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.000
shoulder and
00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.759
extending our
00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.239
arm for a
00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.819
handshake.
00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.279
No,
00:36:22.399 --> 00:36:22.899
the only
00:36:22.899 --> 00:36:24.000
right posture
00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:25.199
with which we
00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.979
approach the
00:36:25.979 --> 00:36:26.619
risen Son of
00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.419
God is that
00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:28.039
of humble,
00:36:28.459 --> 00:36:29.939
prostrate worship
00:36:29.939 --> 00:36:30.799
at his feet.
00:36:33.399 --> 00:36:34.539
We are sinners
00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.419
in need of a
00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:35.779
savior.
00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:37.199
We are debtors
00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.779
in need of
00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.219
mercy.
00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.179
We have no
00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:40.219
merit or
00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:41.299
righteousness or
00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:42.659
qualification of
00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.379
our own to
00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:44.219
bring to Jesus,
00:36:44.399 --> 00:36:45.239
so we must
00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:46.219
fall on our
00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:47.059
knees and take
00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.879
hold of his
00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.319
feet.
00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:50.140
So come,
00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.860
ye sinners,
00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:51.900
poor and
00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.320
needy,
00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.160
weak and
00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.600
wounded,
00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.620
sick and
00:36:54.620 --> 00:36:55.059
sore.
00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.920
Jesus ready
00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:58.019
stands to
00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.800
save you,
00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.920
full of
00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.280
pity,
00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.059
love,
00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.840
and power.
00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.860
It's beggars
00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.260
who take
00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.640
hold of
00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.280
people's feet.
00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.400
And it's
00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.380
worshipers who
00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.180
take hold of
00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:12.620
Jesus' feet.
00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.500
Mary of
00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.080
Bethany in
00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:15.740
John 12,
00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.280
verse 3,
00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.400
anointed the
00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.039
feet of
00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.500
Jesus and
00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.160
wiped his
00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:20.720
feet with
00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.220
her hair.
00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.280
It's an
00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.059
expression of
00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.480
extreme devotion
00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.380
and submission
00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.180
to someone.
00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.079
Adoration,
00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.180
worship.
00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.420
It's shocking
00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.420
that Matthew
00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.440
uses the
00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.139
word worship
00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.660
here.
00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.480
Remember when
00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.000
Jesus was
00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.559
tempted in
00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.300
Matthew 4?
00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.720
I know that
00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.079
was a long
00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:41.440
time ago,
00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.760
but it's
00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.300
famous enough
00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.480
that you
00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.760
guys all
00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.079
remember.
00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.440
What did
00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.760
he tempt
00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.240
Jesus to
00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.420
do?
00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.139
Fall down
00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.699
before me
00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:47.199
and worship
00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.699
me and
00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.019
I'll give
00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.359
you all
00:37:48.359 --> 00:37:49.019
these things.
00:37:50.279 --> 00:37:50.619
And then
00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.539
Jesus rebuked
00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.859
the devil
00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:52.099
saying,
00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.659
Be gone,
00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.139
Satan,
00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.940
for it is
00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.199
written,
00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:54.719
you shall
00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.299
worship the
00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.659
Lord your
00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.559
God and
00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.659
him only
00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.239
shall you
00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.539
serve.
00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.239
We should
00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:00.079
worship God
00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.679
alone.
00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.359
And if
00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.159
anyone tries
00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.599
to worship
00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.519
man rather
00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.019
than the
00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.440
one true
00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.679
God,
00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.079
we must
00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.659
stop them,
00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.960
we must
00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.579
warn them.
00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.039
So when
00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.799
Cornelius,
00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.219
the Gentile
00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.699
centurion,
00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.500
falls at
00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.299
Peter's feet,
00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:12.719
the apostle
00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.359
Peter's feet,
00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.119
and worships
00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.380
him in
00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.880
Acts 10,
00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.380
24 to
00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.859
26,
00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.000
Peter doesn't
00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.480
just stand
00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:17.839
there and
00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:18.339
bask in
00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:18.940
his glory.
00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.179
No,
00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.960
he stops
00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.579
Cornelius
00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:23.400
immediately and
00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:23.519
says,
00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.339
Stand up,
00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.779
I'm only a
00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:26.039
man.
00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:28.179
When John
00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.799
falls and
00:38:28.799 --> 00:38:29.380
worships at
00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.019
the feet of
00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.480
a glorious
00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.099
angel in
00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.839
Revelation 22,
00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.420
8 to 9,
00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.099
even the
00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.000
angel stops
00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.900
John immediately
00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.319
saying,
00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.079
You must
00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.799
not do
00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.179
that.
00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.079
I am a
00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:39.039
fellow servant
00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.400
with you and
00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.960
your brothers,
00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.559
the prophets,
00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:42.099
and with those
00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.579
who keep the
00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.019
words of his
00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.400
book.
00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.920
Worship God.
00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.019
And look at
00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.680
the magnificent
00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.420
angel of the
00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.940
Lord in our
00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.440
passage.
00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.500
In chapter 28,
00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:50.980
verse 3,
00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.740
his appearance
00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.420
was like
00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.160
lightning and
00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:53.680
his clothing
00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:54.200
white as
00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:54.440
snow,
00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.280
yet he does
00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.320
not demand
00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.380
the adoration
00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.880
and worship
00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.360
of these
00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.619
women.
00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.240
He does
00:38:59.240 --> 00:39:00.019
not demand
00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.740
their allegiance.
00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:01.880
His focus
00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.680
is entirely
00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.440
on Jesus.
00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.940
I know
00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.460
that you
00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.800
seek Jesus
00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.680
who was
00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:08.099
crucified.
00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.480
He is not
00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.380
here for
00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.680
he has
00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.079
risen.
00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:13.079
I know
00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.480
I'm not
00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.360
the one
00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:14.940
you want.
00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.179
I know
00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.440
who you're
00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.719
seeking,
00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.400
Jesus.
00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.319
Go to
00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:19.819
Galilee and
00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.079
meet him
00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.340
there.
00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.739
Who is
00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.679
this Jesus
00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.599
who is as
00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.480
much superior
00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.400
to angels
00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.059
as the name
00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.340
he has
00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.900
inherited is
00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.539
more excellent
00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:28.119
than theirs?
00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:30.159
It's because
00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:31.340
he's the only
00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.159
begotten son of
00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.480
God.
00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.759
Jesus says
00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.159
in Revelation
00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.460
1, 17-18,
00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.340
fear not.
00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.380
I am
00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.119
the first
00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.360
and the last
00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.079
and the living
00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.360
one.
00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.199
I died
00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.940
and behold
00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.980
I am alive
00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.760
forevermore.
00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:46.300
That's why
00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.639
he is worthy
00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.340
of our worship.
00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.159
I'm a
00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:52.539
naturally
00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.199
sinful,
00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.159
prideful
00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.440
man.
00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.800
Even though
00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.599
God graciously
00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.460
is chipping away
00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.119
at my pride
00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.920
year after year,
00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.599
still to this
00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.900
day,
00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.720
the very
00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:03.460
idea
00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:05.199
of groveling
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.720
before
00:40:05.720 --> 00:40:06.659
someone's
00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.039
feet
00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:08.460
is distasteful
00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.980
to me.
00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.159
But not
00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.900
before Jesus'
00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.519
feet.
00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.480
I will
00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.139
fall upon
00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.659
his feet.
00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.039
I will
00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.639
kiss his
00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:23.000
feet.
00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.280
I'd
00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:30.920
rather sit
00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.220
at the
00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:31.780
feet of
00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.199
my Lord
00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.559
Jesus
00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.500
than
00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:33.739
on the
00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.000
right
00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.340
hand
00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.619
of the
00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.880
kings
00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.079
of
00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:35.400
earth.
00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.920
I'd
00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.299
rather be
00:40:41.299 --> 00:40:42.059
a doorkeeper
00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.400
in the
00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.659
house
00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.000
of my
00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.460
God
00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:45.139
than
00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.480
dwell
00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:45.759
in the
00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.019
tents
00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.320
of the
00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.559
wicked.
00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.119
For
00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.519
the
00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.000
feet,
00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:51.759
at the
00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:51.980
feet
00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.219
of the
00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.420
Lord
00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.820
Jesus
00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.219
is
00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.779
greater
00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.179
honor.
00:40:54.259 --> 00:40:54.320
It's
00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:54.639
a place
00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.799
of
00:40:54.799 --> 00:40:55.199
greater
00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:55.659
honor
00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:55.880
than
00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.340
all
00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.599
the
00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.079
palaces
00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:58.400
and
00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.559
the
00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:58.840
thrones
00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.019
of
00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.380
earth.
00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:00.900
Who
00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.360
else
00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:02.299
died
00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.920
to
00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.300
serve
00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.640
a
00:41:03.640 --> 00:41:03.940
wretched
00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.400
sinner
00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.860
like
00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.180
me?
00:41:06.600 --> 00:41:06.940
Who
00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.360
else
00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.080
defeated
00:41:08.080 --> 00:41:08.600
death
00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:09.340
and was
00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.860
raised
00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.200
on the
00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.500
third
00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.920
day?
00:41:11.660 --> 00:41:11.940
Who
00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.420
else
00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:12.880
is the
00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.440
exalted
00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.600
son of
00:41:14.600 --> 00:41:14.740
the
00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:14.940
living
00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:15.380
God
00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:15.580
but
00:41:15.580 --> 00:41:15.980
my
00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.560
Lord
00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:17.180
Jesus?
00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.680
Mary
00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.260
Magdalene
00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:19.519
and the
00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.720
other
00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.100
Mary
00:41:20.100 --> 00:41:20.640
understand
00:41:20.640 --> 00:41:21.200
this
00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.660
so very
00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:22.220
naturally
00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.840
and
00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.360
immediately
00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:24.360
they fall
00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.680
upon
00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:24.980
Jesus'
00:41:25.180 --> 00:41:25.300
feet
00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:25.460
and
00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.720
worship
00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.140
him.
00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:30.059
And
00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.400
see how
00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.779
gracious
00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.159
Jesus
00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:32.039
is
00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.179
in
00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.379
verse
00:41:32.379 --> 00:41:32.719
10.
00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:33.579
He
00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.839
says
00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.199
do not
00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.400
be
00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.980
afraid
00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.960
go
00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.219
and
00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.500
tell
00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.799
my
00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.420
brothers
00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:39.319
to
00:41:39.319 --> 00:41:39.619
go
00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:39.859
to
00:41:39.859 --> 00:41:40.359
Galilee
00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:40.719
and
00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:40.940
there
00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:41.159
they
00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.339
will
00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.579
see
00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:41.859
me.
00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.359
How
00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.779
does
00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.119
this
00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.000
glorious
00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.139
death
00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.739
defying
00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:48.039
son
00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.199
of
00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.519
God
00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.400
call
00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.759
this
00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.299
bumbling
00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:50.759
bunch
00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:50.920
of
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.099
his
00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.659
disciples
00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.639
my
00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.239
brothers?
00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:58.239
Jesus
00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.639
taught
00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:58.919
earlier
00:41:58.919 --> 00:41:59.099
in
00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.339
Matthew
00:41:59.339 --> 00:41:59.619
chapter
00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.039
12
00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.279
verse
00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.659
50
00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:01.359
whoever
00:42:01.359 --> 00:42:01.739
does
00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:01.899
the
00:42:01.899 --> 00:42:02.079
will
00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.179
of
00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:02.339
my
00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:02.659
father
00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:02.839
in
00:42:02.839 --> 00:42:03.019
heaven
00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.359
is
00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:03.679
my
00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.239
brother
00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.919
and
00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:05.500
sister
00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.199
and
00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.579
mother
00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:08.899
despite
00:42:08.899 --> 00:42:09.239
the
00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:09.539
fact
00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.799
that
00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:09.959
his
00:42:09.959 --> 00:42:10.439
disciples
00:42:10.439 --> 00:42:11.019
deserted
00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.459
him
00:42:11.459 --> 00:42:12.259
in
00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:12.479
his
00:42:12.479 --> 00:42:12.879
moment
00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.119
of
00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.439
greatest
00:42:13.439 --> 00:42:13.899
weakness
00:42:13.899 --> 00:42:14.159
and
00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.519
need
00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:16.139
even
00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.619
Peter
00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.839
who
00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.299
denied
00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:17.699
him
00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.539
even
00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.059
Thomas
00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.239
who
00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.339
will
00:42:19.339 --> 00:42:19.559
later
00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:19.979
doubt
00:42:19.979 --> 00:42:20.419
him
00:42:20.419 --> 00:42:21.539
Jesus
00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:22.299
graciously
00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.939
calls
00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.400
my
00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.800
brothers
00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:25.240
there's
00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.480
so
00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.840
much
00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.420
grace
00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:26.720
and
00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.179
affection
00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.539
wrapped
00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.840
around
00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.000
that
00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.220
one
00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.539
term
00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:30.740
our
00:42:30.740 --> 00:42:31.139
God
00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.980
justifies
00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:32.200
the
00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:32.980
ungodly
00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.420
he
00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.260
sanctifies
00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.659
us
00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.840
and
00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.179
sets
00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.400
us
00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.900
apart
00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:36.220
for
00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.659
himself
00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:37.019
in
00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.380
Christ
00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:37.760
and
00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:37.980
for
00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.200
that
00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.579
reason
00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:38.800
it
00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.019
says
00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.159
in
00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.440
Hebrews
00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:39.780
2
00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.179
11
00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.920
Jesus
00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.539
is
00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.079
not
00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.800
ashamed
00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.099
to
00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:43.599
call
00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.179
us
00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.740
brothers
00:42:44.740 --> 00:42:49.099
that's
00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.220
the
00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:49.539
amazing
00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:49.900
grace
00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.119
of the
00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:50.480
gospel
00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.200
the
00:42:51.200 --> 00:42:51.740
creator
00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.959
calls
00:42:52.959 --> 00:42:53.199
the
00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:53.879
creatures
00:42:53.879 --> 00:42:54.679
the
00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.179
king
00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.899
calls
00:42:55.899 --> 00:42:56.279
his
00:42:56.279 --> 00:42:56.899
servants
00:42:56.899 --> 00:42:57.939
brothers
00:42:57.939 --> 00:42:59.199
sisters
00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:00.639
friends
00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.179
it's
00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.479
only
00:43:02.479 --> 00:43:02.879
possible
00:43:02.879 --> 00:43:03.199
because
00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.500
of what
00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:03.719
Jesus
00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.119
has done
00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:04.419
for us
00:43:04.419 --> 00:43:04.639
on the
00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.059
cross
00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:09.059
and
00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.259
there's
00:43:09.259 --> 00:43:09.639
one more
00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:09.839
thing
00:43:09.839 --> 00:43:10.059
that we
00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:10.500
must do
00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.839
besides
00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:11.319
worship
00:43:11.319 --> 00:43:12.419
and that
00:43:12.419 --> 00:43:12.639
is to
00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:12.819
bear
00:43:12.819 --> 00:43:13.379
witness
00:43:13.379 --> 00:43:15.159
words
00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:15.339
that
00:43:15.339 --> 00:43:15.679
refer
00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.000
to
00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.539
telling
00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.019
or
00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.659
relaying
00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:17.799
the
00:43:17.799 --> 00:43:18.179
message
00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.379
is
00:43:18.379 --> 00:43:18.799
repeated
00:43:18.799 --> 00:43:19.239
multiple
00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:19.659
times
00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:19.899
throughout
00:43:19.899 --> 00:43:20.099
this
00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.480
passage
00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.539
and
00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:21.980
there
00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.159
are
00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.559
two
00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:23.599
contrasting
00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:23.960
messages
00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.319
here
00:43:24.319 --> 00:43:25.299
competing
00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:25.819
messages
00:43:25.819 --> 00:43:26.980
on the
00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.239
one
00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.539
hand
00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.039
the
00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.299
women
00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:28.500
are
00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:28.819
told
00:43:28.819 --> 00:43:29.059
by
00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:29.219
the
00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.460
heavenly
00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.940
messenger
00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:30.480
and
00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.699
by
00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.000
Jesus
00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.359
himself
00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:31.659
go
00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:31.899
and
00:43:31.899 --> 00:43:32.399
tell
00:43:32.399 --> 00:43:33.139
Jesus
00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.739
disciples
00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:33.980
that
00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.119
he
00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.299
has
00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:34.799
risen
00:43:34.799 --> 00:43:35.679
on
00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:35.819
the
00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:36.059
other
00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:36.319
hand
00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:36.500
the
00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.019
soldiers
00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:37.339
are
00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:37.799
told
00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:38.119
by
00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:38.279
the
00:43:38.279 --> 00:43:38.519
chief
00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:38.819
priests
00:43:38.819 --> 00:43:39.079
and
00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.199
the
00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.679
elders
00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:40.199
go
00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.699
tell
00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:41.259
people
00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:41.819
that
00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.159
Jesus
00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.699
disciples
00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:43.139
stole
00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.399
his
00:43:43.399 --> 00:43:43.799
body
00:43:43.799 --> 00:43:45.179
this
00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.819
contrast
00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:46.199
of
00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.599
witnesses
00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.599
00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.019
one
00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.460
true
00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:47.699
the
00:43:47.699 --> 00:43:47.920
other
00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:48.359
false
00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.559
is
00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:48.920
highlighted
00:43:48.920 --> 00:43:49.140
by
00:43:49.140 --> 00:43:49.360
verse
00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:49.880
15
00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.559
so
00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:50.700
the
00:43:50.700 --> 00:43:51.000
soldiers
00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.380
took
00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.599
the
00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:51.820
money
00:43:51.820 --> 00:43:52.059
and
00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.280
did
00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:52.519
as
00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:52.760
they
00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:53.019
were
00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.680
directed
00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:54.380
and
00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.620
this
00:43:54.620 --> 00:43:55.099
story
00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.380
has
00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.539
been
00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.860
spread
00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.079
among
00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:56.260
the
00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.480
Jews
00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:56.640
to
00:43:56.640 --> 00:43:56.840
this
00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:57.140
day
00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:58.400
the
00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.680
Greek
00:43:58.680 --> 00:43:58.920
word
00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.599
translated
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directed
00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:00.480
is
00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:00.820
literally
00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.559
taught
00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:03.400
and
00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:03.559
the
00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:03.760
word
00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.240
story
00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:04.539
is
00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:04.960
literally
00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.740
word
00:44:05.740 --> 00:44:07.480
so
00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.700
what
00:44:07.700 --> 00:44:07.900
are
00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.140
these
00:44:08.140 --> 00:44:08.420
chief
00:44:08.420 --> 00:44:08.700
priests
00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:09.019
doing
00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.220
they
00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.380
are
00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:10.160
teaching
00:44:10.160 --> 00:44:10.780
the
00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.240
word
00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:13.539
which
00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:13.680
is
00:44:13.680 --> 00:44:14.039
exactly
00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.300
what
00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.599
Jesus
00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:14.840
is
00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.039
doing
00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.280
all
00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:15.559
throughout
00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:15.740
the
00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:16.340
gospels
00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:16.360
!
00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:17.140
Jesus
00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:17.640
teaches
00:44:17.640 --> 00:44:17.660
!
00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:19.400
the
00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:19.860
word
00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:20.099
of
00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.579
gospel
00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:21.340
of
00:44:21.340 --> 00:44:21.460
the
00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:21.760
kingdom
00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:22.519
but
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.820
these
00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.120
chief
00:44:23.120 --> 00:44:23.380
priests
00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.680
they
00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.300
pronounce
00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.579
they
00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:24.980
proclaim
00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.220
a
00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:25.620
false
00:44:25.620 --> 00:44:26.120
gospel
00:44:26.120 --> 00:44:26.320
they
00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:26.620
teach
00:44:26.620 --> 00:44:26.880
a
00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.320
false
00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:28.240
word
00:44:28.240 --> 00:44:31.460
there
00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:31.599
are
00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:31.860
two
00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.760
contrasting
00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.160
words
00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.559
and
00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.760
contrasting
00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.079
witnesses
00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:35.099
!
00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.480
Which
00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.900
camp
00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:36.240
do you
00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:36.519
fall
00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.700
in?
00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.280
The
00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:40.539
woman
00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.900
and the
00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.240
soldiers
00:44:41.240 --> 00:44:41.840
are both
00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.320
witnesses
00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:42.740
of the
00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.120
resurrection
00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:43.559
of Jesus
00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:44.019
Christ
00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.920
and yet
00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.700
they spread
00:44:45.699 --> 00:44:46.699
very
00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.139
different
00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:47.739
stories
00:44:47.739 --> 00:44:48.960
will
00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.119
you
00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.639
faithfully
00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:50.159
proclaim
00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.439
the
00:44:50.439 --> 00:44:50.799
word
00:44:50.799 --> 00:44:51.059
of
00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.460
Christ
00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:51.699
like
00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:51.919
these
00:44:51.919 --> 00:44:52.219
women
00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.960
or
00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.199
will
00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:53.419
you
00:44:53.419 --> 00:44:53.739
be
00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.339
cowed
00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:54.539
into
00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.279
silence
00:44:55.279 --> 00:44:56.299
like
00:44:56.299 --> 00:44:56.539
these
00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:56.899
soldiers
00:44:56.899 --> 00:44:59.859
do you
00:44:59.859 --> 00:45:00.199
have
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:00.460
something
00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.000
to gain
00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.419
by your
00:45:01.419 --> 00:45:01.899
silence
00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:04.839
are you
00:45:04.839 --> 00:45:05.199
concerned
00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:05.559
about your
00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:06.099
reputation
00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:07.219
do you
00:45:07.219 --> 00:45:07.539
fear
00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.799
being
00:45:07.799 --> 00:45:08.279
rejected
00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:08.879
and reviled
00:45:08.879 --> 00:45:09.439
by men
00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:12.039
we
00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.860
believe
00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:14.960
2000
00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:15.380
years
00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.639
later
00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:15.940
we
00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.420
here
00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:16.760
in
00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:17.000
Trinity
00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.380
Cambridge
00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:17.740
Church
00:45:17.740 --> 00:45:18.420
believe
00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.960
today
00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.920
in the
00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.420
resurrection
00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.940
of Jesus
00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:21.400
Christ
00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:21.599
that
00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:21.920
Christ
00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.119
is
00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.420
risen
00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.820
because
00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.440
these
00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:23.860
women
00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.960
and
00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.260
because
00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:25.639
Jesus
00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.260
disciples
00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:27.059
proclaimed
00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.599
Christ
00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:27.840
is
00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:28.200
risen
00:45:28.200 --> 00:45:31.059
so
00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.539
join
00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:31.760
the
00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.179
faithful
00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.599
relay
00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:32.960
of
00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.619
heralds
00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.139
men
00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:34.380
and
00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.639
women
00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:34.800
who
00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:34.900
have
00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.460
proclaimed
00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.539
generation
00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.079
after
00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.720
generation
00:45:37.720 --> 00:45:38.039
that
00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.539
Christ
00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.079
is
00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.539
risen
00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.599
the
00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:41.079
baton
00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.300
is
00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:41.699
now
00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.420
in
00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:42.699
your
00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:43.159
hands
00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:45.460
therefore
00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:45.960
since
00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.360
we are
00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:46.800
surrounded
00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.340
by so
00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.820
great
00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:48.380
a cloud
00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.619
of
00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.059
witnesses
00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.599
let us
00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:49.920
also
00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.179
lay
00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.679
aside
00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.360
every
00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:51.699
weight
00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:52.119
and sin
00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.360
which
00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.860
clings
00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.360
so
00:45:53.360 --> 00:45:53.900
closely
00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.599
and let
00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:54.739
us
00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:55.179
run
00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:55.480
with
00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:56.259
endurance
00:45:56.259 --> 00:45:56.719
the
00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.159
race
00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.539
that is
00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:57.739
set
00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.119
before
00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.559
us
00:45:58.559 --> 00:45:59.320
looking
00:45:59.320 --> 00:45:59.559
to
00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.059
Jesus
00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:01.679
looking
00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:01.900
to
00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.300
Jesus
00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:03.480
let's
00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:03.739
pray
00:46:03.739 --> 00:46:07.099
oh
00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:07.460
Lord
00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:08.000
we do
00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.440
look to
00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:08.659
you
00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:08.880
Lord
00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.239
Jesus
00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:14.199
we
00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:14.599
worship
00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:14.960
you
00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.300
we
00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:17.619
fall
00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:17.900
upon
00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.159
your
00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.480
feet
00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:21.860
we
00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:22.340
surrender
00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:22.559
our
00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:22.960
all
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.119
to
00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:24.360
you
00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:26.699
you
00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:26.960
are
00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.420
worthy
00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:27.659
of
00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:27.780
it
00:46:27.780 --> 00:46:28.039
all
00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:32.360
help
00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:32.739
us
00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:33.380
to see
00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:33.940
you
00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:34.639
rightly
00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:37.819
to
00:46:37.819 --> 00:46:38.139
believe
00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:38.659
you
00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:40.879
to
00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:41.299
cherish
00:46:41.299 --> 00:46:41.799
you
00:46:41.799 --> 00:46:42.839
rightly
00:46:42.839 --> 00:46:49.239
so
00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:49.420
that
00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:49.759
we
00:46:49.759 --> 00:46:53.000
with
00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.440
great
00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.839
boldness
00:46:54.839 --> 00:46:56.059
and
00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.779
enthusiasm
00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:58.500
and
00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.360
unflagging
00:46:59.360 --> 00:46:59.860
zeal
00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.060
and
00:47:00.060 --> 00:47:00.600
perseverance
00:47:00.600 --> 00:47:03.140
proclaim
00:47:03.140 --> 00:47:03.500
the
00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:03.880
good news
00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.019
of
00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:04.240
Jesus
00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.680
Christ
00:47:04.680 --> 00:47:04.880
to
00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.000
the
00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.160
ends
00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:05.240
of
00:47:05.240 --> 00:47:05.340
the
00:47:05.340 --> 00:47:05.660
earth
00:47:05.660 --> 00:47:07.700
empower
00:47:07.700 --> 00:47:07.900
us
00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:08.080
for
00:47:08.080 --> 00:47:08.300
that
00:47:08.300 --> 00:47:08.640
task
00:47:08.640 --> 00:47:08.920
Lord
00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.900
in
00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.140
Jesus
00:47:10.140 --> 00:47:10.440
name
00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:10.600
we
00:47:10.600 --> 00:47:10.820
pray
00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:11.980
amen
00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:13.070