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All that. You've done

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Whoa. Good morning, Man.

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It's so good to be here. Adventure Church.

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It is great to be here. Uh,

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we got together on Thursday night,

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and we got the pleasure of getting together

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and, you know, a preview of the songs

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that we're gonna do today.

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And, uh, being on this platform

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and just kind of going through everything.

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And, and we knew that we're gonna present a new song.

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We're gonna be doing this song on Easter,

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and we thought, well, let's make sure the congregation gets

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a chance to hear this song called Miracle Child

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before we do it on Easter.

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Right. That way all the visitors

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that we're gonna bring on Easter for those three services,

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we'll be like, man, everybody knows this song too.

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This is incredible. Right.

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Um, so while we were singing this song,

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it just really was amazing.

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It's kind of funny. I've got the,

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I don't need the chord playing while I speak.

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There we go. So, yeah.

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So we're playing this song,

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and this was, it was the first time for us too, right?

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And it says this, um, I shouldn't be alive.

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My future was six feet under one foot in the grave.

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No hope to be saved.

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I shouldn't be alive, but I'm a miracle child.

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Defied every diagnosis,

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and as close as it came, I can stand here

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and say, I'm a miracle child.

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Now that, that's true of me. That is true of you.

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If indeed you have said you believe in the miracle child,

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Jesus, then that makes you a miracle child too,

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because you didn't do that in of yourself.

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It's a miracle that any human being comes to that decision.

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Bottom line, exclamation point. Right?

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So, um, anyway, as we're doing the song, uh, Kathy,

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uh, it was like really noticeable.

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That was like, man, there's a lot that was resonating with

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that song for you personally.

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So just describe a little bit about what happened.

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So, yeah, as we were, we had practiced for, uh,

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Thursday evening, and we were, uh, singing this song.

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And I, uh, you know, we, we, my phone was right here on the,

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on the stand where the music was.

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And so, um, a text popped up while we were singing the song.

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A text pop popped up from one of my sons who I, who I, I,

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I talked to, not as often as others.

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He's we're all also so busy.

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And I saw his name, and it was my son James.

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And, um, my son James, um, has,

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he was diagnosed at 15 with ulcerative colitis.

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And, and it's, it's a health struggle

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and there's a lot of complications that come along with it.

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And so there's ups and there's downs.

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And so we've gone through some, some, some valleys,

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and there's been a valley, uh, recently,

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but we're, we're, we're still so thankful, so hopeful,

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but we're singing, you know, I, we had, I just talked to him

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that day, which was so random.

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It just happened to be a Thursday.

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And then that evening we were at practice.

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And I love how the Lord speaks

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to us through worship, don't you?

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I love it. And the first time it happened,

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it was when Luke saying, he made a way, and I cried.

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Um, but, uh, but this,

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but this particular song, so I we're singing this song,

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we're singing, and I see these words,

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and then James' name pops up.

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And I just thought, man, thank you Lord.

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Thank you Lord, for the reminder that, that you see us.

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That you, you know that it's such an honor to be able to,

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to go through things and have hope in Jesus.

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So I was so, so thankful,

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so I was overwhelmed in that moment.

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Thank you so much. Alright. Yeah. Amazing.

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Don't just listen, sing along.

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I, I'm telling you, it, it's such an amazing, it's,

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it's something you can resonate with.

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Okay?

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Shouldn't be alive.

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My future, one

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foot in hope to be,

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I shouldn't be.

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I can stand here to say I'm miracle.

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Built on

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And raised with Christ

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a miracle child.

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Amen. Amen. Shout a praise. Shout a praise, everybody.

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Come on. Are you a miracle child? Amen. Amen.

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Go and have a seat, everybody. Good morning. Good morning.

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We're so glad to have you here today. Uh, my name is Greg.

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I'm one of the pastors here.

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And before we get into our announcements, I wanted

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to share just a really quick update with you today.

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We're so glad. There you are. Hi everybody. Good morning.

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Good to see you guys here today. Uh, max.

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Bryan Max, go ahead and make your way up to the stage.

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Where you at, brother? Yeah, give it up for Max, everybody.

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Come on up. Max. This is Max Bryan,

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and it was a few months ago.

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How long have you been gone? Three months, dude. Wow.

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I can't believe it. It seems like it was just

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like a couple Sundays ago.

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You were standing right here in the same spot.

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So, uh, we took a moment in our service to pray for Max.

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'cause he was on his way to Cyprus, uh, for a missions, uh,

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effort, uh, through ywam,

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which is the school he is involved in, uh, in Tennessee.

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And, uh, he's back. And, uh, he's just,

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just give us a quick, like, how was it, what did you learn?

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What was the experience like? And, uh, let us know.

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Yeah. It was just such an incredible experience.

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I was like stretched personally in so many ways with like,

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evangelism and even just like, worship and prayer.

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Yeah. But then, like, on a bigger scale, to see

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what God was doing in that nation was just

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so amazing to be a part of.

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And Cyprus is like a Muslim nation. Mm-hmm.

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And so to just see all the openness

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and even the lifes come

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to Christ was just such a blessing to be there. Amen.

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Amen. Awesome. Awesome.

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So you're back from Cyprus

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and, uh, that's not really the end

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because you feel like God is leading you to,

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to lean in a little bit more.

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So, so what's next for Max?

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Yeah, when I was there, um,

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I felt like God was calling me into this secondary school

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with the same program, ywam.

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It's a three month Bible school. Okay.

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And it's called Missy oday,

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which is like the mission of the Bible.

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And I feel like God is just leading me into this

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to get a firm like foundation and solid understanding of the

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Word. Awesome. We

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sang that. How firm a foundation. Right?

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So, good. Good word. Good word.

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Uh, when do you, when do you leave?

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I actually leave on Wednesday.

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Wednesday. Wednesday. Okay. So we wanna pray for Max.

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And you see the, can you throw that up on the screen again,

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you guys, so there's a QR code if you wanna get a little bit

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more information about what's going on with Max.

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And if you would like to sponsor him,

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if you'd like to help him.

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Obviously he's super excited for our prayer support.

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But anyone who feels led, uh, for some financial support,

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I know that would make a big difference too.

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And so we want to, uh, acknowledge that.

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So let's just take a minute. God bless you, man.

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We're gonna be praying for you. We're excited for you,

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and we're grateful for the work that God is doing,

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and it's always exciting.

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I'd have just a moment where we can bring someone

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that's within the church

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and see what God is doing, you know, calling the missions

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or doing whatever they're doing, uh, up on this stage

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to, to honor them.

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So we honor you and we thank you,

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and we want you to know that we're behind you.

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We're with you. All right. So

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let's go ahead and pray for Max.

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You wanna extend a handout, uh, just in blessing.

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And, uh, we'll ask for God's continued protection.

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Father God, thank you so much for this young man.

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Thank you for the work that you have

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already done in his life.

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Thank you for the experience that in Cyprus.

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Thank you for bringing him back home safely.

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Thank you for the protection

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and the provision, uh, that you've given him.

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And Father, as he looks forward to this next step,

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this next stage, this next opportunity, uh,

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to dig a little bit deeper as he goes back to school,

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bless him, encourage him,

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and continue to use him for your kingdom.

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The eternal work of the kingdom of God.

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We're so grateful, we're so thankful.

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So just put a hedger protection around him,

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provide for him in every way.

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Provide all the finances that are needed for him to be able

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to, uh, complete this semester.

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And we're just looking forward to the things

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that you were gonna continue to do in him and through him.

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We bless him in the name of Jesus,

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all God's people said, amen.

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Amen. God bless you, bro. Love you, dude. Awesome. Awesome.

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Yeah. Yeah. Share out this video everybody

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You see when we're in full relationship with him.

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We don't have room for fear to take root.

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Don't let Satan keep you from God's calling on your life.

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All right. We're gonna be doing blush over at Adventure in

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Roseville Bayside Adventure.

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So ladies sign up today, it's on April 25th.

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I'd love to get you out there. My name's Dave.

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I'm one of the pastors around here. Welcome to Adventure.

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Hope you guys have been blessed already this morning.

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Uh, thank you for parking, uh, where you do, uh,

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we know parking around here is at a premium.

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Uh, but our neighbors there, uh,

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where the chiropractic center is, they've asked us not

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to park in that parking lot there.

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So if you could refrain from parking there,

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especially first service, that would be great.

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We have the field out there behind the veterinarian clinic

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and some other spots.

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So thank you for your cooperation on that.

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But we have blush coming up April 25th.

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Uh, hey, by the way, if you're new, we'd love

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to know how we can connect with you.

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There's a connection card that came in your program today.

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Please fill that out.

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And, uh, and, and so we can, we can, uh, hit you up

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with some emails and some information, uh,

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and figure out how we can better serve you,

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but also we can know how to pray for you.

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'cause on one side of this card is, uh, your information.

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The other side is a prayer request.

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Uh, Easter egg hunt's coming up.

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You guys excited about that? 75,000 eggs, by the way,

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it's at River Valley High School this year, right?

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Have you guys seen their football field? It is massive.

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And that's where the Easter egg hunt's gonna

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be, is on their football field.

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We're so excited about that.

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We're gonna have food trucks, all kinds of fun.

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Uh, it's gonna be a great time for your kids,

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but we need lots of help to make that work.

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Takes about a hundred people or so to make that work.

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So, uh, sign up to help with that.

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Uh, there's other information in your program

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that you received today.

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Walk For Life is still, uh, taking signups.

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So please, please, please sign up for Walk for Life.

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We're looking to try to get a hundred walkers

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and like a thousand people giving towards those walkers.

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People gave to me last week. That was awesome.

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I jumped from last place up to like second place.

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you can go on the church app

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and sign up on the church app as well.

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on your way out today in the lobby.

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assigning people some of those jobs.

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we'd love for you to sign up to get baptized on the 30th.

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That's next Sunday you guys.

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it's gonna be an awesome, awesome week.

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where we bring the Lord, our tithes and offerings.

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you're gonna see the video next week.

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I'm gonna show it next week. But, um, one of the, one

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of the kids leaders showed me a video

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of all these little kindergartners

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and worshiping the Lord.

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for next week for you guys to see.

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Be right on the other side of those walls.

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that get to hear the word.

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They get to worship, they get to have some fun.

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It's exciting over there.

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And because of your generosity, we continue to make

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that a better place for your kids.

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Here's our goal. We want them to go,

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I don't want to go to Disneyland.

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I want to go to church, right? That's our goal.

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'cause Disneyland shouldn't be the happiest place on earth.

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The church should be the happiest place on earth

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for our kids, and we wanna make it that way over there.

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So your gifts go.

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So let me pray for our gifts today.

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the other way on your way out today.

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click the little button there and give that way.

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So let me pray. Father, thank you

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so much for all that you're doing.

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We're so blessed, so blessed

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by the generosity of your people, Lord.

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to you today so they can continue

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to do a great work over in our kids' ministry

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We love you, and we thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Check out this video, you guys

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On a cross called Calvary.

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Jesus stopped what I deserved and gave me what he didn't.

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You are here today because Jesus was mighty kind.

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All right? So we're still encouraging you

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to prayerfully consider coming to thrive.

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First, uh, let's get our Bibles handed out.

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So we're in first Corinthians 15.

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but you'd like a Bible, go and lift up your hand.

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One of our ushers will get a Bible to you today.

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Uh, if you don't have a Bible, this is our gift to you.

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Please take it home. If you just forgot your

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Bible, you can borrow this one.

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Somebody else can use it next time.

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So yeah, so the Thrive Conference is coming up May 1st

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and second down at Bayside Church, granite Bay.

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And, uh, we want to encourage you

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to come and check that out.

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We're trying to get a hundred people, uh,

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to thrive this year,

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and they have given us a special discount code

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for just 99 bucks.

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So it's a $250 conference that we get to go for $99.

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Uh, so sign up a DV 99, that's the coupon code.

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please let us know about that.

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conference just for Adventure, Yuba City, uh,

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to meet up, uh, while we're there.

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and if you have any questions, uh, please let me know.

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So, super excited to have you today. Thank you for coming.

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We're, uh, concluding a series

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that we started all the way back at the beginning

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of the year, uh, called, uh, wrestling

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with Belief Challenges to Christianity.

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what and the why of our faith.

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which means to provide a defense.

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Like how, how well are, how well equipped are we

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to defend what we believe?

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through these last several weeks.

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is just give kind of a quick fly by.

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church, you know, back in January.

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uh, messages that we've given.

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one, uh, this morning.

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January 12th with Mark Clark.

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Mark Clark was here. That was awesome.

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and that was a great way to get this

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whole series, uh, kicked off.

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Certainly wanna encourage you, uh, to check out, uh,

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his books, the Problem of God, the Problem

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of Jesus, the Problem of Life.

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Uh, those are great, great resources if you're looking

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to dive deeper into understanding our faith

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and some of the, uh, associated issues

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that people have with faith.

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as soon as we're, uh, able to.

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Uh, week number one then was what is this about?

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get into the series in the first place?

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Well, uh, to enlarge our hearts, like we wanted to make sure

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that this was not just gonna be, um, in,

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in information exchange,

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where we just give you a whole bunch of facts

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and a whole bunch of figures and a whole bunch of charts,

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and a whole bunch of data points so

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that you could better articulate things.

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No, we want, we wanted to take the time

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to make sure we understand that there are needs around us.

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There are people around us who are in need

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and may God use this season to enlarge our hearts,

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to see the needs of people around us,

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to enlighten our understanding, to realize

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that it's not by words of wisdom.

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It's the Holy Spirit. It's the Holy Spirit who does the work

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and the hearts and lives of people.

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We are the messenger, but God is the one who does the work.

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The Holy Spirit is the one who does the work.

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our place in this process,

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and then energizing our impact,

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just making sure we understand that we have an opportunity,

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whether it's at work or its school,

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or in the neighborhood, wherever we might be,

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to impact the people around us.

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That's what this series has been about.

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Week number two, we went into the Bible.

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What about the Bible? So we looked at the maps, evidence,

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manuscript evidence, archeological evidence,

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prophetic evidence, societal evidence,

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just putting some things out

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before you to give us confidence to say, yes,

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this book is not just a human book, it is a divine book.

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It is a book inspired by God so that we might know the way

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of salvation and that we might know the way of life.

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And so we can have great confidence in knowing

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that we have his word.

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Week number three, what about science

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and the existence of God?

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And how do we correlate these things?

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We looked at the clues.

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We looked at the clues, the clue of design, the clue

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of health, the clue of morality, the clue of beauty.

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All of these breadcrumbs that have been laid out for us

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that all point to a creator God.

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Week number four. Uh, what about doubt?

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You know, what about the folks who just really struggle, uh,

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with doubt and, uh,

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and just can't quite wrap their heads

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around the various things of the faith?

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like what's really going on?

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What are really the things

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that are driving a person's confusion,

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misunderstanding about faith, uh, to examine the evidence,

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to just keep going back to what does the evidence say?

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What is the objective truth of what we learn about God

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and his word and nature and creation and all the rest.

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Uh, to invite the questions, inviting the questions

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so important that we not be afraid

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to invite questions from people.

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And, uh, as people struggle

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and as people grapple through their own, um, journey

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of faith, uh, to invite those questions,

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and then to show some grace.

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I'd love to this point that we went

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through just showing grace to people, showing grace

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to ourselves as we go through certain seasons

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that we can't quite make things make sense, um,

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to show grace to people, show grace to ourselves.

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Uh, that was great. That was week number four.

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Week number five. What about hypocrisy?

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What about all the hypocrites that are in the church?

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What about all the judgmental people?

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What do we do with that? Well, we reminded ourselves

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that God uses flawed people.

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Can I get an amen? Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.

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God uses flawed people. But that's the reality.

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That's the truth. Um, he is flawless. We are, uh, flawed.

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Um, God calls us to love. God calls us to love.

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judgmental Christian, that the world looks

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so negatively upon, God has called us to love

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and got a reminder that God shines his light

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through us, through me.

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perceptions people have about God and Christ and the church

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and the faith based on how I present it, how I represent it.

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Uh, week number six, what about pain and suffering?

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How do we deal with this subject, pain and suffering?

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The evil in the world, the struggles in the world, the,

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the difficulties that people have, the diagnosis

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that they receive, uh, uh, the breakups and the breakdowns,

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and all the different things that happen in this world?

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and this was the YWHY letter.

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W we live in a broken world.

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We reminded ourselves of the realities of what it means

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to live in a broken world, in a broken system, in a broken

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nature, because of sin.

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Uh, the second one, letter h, he will make all things right.

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We believe this in his time and in his way.

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A day with the Lord is a thousand years.

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A thousand years is a day.

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But he will make all things right.

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And then the letter Y is your response is a choice.

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How we respond to pain

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and suffering, how we respond to trials,

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how we respond to struggles.

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That's on us. Okay?

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That's a choice that we get

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to make based on the circumstances

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that are happening around us.

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uh, was what about Jesus?

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And we looked at John chapter 14, his exclusive claim,

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that he is the way, he is the truth.

505
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He is the life. No one comes

506
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to the Father except through him.

507
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Hard, hard truth in today's pluralistic society, uh,

508
00:40:51.625 --> 00:40:53.085
the exclusive claims of Jesus.

509
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But we also examined the inclusive invitation to come

510
00:40:57.165 --> 00:40:59.925
to salvation, to come to Christ, to respond to the gospel.

511
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And I pray that we will be about the business of trying

512
00:41:03.965 --> 00:41:06.645
to reach as many people as we can with the truth

513
00:41:06.665 --> 00:41:09.365
of the gospel, as long as God gives us breath,

514
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and God gives us energy.

515
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So that's where we've been.

516
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Today's subject is one

517
00:41:14.085 --> 00:41:16.725
that is absolutely foundational to all the others.

518
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And that is, this question is alive,

519
00:41:23.185 --> 00:41:24.605
is Jesus alive?

520
00:41:24.835 --> 00:41:26.605
This was gonna be part of last week's message,

521
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and I just felt like it needed its own.

522
00:41:28.585 --> 00:41:30.285
It, it just needed its own space.

523
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So this was kind of a bonus message for you, uh, today, uh,

524
00:41:34.165 --> 00:41:37.245
to be thinking specifically about the resurrection

525
00:41:37.505 --> 00:41:38.685
of Jesus Christ.

526
00:41:38.945 --> 00:41:42.085
Did he rise from the grave? Did he come back from death?

527
00:41:42.635 --> 00:41:44.805
This is the singular issue

528
00:41:45.275 --> 00:41:47.685
that separates our faith from every other one.

529
00:41:47.985 --> 00:41:50.445
If this is true, if it is true

530
00:41:50.445 --> 00:41:54.565
that Jesus came back from the dead, then everything

531
00:41:54.565 --> 00:41:57.925
that flows from his life and teaching falls into place.

532
00:41:58.385 --> 00:41:59.485
And if it is not true,

533
00:42:00.425 --> 00:42:03.525
if Jesus is still buried in a cave in the Middle East

534
00:42:03.525 --> 00:42:05.925
somewhere, then this is all completely useless.

535
00:42:06.455 --> 00:42:09.885
There is no point to anything that we are engaged in

536
00:42:09.965 --> 00:42:12.405
because it all rises and falls.

537
00:42:12.945 --> 00:42:14.565
Our faith rises

538
00:42:14.785 --> 00:42:17.485
and falls with the singular truth

539
00:42:17.545 --> 00:42:20.045
of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

540
00:42:20.055 --> 00:42:21.885
There is no middle ground.

541
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The resurrection changes everything. It changes everything.

542
00:42:27.105 --> 00:42:30.885
Now, you know, think for a moment, uh, back to in your life,

543
00:42:31.905 --> 00:42:33.645
to the things that you've engaged in, things

544
00:42:33.645 --> 00:42:34.965
that you've experienced that have

545
00:42:34.995 --> 00:42:36.965
significantly changed your life.

546
00:42:37.475 --> 00:42:39.565
Like life. It used to look this way,

547
00:42:40.265 --> 00:42:41.685
and now it looks this way

548
00:42:42.075 --> 00:42:46.165
because of the changes that have happened in your life.

549
00:42:46.355 --> 00:42:48.845
I'll never forget, and I get made fun of for this,

550
00:42:48.845 --> 00:42:51.405
but I'll never forget the first time my wife

551
00:42:51.405 --> 00:42:54.245
and I got a DVR box from the cable company,

552
00:42:54.945 --> 00:42:57.525
and no longer did we have to watch through the commercials,

553
00:42:57.585 --> 00:43:00.445
no longer did we have to like find VHS tapes

554
00:43:00.705 --> 00:43:02.045
to record our favorite shows.

555
00:43:02.545 --> 00:43:04.405
You just told it what to do, and it did it.

556
00:43:04.585 --> 00:43:06.405
And my life changed forever.

557
00:43:07.245 --> 00:43:08.525
I could just look up the cubs,

558
00:43:08.565 --> 00:43:10.125
I could look up whatever I wanted to look up.

559
00:43:10.205 --> 00:43:12.005
I could watch it whenever I wanted to watch it.

560
00:43:12.175 --> 00:43:13.485
There was no going back

561
00:43:13.485 --> 00:43:16.285
to pre DVR TV after that point, right?

562
00:43:16.285 --> 00:43:18.205
Change everything. Um, it could be,

563
00:43:18.225 --> 00:43:19.325
uh, the birth of a child.

564
00:43:19.345 --> 00:43:21.205
You know, you bring a new baby into the house,

565
00:43:21.795 --> 00:43:23.285
that changes everything.

566
00:43:23.385 --> 00:43:25.885
Can I give that man Kayla Gardner over

567
00:43:25.885 --> 00:43:27.085
here, my daughter and son in-law?

568
00:43:27.085 --> 00:43:29.805
Yeah, that changes everything. All of a sudden.

569
00:43:29.835 --> 00:43:32.645
Like there's all this schedule and there's all this time,

570
00:43:32.785 --> 00:43:34.805
and there's all this harmony, and there's all this,

571
00:43:34.945 --> 00:43:37.645
and all of a sudden this little creature comes into the mix

572
00:43:38.105 --> 00:43:40.445
and it changes everything about everything

573
00:43:40.445 --> 00:43:43.645
that's happening in that, in that, um, household.

574
00:43:44.625 --> 00:43:48.725
Um, we got a marriage, we got a married couple in the house.

575
00:43:49.205 --> 00:43:50.765
Marriage changes everything. Where, where are they at?

576
00:43:50.835 --> 00:43:51.925
Okay, stand up, you guys.

577
00:43:52.545 --> 00:43:54.565
Amy and Carson got married yesterday.

578
00:43:54.875 --> 00:43:55.965
Give 'em a shout everybody.

579
00:43:57.075 --> 00:44:00.805
This is Amy and Carson Locke, Mr. And Mrs.

580
00:44:01.095 --> 00:44:03.725
Locke, Amy's usually up here singing on stage.

581
00:44:03.735 --> 00:44:05.205
She's part of our, our worship team.

582
00:44:05.865 --> 00:44:08.205
And, um, they've been together for a long time.

583
00:44:08.205 --> 00:44:09.885
They've been through lots of ups and downs

584
00:44:09.885 --> 00:44:11.165
and in between, as we talked about,

585
00:44:11.625 --> 00:44:13.525
but marriage changes, everything.

586
00:44:14.135 --> 00:44:16.405
Everything. Here they are. Gimme one more shout everybody.

587
00:44:16.405 --> 00:44:17.965
Congratulations. We love you guys.

588
00:44:21.195 --> 00:44:23.485
That was wedding number five for me this year.

589
00:44:24.565 --> 00:44:26.325
I was so glad I just got their names right.

590
00:44:26.385 --> 00:44:28.885
You know, it's like, you know, chase and Rachel.

591
00:44:29.145 --> 00:44:31.165
No, that was, that was Gar. That was a different, different.

592
00:44:31.195 --> 00:44:33.325
That was a different wedding. So, um, you know,

593
00:44:33.345 --> 00:44:36.005
it changes like li like life cha things

594
00:44:36.075 --> 00:44:37.645
that change us friends.

595
00:44:38.015 --> 00:44:39.965
There is nothing, nothing, nothing.

596
00:44:40.555 --> 00:44:44.285
That changes things like the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

597
00:44:44.515 --> 00:44:47.085
because Jesus is alive today

598
00:44:47.085 --> 00:44:49.605
because he did not stay in the grave.

599
00:44:50.215 --> 00:44:52.965
Everything is different because of that.

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00:44:53.385 --> 00:44:55.845
And so we wanna celebrate that today,

601
00:44:56.025 --> 00:45:00.005
the greatest event in the course of human history,

602
00:45:00.625 --> 00:45:01.925
the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

603
00:45:01.945 --> 00:45:03.525
So we're in First Corinthians chapter 15.

604
00:45:03.965 --> 00:45:05.885
I wanna read through the first 20 verses.

605
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So if you'd stand with me this morning,

606
00:45:07.405 --> 00:45:08.805
that's our custom here at adventure.

607
00:45:09.265 --> 00:45:11.005
We just stand for the opening reading of scripture.

608
00:45:11.065 --> 00:45:13.125
We do that just outta respect for God's word

609
00:45:14.065 --> 00:45:15.325
and gives us an opportunity

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00:45:15.465 --> 00:45:18.205
to just long form reading of the scriptures.

611
00:45:18.205 --> 00:45:20.285
This is kind of just how I'm wired.

612
00:45:20.405 --> 00:45:22.725
I I love the long form reading of scripture in church.

613
00:45:23.305 --> 00:45:27.685
And so, uh, you follow along as I read, uh, it's page 9 98.

614
00:45:27.765 --> 00:45:29.405
I don't think that's right. Actually, it might not be,

615
00:45:29.405 --> 00:45:30.565
that might not be the right page number.

616
00:45:31.315 --> 00:45:34.725
What is it? 10 60 10 63. Thank you. 10 63.

617
00:45:36.105 --> 00:45:38.165
Yes, it's right on this, but it's not right up there.

618
00:45:38.185 --> 00:45:40.045
So page 10 63, if you've got one

619
00:45:40.045 --> 00:45:42.125
of those blue adventure Bibles, we just hand it out.

620
00:45:42.385 --> 00:45:44.965
You follow along as I read about

621
00:45:44.965 --> 00:45:46.365
the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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00:45:46.365 --> 00:45:49.085
Verse number one. Now, I would remind you brothers

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of the gospel, I preach to you which you received

624
00:45:52.225 --> 00:45:54.885
and which you stand, and by which you are being saved.

625
00:45:55.105 --> 00:45:57.285
If you hold fast to the word I preach to you,

626
00:45:57.745 --> 00:46:01.205
unless you believed in vain, for I deliver to you as

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00:46:01.205 --> 00:46:04.765
of first importance, what I also received, that Christ died

628
00:46:04.785 --> 00:46:06.845
for our sins in accordance with the scriptures

629
00:46:07.235 --> 00:46:08.245
that he was buried,

630
00:46:08.635 --> 00:46:10.725
that he was raised on the third day in

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00:46:10.725 --> 00:46:11.925
accordance with the scriptures.

632
00:46:12.385 --> 00:46:14.805
And that he appeared to CEUs, then to the 12.

633
00:46:15.475 --> 00:46:18.725
Then he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most

634
00:46:18.725 --> 00:46:21.685
of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

635
00:46:22.515 --> 00:46:25.085
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

636
00:46:25.195 --> 00:46:28.045
Last of all, as to one untimely born.

637
00:46:28.105 --> 00:46:31.045
He appeared also to me, for I am the least

638
00:46:31.045 --> 00:46:32.445
of the apostles unworthy.

639
00:46:32.445 --> 00:46:35.325
This is the apostle Paul unworthy to be called an apostle

640
00:46:35.435 --> 00:46:37.565
because I persecuted the church of God,

641
00:46:38.145 --> 00:46:40.845
but by the grace of God, I am what I am.

642
00:46:41.425 --> 00:46:43.645
And his grace toward me was not in vain.

643
00:46:43.705 --> 00:46:45.885
Can I get an amen on that one? That's a great verse.

644
00:46:45.905 --> 00:46:47.005
That's a great life verse.

645
00:46:48.465 --> 00:46:50.765
On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them,

646
00:46:51.185 --> 00:46:52.365
though it was not I,

647
00:46:52.385 --> 00:46:54.245
but the grace of God that is with me,

648
00:46:54.395 --> 00:46:56.165
whether then it was I or they.

649
00:46:56.345 --> 00:46:58.565
So we preach. And so you believed.

650
00:46:59.225 --> 00:47:01.485
Now, if Christ is proclaimed verse 12,

651
00:47:01.665 --> 00:47:04.085
as raised from the dead, how can some

652
00:47:04.085 --> 00:47:06.445
of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

653
00:47:07.065 --> 00:47:08.925
But if there is no resurrection of the dead,

654
00:47:09.035 --> 00:47:11.005
then not even Christ has been raised.

655
00:47:11.625 --> 00:47:13.365
And if Christ has not been raised,

656
00:47:13.365 --> 00:47:16.325
then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.

657
00:47:16.985 --> 00:47:19.805
We are even found to be misrepresenting God

658
00:47:20.035 --> 00:47:23.205
because we testified about God, that he raised Christ

659
00:47:23.715 --> 00:47:24.725
whom he did not raise.

660
00:47:24.785 --> 00:47:27.605
If it is true that the dead are not raised for,

661
00:47:27.605 --> 00:47:30.045
if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised,

662
00:47:30.105 --> 00:47:33.405
and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile,

663
00:47:33.425 --> 00:47:37.005
and you are still in your sins, powerful words,

664
00:47:38.035 --> 00:47:39.205
then those also

665
00:47:39.205 --> 00:47:41.685
who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

666
00:47:42.465 --> 00:47:44.845
If in Christ we have hope in this life only,

667
00:47:45.545 --> 00:47:48.485
we are all people most to be pitied.

668
00:47:49.665 --> 00:47:53.805
But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead,

669
00:47:54.425 --> 00:47:57.325
the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

670
00:47:57.555 --> 00:47:58.685
Amen. Let's pray together.

671
00:47:58.685 --> 00:48:00.325
Father, thank you for the time together this morning.

672
00:48:00.465 --> 00:48:02.725
And we thank you. We praise you for the gospel.

673
00:48:02.905 --> 00:48:06.205
We thank you for the death of Christ, the burial of Christ,

674
00:48:06.385 --> 00:48:08.005
the resurrection of Christ.

675
00:48:08.625 --> 00:48:10.285
And I pray that as we take a few moments

676
00:48:10.425 --> 00:48:13.445
to wrap up this series, that our hearts would just be

677
00:48:13.865 --> 00:48:15.805
so refreshed and so encouraged to know

678
00:48:15.805 --> 00:48:18.325
that we serve a living savior today.

679
00:48:18.785 --> 00:48:22.645
And the resurrection changes everything. It's changed me.

680
00:48:23.345 --> 00:48:25.725
And so I pray, father, your blessing on each one who's here

681
00:48:25.725 --> 00:48:28.845
today, those who are watching us online, we give you thanks,

682
00:48:28.865 --> 00:48:30.405
we give you praise in Jesus' name.

683
00:48:30.635 --> 00:48:32.285
Amen. Thanks everybody. You may be seated.

684
00:48:32.425 --> 00:48:34.645
If you wanna take some notes with us today, please feel free

685
00:48:34.645 --> 00:48:36.805
to take some notes on that note sheet, uh,

686
00:48:36.905 --> 00:48:38.245
or, uh, on our church app.

687
00:48:38.265 --> 00:48:39.365
You can take some notes as well.

688
00:48:41.825 --> 00:48:44.685
So why I encourage you, um, make yourself a note if you,

689
00:48:44.685 --> 00:48:47.485
if you'd like to dig a little bit deeper, uh, some

690
00:48:47.485 --> 00:48:50.805
of the info today, uh, the case for Easter by Lee Strobel,

691
00:48:51.105 --> 00:48:52.965
the case for Easter by Lee Strobel.

692
00:48:52.965 --> 00:48:55.805
You can find it on Amazon. It's, it's like two bucks.

693
00:48:55.835 --> 00:48:58.045
It's super, super cheap. It's 97 pages long.

694
00:48:58.045 --> 00:49:01.805
You can read it in an afternoon. Um, great, great resource.

695
00:49:02.225 --> 00:49:05.245
Um, so the case for Easter, uh, by Lee Strobel.

696
00:49:05.265 --> 00:49:08.285
Lee Strobel was the, um, he was the, uh,

697
00:49:08.555 --> 00:49:12.605
atheist newspaper journalist, newspaper man in Chicago, uh,

698
00:49:12.625 --> 00:49:16.725
who set about to try to disprove Christ to disprove Jesus.

699
00:49:16.785 --> 00:49:19.485
If you're familiar with this story, his wife gets saved.

700
00:49:19.785 --> 00:49:21.965
And he is like, I'm gonna, I'm gonna destroy this.

701
00:49:22.025 --> 00:49:23.245
I'm gonna, I'm gonna bury this.

702
00:49:23.305 --> 00:49:26.125
I'm gonna make sure people understand that this is not real.

703
00:49:26.625 --> 00:49:30.045
And as he investigated the evidence, he got saved

704
00:49:30.435 --> 00:49:32.965
because he recognized that the evidence was there.

705
00:49:33.425 --> 00:49:35.605
And so, of course, he's most known for the case for Christ,

706
00:49:35.945 --> 00:49:37.805
and we've gone through that as a church before.

707
00:49:38.265 --> 00:49:41.605
And he's got these other, um, a little booklets as well,

708
00:49:41.675 --> 00:49:43.765
case for Easter, uh, is one of those.

709
00:49:43.865 --> 00:49:46.525
So, uh, so do check that out as we get, uh,

710
00:49:46.885 --> 00:49:49.405
approaching the Easter season, uh, here.

711
00:49:49.825 --> 00:49:51.685
Uh, so just, uh, a few things I wanna share

712
00:49:51.685 --> 00:49:54.565
with you today related to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

713
00:49:54.565 --> 00:49:58.605
Number one, Jesus was dead. Okay?

714
00:49:59.175 --> 00:50:00.245
Jesus was dead.

715
00:50:00.495 --> 00:50:03.045
There can't be a resurrection if there isn't a death.

716
00:50:03.075 --> 00:50:05.565
Does this make sense? I know I'm being really rudimentary,

717
00:50:05.565 --> 00:50:06.805
but that, but that's the reality,

718
00:50:06.915 --> 00:50:11.245
because one of the shots, one of the criticisms that comes

719
00:50:11.345 --> 00:50:14.045
to the teaching of the resurrection is

720
00:50:14.045 --> 00:50:15.885
that Jesus wasn't actually dead.

721
00:50:16.625 --> 00:50:18.565
He just swooned on the cross.

722
00:50:19.305 --> 00:50:20.925
Uh, he wasn't, he did not really die.

723
00:50:20.985 --> 00:50:22.725
He just kind of fainted and swooned.

724
00:50:22.725 --> 00:50:25.525
And then, so there was no, you know, resurrection power.

725
00:50:25.665 --> 00:50:29.445
Was it a hoax or did he actually die on the cross?

726
00:50:29.505 --> 00:50:31.285
Now, I'm not gonna spend the time this morning

727
00:50:31.305 --> 00:50:34.045
to get into all the nitty gritty of the nature

728
00:50:34.145 --> 00:50:36.125
of crucifixion, but let me just tell you,

729
00:50:36.665 --> 00:50:38.765
the crucifixion was the most

730
00:50:39.285 --> 00:50:42.685
horrific way someone could die in the ancient world.

731
00:50:43.395 --> 00:50:44.445
When you look at the, uh,

732
00:50:44.555 --> 00:50:46.925
Philippians chapter number two in the Bible talks about

733
00:50:46.925 --> 00:50:50.885
how Jesus was obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

734
00:50:51.595 --> 00:50:55.445
Like there's a special category of pain and torture

735
00:50:56.185 --> 00:50:59.165
and shame and punishment associated

736
00:50:59.165 --> 00:51:03.165
with being crucified on a Roman cross.

737
00:51:03.865 --> 00:51:07.125
And we think so much about, you know, the nails

738
00:51:07.745 --> 00:51:10.605
in the hands, the nails in the feet,

739
00:51:10.625 --> 00:51:12.365
and all that is true, the crown of thorns.

740
00:51:12.365 --> 00:51:13.885
We, we see this bloody picture.

741
00:51:14.905 --> 00:51:18.565
But friends, there's so much more going on inside,

742
00:51:18.585 --> 00:51:20.725
inside the heart, inside the lungs.

743
00:51:21.225 --> 00:51:24.645
You know, the, the need to have to, you know, gain a breath

744
00:51:24.745 --> 00:51:27.325
by pushing up on the nails on the cross, just

745
00:51:27.325 --> 00:51:30.365
to most people died of suffocation on the cross.

746
00:51:30.365 --> 00:51:31.965
It wasn't, it wasn't because of blood loss,

747
00:51:31.985 --> 00:51:34.725
it was suffocation, or it was cardiac arrest

748
00:51:34.725 --> 00:51:36.405
because of the, the great trauma

749
00:51:36.585 --> 00:51:39.405
and pressure that would be placed on the heart

750
00:51:39.465 --> 00:51:42.325
during someone's death on the cross.

751
00:51:42.555 --> 00:51:45.605
This was a horrible way to die.

752
00:51:45.985 --> 00:51:48.085
And one of the things that Lee Strobel points out is

753
00:51:48.085 --> 00:51:51.365
that there is, there is no record of anyone anywhere

754
00:51:51.995 --> 00:51:53.725
surviving a Roman crucifixion.

755
00:51:54.015 --> 00:51:56.885
There are just not those accounts to be found. Okay?

756
00:51:56.955 --> 00:52:00.965
Once you were nailed to a cross, you died, okay?

757
00:52:01.025 --> 00:52:04.165
And Jesus was completely dead.

758
00:52:04.945 --> 00:52:07.045
Uh, even the Journal of the American Medical

759
00:52:07.045 --> 00:52:08.525
Association, check out this quote.

760
00:52:08.525 --> 00:52:11.325
Clearly the weight of the evidence indicates

761
00:52:11.325 --> 00:52:12.965
that Jesus was dead, even

762
00:52:12.965 --> 00:52:16.085
before the wound to his side was inflicted.

763
00:52:17.025 --> 00:52:19.805
And how about this quote from Jared Luman, uh,

764
00:52:19.805 --> 00:52:21.285
who's an atheist, by the way.

765
00:52:21.345 --> 00:52:23.005
So this is an atheist scholar.

766
00:52:23.585 --> 00:52:27.245
He said historically, it's indisputable that Jesus was dead.

767
00:52:27.715 --> 00:52:29.325
Okay? So the first thing,

768
00:52:29.325 --> 00:52:30.685
and I know it seems a little, you know,

769
00:52:30.685 --> 00:52:31.885
counterintuitive, but it's true.

770
00:52:31.885 --> 00:52:33.925
It, it's important to, to talk about it.

771
00:52:34.545 --> 00:52:37.645
How do we know this to be true? How can we be sure?

772
00:52:37.675 --> 00:52:40.525
Well, the first point, Jesus was dead.

773
00:52:40.525 --> 00:52:43.085
Number two, how can we be sure?

774
00:52:43.295 --> 00:52:47.325
There were early accounts, there were early accounts, belief

775
00:52:47.755 --> 00:52:49.565
that it is legend

776
00:52:50.265 --> 00:52:53.725
and myth that took a long time to develop.

777
00:52:54.385 --> 00:52:55.765
People will talk about this like,

778
00:52:55.765 --> 00:52:56.885
oh, it's just, it's just a legend.

779
00:52:56.985 --> 00:52:59.485
It just kind of, it just kind of grew and grew and grew.

780
00:52:59.715 --> 00:53:02.125
It's kinda like, you know, the stories you tell in your

781
00:53:02.365 --> 00:53:06.125
families about the fish that you caught, it just gets bigger

782
00:53:06.225 --> 00:53:07.245
and bigger and bigger

783
00:53:07.305 --> 00:53:09.325
and bigger, you know, as time goes along, okay?

784
00:53:09.665 --> 00:53:11.245
Or whatever the game is that you caught,

785
00:53:11.585 --> 00:53:13.765
or, you know, just how close you got to

786
00:53:13.885 --> 00:53:15.685
that hole in one on the golf course

787
00:53:16.145 --> 00:53:17.965
and what the distance was and what club.

788
00:53:18.105 --> 00:53:20.165
The story just kind of changes through the years.

789
00:53:20.745 --> 00:53:23.845
And the legend grows. The myth grows about these things.

790
00:53:24.145 --> 00:53:25.485
And so a lot of people have put

791
00:53:25.485 --> 00:53:28.325
that impression upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

792
00:53:28.345 --> 00:53:30.565
Oh, these were just some people who were just hopeful

793
00:53:30.665 --> 00:53:32.165
and they wanted it so badly.

794
00:53:32.545 --> 00:53:35.125
The story just grew and grew and grew and grew.

795
00:53:35.145 --> 00:53:38.565
But the reality is, the truth is that we see the creeds

796
00:53:38.565 --> 00:53:40.685
of people from the very beginning

797
00:53:41.285 --> 00:53:45.005
recognizing the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

798
00:53:45.665 --> 00:53:49.365
You know, we think about creeds, C-R-E-E-D-S, okay?

799
00:53:49.365 --> 00:53:51.685
And what we see here in one Corinthians 15, that is a,

800
00:53:51.755 --> 00:53:52.925
that is a creed.

801
00:53:53.665 --> 00:53:56.365
Uh, many first century people were illiterate, you know,

802
00:53:56.365 --> 00:53:59.805
and, and, and no, no access to, to books and scrolls and,

803
00:53:59.805 --> 00:54:01.165
and literature and things of this nature.

804
00:54:01.305 --> 00:54:05.125
So it was all about oral tradition and passing things down

805
00:54:05.225 --> 00:54:06.405
and memorizing things.

806
00:54:06.465 --> 00:54:09.405
It would memorize it, and it would go from, from generation

807
00:54:09.405 --> 00:54:12.325
to generation to generation, and from person to person.

808
00:54:13.425 --> 00:54:17.165
And early Christian creeds were statements of shared belief.

809
00:54:17.555 --> 00:54:20.765
They were short memorizable statements about Jesus

810
00:54:21.385 --> 00:54:23.445
and their content covered early beliefs

811
00:54:23.465 --> 00:54:24.565
in the Christian community.

812
00:54:24.565 --> 00:54:27.925
These creeds were an excellent way to spread the truth.

813
00:54:28.865 --> 00:54:32.325
And we see such a creed here in First Corinthians 15.

814
00:54:32.325 --> 00:54:34.285
Look at the words again in verses three through six,

815
00:54:34.305 --> 00:54:37.525
for I deliver it to you as of f first importance.

816
00:54:37.525 --> 00:54:41.045
What I also received, what that Christ died

817
00:54:41.105 --> 00:54:43.365
for our sins in accordance with the scriptures

818
00:54:43.715 --> 00:54:44.725
that he was buried,

819
00:54:44.755 --> 00:54:46.805
that he was raised on the third day in

820
00:54:46.805 --> 00:54:48.005
accordance with the scriptures.

821
00:54:48.465 --> 00:54:51.925
And that he appeared tous then to the 12, then he appeared

822
00:54:51.925 --> 00:54:54.445
to more than 500 brothers at one time.

823
00:54:54.465 --> 00:54:56.045
That's a cradle statement,

824
00:54:56.755 --> 00:54:59.805
that the early church would recite to one another to

825
00:55:00.325 --> 00:55:04.445
remember and to learn about the truth of who Jesus was.

826
00:55:05.025 --> 00:55:08.045
And one of the things that we learned from, uh, our study

827
00:55:08.105 --> 00:55:11.445
of history and certainly ancient history,

828
00:55:11.945 --> 00:55:15.485
is the closer you get to the source of the events,

829
00:55:16.345 --> 00:55:19.325
the more accurate the story is going to be.

830
00:55:19.675 --> 00:55:21.245
Okay? The closer to the source,

831
00:55:21.745 --> 00:55:23.245
the more reliable the evidence.

832
00:55:23.305 --> 00:55:25.565
We talked about that a little bit with the reliability

833
00:55:25.565 --> 00:55:26.405
of the scripture and the

834
00:55:26.405 --> 00:55:27.845
manuscript evidence of the scripture.

835
00:55:28.185 --> 00:55:30.645
And that we have all this different manuscript evidence, um,

836
00:55:30.645 --> 00:55:32.845
from the ancient world for all these other

837
00:55:33.335 --> 00:55:34.965
historical documents.

838
00:55:35.305 --> 00:55:39.085
And we don't have, there's not near, uh, the amount

839
00:55:39.225 --> 00:55:41.765
or the closeness to the original source

840
00:55:42.425 --> 00:55:43.925
as there is the scriptures.

841
00:55:44.185 --> 00:55:45.565
And we see the same thing happening

842
00:55:45.565 --> 00:55:48.325
with these early accounts of Jesus Christ.

843
00:55:48.355 --> 00:55:50.005
This is, this is 80 50.

844
00:55:50.325 --> 00:55:52.045
I mean, this is just, this is not long

845
00:55:52.045 --> 00:55:54.765
after this within, you know, just the first, uh, couple

846
00:55:54.825 --> 00:55:57.525
of decades that people can go back and see.

847
00:55:57.575 --> 00:56:00.685
These are the cradle statements being made about the

848
00:56:00.885 --> 00:56:02.125
resurrection of Jesus Christ.

849
00:56:02.185 --> 00:56:06.005
So how can we be sure? Number one, Jesus was dead.

850
00:56:06.305 --> 00:56:08.605
Number two, there were early accounts.

851
00:56:08.605 --> 00:56:12.205
Number three, I love this one. The tomb was empty.

852
00:56:13.315 --> 00:56:16.485
There's no body, there's nothing there.

853
00:56:17.385 --> 00:56:19.205
The easiest and simplest way

854
00:56:19.225 --> 00:56:21.885
to disprove the resurrection would've been

855
00:56:21.945 --> 00:56:24.005
to produce the body of Jesus.

856
00:56:24.635 --> 00:56:25.965
They could not do it.

857
00:56:26.925 --> 00:56:31.245
Christianity the way would've died right then and there.

858
00:56:31.315 --> 00:56:33.605
Nope, he's right here. That's right. He's dead.

859
00:56:34.505 --> 00:56:36.765
No, they could not produce a body.

860
00:56:37.035 --> 00:56:40.085
Even the opponents of Jesus admitted

861
00:56:40.085 --> 00:56:42.005
that the tomb, uh, was empty.

862
00:56:42.065 --> 00:56:45.125
So on your, on your note sheet, uh, here today,

863
00:56:45.145 --> 00:56:48.325
you've always got on the back, you've got a place for, um,

864
00:56:48.325 --> 00:56:50.645
growth, group life application, discussion questions.

865
00:56:50.645 --> 00:56:52.645
So we've got a couple groups in the church that they go

866
00:56:52.645 --> 00:56:53.725
through this, you know, and they go

867
00:56:53.725 --> 00:56:55.005
through this as part of their growth group.

868
00:56:55.005 --> 00:56:57.725
But this is also, again, just a great way for you to kind

869
00:56:57.725 --> 00:56:59.525
of process through what we talk about on Sunday.

870
00:57:00.125 --> 00:57:03.565
I use it as a devotional tool. I use it as a study tool.

871
00:57:03.565 --> 00:57:04.925
But one of the things I wanted to point out

872
00:57:04.925 --> 00:57:06.285
to you is, is, is number three.

873
00:57:06.985 --> 00:57:09.485
It says, read through the different resurrection accounts in

874
00:57:09.485 --> 00:57:11.965
the gospels and take some time to discuss the events of

875
00:57:11.965 --> 00:57:13.365
that first Easter Sunday morning.

876
00:57:13.365 --> 00:57:14.965
So I'd encourage you, that'd be your homework this week.

877
00:57:15.275 --> 00:57:18.205
Just go through and read the different gospel accounts

878
00:57:18.305 --> 00:57:19.405
of the resurrection.

879
00:57:19.825 --> 00:57:22.565
And, and that's a fascinating, um, read.

880
00:57:23.185 --> 00:57:27.125
So the whole idea of the disciples stealing the body was one

881
00:57:27.125 --> 00:57:29.005
of the things that they wanted to get out ahead of.

882
00:57:29.305 --> 00:57:31.205
And we actually read about this in Matthew

883
00:57:31.205 --> 00:57:32.765
27 and Matthew 28.

884
00:57:32.785 --> 00:57:34.125
I'm gonna show you the words up on the screen.

885
00:57:34.585 --> 00:57:37.285
So, uh, check it out. The verse one, Matthew 27.

886
00:57:37.555 --> 00:57:40.525
Okay, so this is after Jesus has been crucified.

887
00:57:41.625 --> 00:57:43.285
The next day, that is

888
00:57:43.285 --> 00:57:45.445
after the day of preparation, the chief priest

889
00:57:45.445 --> 00:57:47.445
and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

890
00:57:47.985 --> 00:57:49.645
and said, sir, we remember how

891
00:57:49.645 --> 00:57:52.445
that imposter said while he was still alive.

892
00:57:52.455 --> 00:57:55.205
After three days, I will rise. Okay?

893
00:57:55.255 --> 00:57:58.645
Jesus said these things, therefore the order,

894
00:57:58.795 --> 00:58:01.245
therefore order the tomb to be made secure

895
00:58:01.375 --> 00:58:04.285
until the third day, lest his disciples go

896
00:58:04.285 --> 00:58:05.365
and steal him away

897
00:58:05.385 --> 00:58:07.725
and tell the people he has risen from the dead,

898
00:58:08.505 --> 00:58:12.045
and the last fraud will be worse than the first Pilates said

899
00:58:12.045 --> 00:58:14.485
to them, you have a guard of soldiers, go make it

900
00:58:14.485 --> 00:58:15.725
as secure as you can.

901
00:58:16.345 --> 00:58:19.285
So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone

902
00:58:19.705 --> 00:58:20.965
and setting a guard.

903
00:58:21.825 --> 00:58:24.805
So they were anticipating this, like this was part

904
00:58:24.805 --> 00:58:28.525
of their strategy to know that, okay, remember what he said,

905
00:58:28.525 --> 00:58:29.805
he talked about coming back

906
00:58:29.985 --> 00:58:31.965
and three days he's gonna rise again.

907
00:58:32.105 --> 00:58:35.645
And just to be sure, we don't want this to get outta hand.

908
00:58:35.665 --> 00:58:36.805
We don't want this to spread.

909
00:58:36.865 --> 00:58:39.325
We don't want be, we're, we need to set a guard

910
00:58:39.745 --> 00:58:42.285
and make sure that this does not happen.

911
00:58:42.595 --> 00:58:45.445
Okay? Well, the first part of chapter 28,

912
00:58:45.695 --> 00:58:47.005
Jesus rises from the dead.

913
00:58:47.595 --> 00:58:51.245
Okay? Epic fail, okay. By the people that tried to do that.

914
00:58:51.705 --> 00:58:52.885
So after that,

915
00:58:53.055 --> 00:58:56.725
after the resurrection, we read in verses 11 through 15,

916
00:58:56.785 --> 00:59:00.325
up on the screen while they were going, behold, some

917
00:59:00.325 --> 00:59:01.725
of the guard went into the city

918
00:59:02.065 --> 00:59:04.445
and told the chief priests all that had taken place,

919
00:59:04.785 --> 00:59:05.925
I'd have loved to have been a fly on

920
00:59:05.925 --> 00:59:06.965
the wall for this conversation.

921
00:59:08.145 --> 00:59:10.165
And when they had assembled with the elders

922
00:59:10.165 --> 00:59:12.885
and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money

923
00:59:13.065 --> 00:59:16.685
to the soldiers and said, tell people his disciples came

924
00:59:16.705 --> 00:59:19.285
by night and stole him away while we were asleep.

925
00:59:19.985 --> 00:59:21.845
And if this comes to the governor's ears,

926
00:59:21.945 --> 00:59:24.205
we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.

927
00:59:24.745 --> 00:59:27.045
So they took the money and did as they were directed.

928
00:59:27.065 --> 00:59:30.645
And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

929
00:59:32.725 --> 00:59:35.045
Fascinating, fascinating story. Okay?

930
00:59:35.185 --> 00:59:36.765
He said he was gonna rise again.

931
00:59:37.915 --> 00:59:40.125
They anticipated that story might get out.

932
00:59:40.715 --> 00:59:43.325
They tried to stop it, couldn't stop it,

933
00:59:43.905 --> 00:59:45.645
and now they're trying to subvert it.

934
00:59:46.175 --> 00:59:49.565
Can't subvert it. Why? Because the tomb was empty.

935
00:59:50.115 --> 00:59:53.045
There's no body, because Jesus is alive

936
00:59:53.545 --> 00:59:55.445
and he rose from the dead.

937
00:59:56.065 --> 00:59:59.085
How can we be sure? Number one, Jesus was dead.

938
00:59:59.105 --> 01:00:01.245
Number two, there were early accounts.

939
01:00:01.245 --> 01:00:03.125
Number three, the tomb was empty.

940
01:00:03.125 --> 01:00:05.285
Number four, there were eyewitnesses.

941
01:00:06.215 --> 01:00:07.325
There were eyewitnesses.

942
01:00:07.325 --> 01:00:11.845
There were people who saw Jesus alive in any court of law.

943
01:00:12.345 --> 01:00:13.805
Any examination of history,

944
01:00:14.375 --> 01:00:16.405
eyewitness testimony will be key.

945
01:00:16.995 --> 01:00:21.045
What did people actually see? What did they observe?

946
01:00:22.285 --> 01:00:23.925
I dunno, how many of you have ever been in a,

947
01:00:24.245 --> 01:00:25.245
a courtroom setting?

948
01:00:25.785 --> 01:00:28.045
Uh, I've been in a few courtroom settings.

949
01:00:28.145 --> 01:00:29.765
Um, you know, as a witness, I've been,

950
01:00:29.765 --> 01:00:32.765
I've been in a courtroom setting, uh, as a potential juror.

951
01:00:33.385 --> 01:00:37.285
Um, I was in Yuba City for probably like two months.

952
01:00:37.965 --> 01:00:41.085
I had not been in Yuba City very long, 22 years ago.

953
01:00:41.545 --> 01:00:44.925
And I got my first jury summons to appear,

954
01:00:45.905 --> 01:00:48.325
and I went to report for jury duty.

955
01:00:48.695 --> 01:00:50.485
Turns out it was gonna be a murder trial

956
01:00:50.485 --> 01:00:52.165
that was gonna last about seven months.

957
01:00:52.485 --> 01:00:54.565
I was like, I just got Yuba City.

958
01:00:54.565 --> 01:00:56.365
Like, like, I ain't got time for this.

959
01:00:56.465 --> 01:00:58.405
You know, like, I got, I got work to do,

960
01:00:58.465 --> 01:00:59.565
you know, and, and all the rest, right?

961
01:00:59.785 --> 01:01:00.605
And so, you know, there's,

962
01:01:00.605 --> 01:01:01.605
there's always that kind of battle.

963
01:01:01.605 --> 01:01:03.045
There's always that kind of struggle, like, you know,

964
01:01:03.045 --> 01:01:05.165
how are we gonna, how are we gonna manage our, you know,

965
01:01:05.165 --> 01:01:06.405
our civic responsibilities

966
01:01:06.425 --> 01:01:08.285
and all the other things that are, that are expected of us.

967
01:01:08.665 --> 01:01:12.045
Um, my daughter, are you in here, Gracie somewhere? Yeah.

968
01:01:12.045 --> 01:01:14.045
So my daughter, my daughter got called for jury duty,

969
01:01:14.045 --> 01:01:15.205
you know, for the first time my

970
01:01:15.365 --> 01:01:16.805
18-year-old, you know, and she's like, what?

971
01:01:16.915 --> 01:01:18.125
Like, what, what is this?

972
01:01:18.305 --> 01:01:21.125
I'm like, welcome to adulthood, welcome, welcome, welcome,

973
01:01:21.125 --> 01:01:22.405
welcome to our free country.

974
01:01:22.515 --> 01:01:25.005
Here you go. Um, you know, you, you gotta, you know,

975
01:01:25.025 --> 01:01:26.365
so she calls and like, you know,

976
01:01:26.365 --> 01:01:27.565
I'm like, I'm like, just call.

977
01:01:27.785 --> 01:01:29.485
You're gonna get dismissed. Like, not a problem.

978
01:01:29.485 --> 01:01:30.805
Nope, nope, you gotta report.

979
01:01:30.825 --> 01:01:32.405
So she reports and she's there

980
01:01:32.945 --> 01:01:34.365
and she's like, what am I gonna do?

981
01:01:34.985 --> 01:01:37.845
And she has to talk to the judge and all this kind of stuff.

982
01:01:37.905 --> 01:01:39.205
And she's texting, you know, mom

983
01:01:39.205 --> 01:01:40.765
and dad, like, you know, pray for me

984
01:01:40.765 --> 01:01:42.405
and I'm not sure what to do, and I'm nervous

985
01:01:42.545 --> 01:01:43.925
and I'm scared, and I'm not sure.

986
01:01:43.945 --> 01:01:46.125
And all the rest, right? Uh, what is that?

987
01:01:46.125 --> 01:01:48.765
It's, it's, it's, it's the witness. It's the witness stand.

988
01:01:49.555 --> 01:01:51.445
It's being brought before the judge.

989
01:01:51.505 --> 01:01:53.005
And the eyewitness testimony.

990
01:01:53.025 --> 01:01:55.165
The eyewitness history, the observable history.

991
01:01:55.865 --> 01:01:58.045
Um, I would suspect,

992
01:01:58.445 --> 01:02:00.605
I don't wanna be too broad in the statement,

993
01:02:00.605 --> 01:02:02.685
but I would suspect that there's not anyone in this room

994
01:02:02.745 --> 01:02:05.085
who ever saw or met George Washington.

995
01:02:09.875 --> 01:02:11.445
Nope. I think we're good. Okay?

996
01:02:13.865 --> 01:02:16.605
But we all believe that there was a George Washington,

997
01:02:16.875 --> 01:02:18.125
because there was someone

998
01:02:18.185 --> 01:02:20.925
who saw George Washington and put it in a book.

999
01:02:21.515 --> 01:02:23.765
That person told another person, and they put it in a book.

1000
01:02:23.765 --> 01:02:25.685
And that person told another person. They put it in a book.

1001
01:02:25.785 --> 01:02:29.285
And we have the, we have the eyewitness history, okay.

1002
01:02:29.705 --> 01:02:31.525
Of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln

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01:02:31.625 --> 01:02:33.365
or any other historical figure.

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01:02:34.025 --> 01:02:37.605
And we don't have any issues putting those things in

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01:02:37.605 --> 01:02:40.365
context, but, oh, if it's Jesus, there's some kind

1006
01:02:40.365 --> 01:02:42.565
of weird magic, you know, thing going on there.

1007
01:02:42.785 --> 01:02:44.565
No, it's eyewitness testimony.

1008
01:02:44.565 --> 01:02:49.245
There were people who were eyewitnesses to his resurrection.

1009
01:02:49.775 --> 01:02:54.565
Again, back to our texts, you see, he appeared

1010
01:02:54.985 --> 01:02:57.925
to see in verse number five, then he appeared

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01:02:58.575 --> 01:03:01.325
verse number six to more than 500 brothers.

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01:03:01.875 --> 01:03:05.045
Then he appeared to James and the apostles.

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01:03:05.065 --> 01:03:07.045
And then last of all, he appeared to me,

1014
01:03:07.145 --> 01:03:08.165
to the Apostle Paul.

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01:03:08.265 --> 01:03:11.885
He says, he appeared to many, there were many eyewitnesses

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01:03:13.745 --> 01:03:15.125
who saw alive.

1017
01:03:15.865 --> 01:03:18.325
How can we be sure? How can we be sure of the resurrection?

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01:03:19.135 --> 01:03:21.565
There were eyewitnesses. The last one.

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01:03:21.565 --> 01:03:25.205
Number five, lives were transformed.

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01:03:26.115 --> 01:03:27.845
Live lives were transformed.

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01:03:29.665 --> 01:03:31.165
As with most of the things we've been talking about

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01:03:31.355 --> 01:03:32.485
over the course of this series.

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01:03:32.485 --> 01:03:36.005
There will be certain elements that resonate more

1024
01:03:36.075 --> 01:03:38.165
with one person than somebody else.

1025
01:03:39.065 --> 01:03:40.845
Uh, there'll be one person that really wants

1026
01:03:40.845 --> 01:03:44.765
to dig into the, the scientific evidence and creation

1027
01:03:44.825 --> 01:03:46.725
and nature and all those kinds of things.

1028
01:03:47.005 --> 01:03:50.485
There'll be others who really get, um, motivated, inspired

1029
01:03:50.505 --> 01:03:54.045
by, you know, archeological evidence and ancient texts

1030
01:03:54.065 --> 01:03:55.725
and scrolls and all that kind of stuff.

1031
01:03:56.015 --> 01:03:57.805
There. There're always different things that kind

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01:03:57.805 --> 01:03:59.165
of resonate with different people.

1033
01:03:59.595 --> 01:04:03.205
Okay? Uh, this is the one that always resonates with me.

1034
01:04:03.915 --> 01:04:07.525
This is the one that always just speaks

1035
01:04:07.585 --> 01:04:10.325
to my heart in such a powerful way.

1036
01:04:10.955 --> 01:04:12.685
Because these were people,

1037
01:04:13.095 --> 01:04:16.485
these disciples think about the setting.

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01:04:16.485 --> 01:04:17.525
They're in the upper room,

1039
01:04:19.395 --> 01:04:21.485
they're enjoying the Passover meal.

1040
01:04:21.655 --> 01:04:23.885
Jesus institutes the, the Lord's Supper.

1041
01:04:24.955 --> 01:04:26.085
They go out to the garden

1042
01:04:27.305 --> 01:04:31.125
and he prays, he's betrayed, he's arrested,

1043
01:04:31.235 --> 01:04:35.125
he's put on trial, he's beaten, he's scoured,

1044
01:04:36.235 --> 01:04:38.725
he's taken to the cross, he's crucified,

1045
01:04:38.915 --> 01:04:40.925
he's killed, he's dead.

1046
01:04:42.625 --> 01:04:45.285
And the Bible says that this band of people, this group

1047
01:04:45.285 --> 01:04:47.565
of people, these followers of Jesus

1048
01:04:48.435 --> 01:04:50.365
were locked away, hidden in a room.

1049
01:04:51.715 --> 01:04:55.955
I mean, imagine the terror. Imagine the fear.

1050
01:04:56.065 --> 01:04:57.555
Imagine the confusion.

1051
01:04:57.555 --> 01:05:01.235
Imagine all of the emotion that they must have been feeling,

1052
01:05:02.175 --> 01:05:04.355
not knowing what we all know.

1053
01:05:05.655 --> 01:05:06.995
And we can look at the scriptures

1054
01:05:06.995 --> 01:05:08.835
and say, well, they should have known, but they didn't.

1055
01:05:08.835 --> 01:05:11.715
For whatever reason, friends,

1056
01:05:11.855 --> 01:05:14.475
if Jesus had not risen from the dead,

1057
01:05:14.975 --> 01:05:16.955
we would've never heard from these people again.

1058
01:05:18.555 --> 01:05:21.085
They would've been, they would not have been whispered

1059
01:05:21.985 --> 01:05:23.205
in the annals of history.

1060
01:05:23.905 --> 01:05:28.405
It would've been just another supposed prophet that rose up

1061
01:05:28.585 --> 01:05:32.605
and preached and talked and had followers and then died.

1062
01:05:33.225 --> 01:05:35.045
And the, and the followers scattered.

1063
01:05:35.045 --> 01:05:38.605
But that's not what we see happening with these disciples.

1064
01:05:38.835 --> 01:05:40.925
They are completely transformed.

1065
01:05:42.075 --> 01:05:46.245
They're completely invigorated, filled

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01:05:46.715 --> 01:05:48.045
with the Holy Spirit of God.

1067
01:05:48.045 --> 01:05:49.645
Look at these verses in Acts 17.

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01:05:49.645 --> 01:05:52.085
It's a little bit long, but I wanted

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01:05:52.085 --> 01:05:53.085
to give you this in context.

1070
01:05:53.195 --> 01:05:56.565
Text Acts 17, one through eight.

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01:05:57.145 --> 01:06:00.045
Now, when they had passed through emus

1072
01:06:00.825 --> 01:06:03.765
and a Pollyanna, they came to Thessalonica

1073
01:06:03.855 --> 01:06:05.525
where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

1074
01:06:05.585 --> 01:06:07.445
And Paul went in, as was his custom.

1075
01:06:07.505 --> 01:06:09.645
And on three Sabbath days, he reasoned

1076
01:06:09.955 --> 01:06:12.245
with them from the scriptures, explaining

1077
01:06:12.365 --> 01:06:15.405
and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer

1078
01:06:15.465 --> 01:06:16.605
and to rise from the dead.

1079
01:06:16.665 --> 01:06:19.405
And saying, this, Jesus, whom I proclaim

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01:06:19.405 --> 01:06:20.445
to you is the Christ.

1081
01:06:21.185 --> 01:06:22.645
And some of them were persuaded

1082
01:06:22.645 --> 01:06:25.005
and joined Paulen Silas, as did a great, many

1083
01:06:25.005 --> 01:06:27.765
of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women,

1084
01:06:28.465 --> 01:06:29.805
but the Jews were jealous

1085
01:06:30.025 --> 01:06:33.285
and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob,

1086
01:06:33.825 --> 01:06:35.285
set the city in an uproar

1087
01:06:35.345 --> 01:06:37.845
and attack the house of Jason, sorry, Jason.

1088
01:06:39.235 --> 01:06:41.205
Jason's attack the house of Jason.

1089
01:06:41.315 --> 01:06:43.125
Jason's a hero in this story, by the way.

1090
01:06:44.185 --> 01:06:46.485
And, and they, and when they could not find them,

1091
01:06:46.485 --> 01:06:49.125
they dragged Jason and some of the brothers

1092
01:06:49.125 --> 01:06:51.205
before the city authorities shouting,

1093
01:06:51.895 --> 01:06:55.605
these men look at these words, who have turned the world

1094
01:06:56.145 --> 01:06:59.245
upside down, have come here also.

1095
01:06:59.305 --> 01:07:00.765
And Jason has received them.

1096
01:07:01.225 --> 01:07:03.005
And they're all acting against the decrees

1097
01:07:03.005 --> 01:07:04.765
of Caesar saying that there is another king.

1098
01:07:04.855 --> 01:07:06.605
Jesus. And the people

1099
01:07:06.705 --> 01:07:08.965
and the city authorities were disturbed when they

1100
01:07:08.965 --> 01:07:10.045
heard these things.

1101
01:07:10.115 --> 01:07:14.325
Friends, this group of followers, this band

1102
01:07:14.325 --> 01:07:18.685
of believers went from being hidden in a room

1103
01:07:19.195 --> 01:07:22.925
with a closed door, huddled in fear

1104
01:07:22.985 --> 01:07:25.405
and terror to a group of people

1105
01:07:26.145 --> 01:07:29.045
who turned the world upside down.

1106
01:07:30.345 --> 01:07:33.925
It was not for a lie. It was not for a lie.

1107
01:07:34.425 --> 01:07:35.685
It was based on the truth

1108
01:07:36.035 --> 01:07:39.325
that Jesus came back from the dead.

1109
01:07:39.585 --> 01:07:43.605
And we see it in the fate of the disciples.

1110
01:07:44.075 --> 01:07:46.045
This is from Fox's Book of Martyrs.

1111
01:07:46.195 --> 01:07:48.325
There's obviously lots of different sources about

1112
01:07:48.325 --> 01:07:50.005
what may have happened to the disciples.

1113
01:07:50.425 --> 01:07:54.325
Um, but here is a, a, a compilation from that, um, um, book

1114
01:07:54.325 --> 01:07:55.565
that I read as a high schooler.

1115
01:07:55.585 --> 01:07:58.005
Uh, so if you're looking for some light reading, um,

1116
01:07:58.145 --> 01:07:59.765
do not read the Fox's book of Martyrs.

1117
01:07:59.865 --> 01:08:02.445
It will, it's something, it's something else.

1118
01:08:02.665 --> 01:08:07.045
Andrew was crucified, bartholomew beaten, then crucified.

1119
01:08:07.655 --> 01:08:09.765
James the son, OFA, stoned to death.

1120
01:08:10.375 --> 01:08:13.685
James, the son of Zebedee, beheaded Judas,

1121
01:08:13.705 --> 01:08:15.370
not a sct, was stoned to death.

1122
01:08:15.435 --> 01:08:18.965
Matthew was speared to death. Philip was crucified.

1123
01:08:19.095 --> 01:08:21.805
Simon was crucified. Thomas was speared to death.

1124
01:08:22.325 --> 01:08:23.845
Matthias was stoned to death.

1125
01:08:24.215 --> 01:08:27.005
Peter, he was crucified upside down

1126
01:08:27.675 --> 01:08:29.245
because he did not feel worthy

1127
01:08:29.265 --> 01:08:31.285
to be crucified in the same manner in which

1128
01:08:31.375 --> 01:08:32.725
Jesus was crucified.

1129
01:08:33.345 --> 01:08:35.925
So he requested an upside down crucifixion.

1130
01:08:36.265 --> 01:08:40.045
And there's only one apostle that died of natural causes.

1131
01:08:40.045 --> 01:08:41.525
That was John the Apostle.

1132
01:08:41.705 --> 01:08:43.205
But he was boiled in oil

1133
01:08:44.745 --> 01:08:48.365
and exiled to Papus, where he writes the book of Revelation

1134
01:08:48.365 --> 01:08:52.125
for us friends, you would not suffer and be tortured

1135
01:08:52.505 --> 01:08:55.005
and executed for a lie.

1136
01:08:56.175 --> 01:08:58.805
Their lives were completely transformed.

1137
01:08:59.905 --> 01:09:02.245
It was all because of the resurrection.

1138
01:09:02.325 --> 01:09:05.125
I know this is, this quote gets a little bit more dated

1139
01:09:05.345 --> 01:09:09.805
as time goes along, but Chuck Colson was a

1140
01:09:10.045 --> 01:09:13.085
primary figure in the Nixon administration,

1141
01:09:14.065 --> 01:09:15.925
and he was a part of Watergate.

1142
01:09:16.305 --> 01:09:20.205
And so he got in trouble and broke the law and went to jail

1143
01:09:21.105 --> 01:09:24.205
and ended up founding Prison Fellowship Ministries,

1144
01:09:24.215 --> 01:09:27.645
which our own David Mariscal works, uh, works for.

1145
01:09:27.835 --> 01:09:29.965
Okay? And we support, we support that, uh,

1146
01:09:29.965 --> 01:09:31.045
we support that ministry.

1147
01:09:31.825 --> 01:09:34.365
And, uh, Chuck Colson said this,

1148
01:09:34.425 --> 01:09:35.885
and it's up on the screen for you.

1149
01:09:36.825 --> 01:09:39.005
He said, I know the resurrection is a fact.

1150
01:09:39.225 --> 01:09:41.605
And Watergate proved it to me. How?

1151
01:09:42.035 --> 01:09:45.685
Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the

1152
01:09:45.685 --> 01:09:48.445
dead, and then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years,

1153
01:09:48.855 --> 01:09:50.165
never once denying it.

1154
01:09:51.005 --> 01:09:53.885
Everyone was beaten, tortured, stoned, and put in prison.

1155
01:09:54.595 --> 01:09:56.765
They would've not endured that if it weren't true.

1156
01:09:57.515 --> 01:09:58.965
Watergate embroiled 12

1157
01:09:58.985 --> 01:10:00.605
of the most powerful men in the world,

1158
01:10:00.705 --> 01:10:02.645
and they couldn't keep alive for three weeks.

1159
01:10:03.625 --> 01:10:07.085
You're telling me 12 apostles could keep alive for 40 years,

1160
01:10:08.085 --> 01:10:09.205
absolutely impossible.

1161
01:10:10.485 --> 01:10:14.685
I love that quote. They

1162
01:10:14.705 --> 01:10:15.885
did not die for a lie.

1163
01:10:16.395 --> 01:10:17.845
They were not beaten for a lie.

1164
01:10:17.845 --> 01:10:19.325
They were not tortured for a lie.

1165
01:10:19.825 --> 01:10:22.605
It was for the truth, the truth of the resurrection.

1166
01:10:23.175 --> 01:10:26.765
Jesus is alive. Those are great.

1167
01:10:27.745 --> 01:10:29.725
But what about the transformation in me?

1168
01:10:31.615 --> 01:10:34.585
What about your own personal transformation

1169
01:10:34.655 --> 01:10:38.865
that is all bound to the power of the resurrection?

1170
01:10:39.845 --> 01:10:42.585
The power of the resurrection is in your life.

1171
01:10:42.795 --> 01:10:44.545
We've been talking throughout this series to,

1172
01:10:44.685 --> 01:10:46.865
to be the living proof of a loving God, right?

1173
01:10:47.245 --> 01:10:48.905
That's been one of our great themes

1174
01:10:48.905 --> 01:10:50.145
throughout this entire series.

1175
01:10:50.645 --> 01:10:53.945
You be the living proof that there is a loving God.

1176
01:10:54.565 --> 01:10:57.905
How about this one? I am the living proof of a risen savior.

1177
01:10:59.645 --> 01:11:02.625
I'm the living proof of risen savior, the work

1178
01:11:02.625 --> 01:11:04.265
that I've seen God do in my life.

1179
01:11:04.925 --> 01:11:06.825
And, and make this personal for yourself.

1180
01:11:06.855 --> 01:11:08.465
What work has God done in your life?

1181
01:11:08.735 --> 01:11:09.745
What supernatural,

1182
01:11:10.185 --> 01:11:12.905
miraculous power has God demonstrated in your life?

1183
01:11:14.655 --> 01:11:17.805
Lives are transformed in our lives,

1184
01:11:17.865 --> 01:11:20.005
in our marriages, uh, in this church.

1185
01:11:20.125 --> 01:11:22.205
I, you know, I say this from time to time,

1186
01:11:23.145 --> 01:11:26.085
but I think it bears repeating that we have this, you know,

1187
01:11:26.195 --> 01:11:28.685
this understanding of, uh, you know, people talk about

1188
01:11:29.445 --> 01:11:31.325
sometime like, like why doesn't God do miracles?

1189
01:11:31.325 --> 01:11:33.445
Like, like, you know, he used to do miracles and stuff.

1190
01:11:33.625 --> 01:11:35.005
And I always remind people, if you're part

1191
01:11:35.005 --> 01:11:37.005
of adventure church, you're sitting in a miracle.

1192
01:11:38.435 --> 01:11:40.405
Like this is a miracle of God.

1193
01:11:41.195 --> 01:11:43.205
This was a supernatural something.

1194
01:11:43.325 --> 01:11:44.645
I remember when, when we first moved in,

1195
01:11:44.865 --> 01:11:46.285
we always had, we, we picked themes.

1196
01:11:46.345 --> 01:11:47.645
And so we were over in the temp space.

1197
01:11:47.645 --> 01:11:50.565
We had the letters hope, and then we first moved over here.

1198
01:11:50.565 --> 01:11:51.845
It was made new. You remember that?

1199
01:11:51.845 --> 01:11:54.485
You know, it was kind of that Lincoln Brewster song made new

1200
01:11:54.485 --> 01:11:56.765
and the building's made new and we're being made new.

1201
01:11:57.105 --> 01:11:58.725
And now we're in this next campaign.

1202
01:11:58.745 --> 01:11:59.885
So we put next up there,

1203
01:11:59.945 --> 01:12:02.005
and I had someone come in not too long ago,

1204
01:12:02.005 --> 01:12:03.245
and they walked in and they looked at the room

1205
01:12:03.245 --> 01:12:04.765
and they said, who's the next Jesus?

1206
01:12:06.055 --> 01:12:08.245
Jesus? And I was like, yeah, no, that's not exactly

1207
01:12:08.245 --> 01:12:09.805
what we're going for at all, I promise.

1208
01:12:10.065 --> 01:12:11.925
Um, that's, that's not the idea, okay?

1209
01:12:13.865 --> 01:12:15.445
But the idea of like, like, God,

1210
01:12:15.465 --> 01:12:17.325
our God is still a miracle working God.

1211
01:12:18.395 --> 01:12:19.605
He's still doing miracles.

1212
01:12:20.435 --> 01:12:22.045
He's still freeing people from addiction.

1213
01:12:22.755 --> 01:12:26.445
He's still restoring marriages. He's still raising up kids.

1214
01:12:27.115 --> 01:12:29.645
He's still protecting people. He is still saving people.

1215
01:12:30.025 --> 01:12:33.205
God is still working. Friends don't buy the lie of the devil

1216
01:12:33.205 --> 01:12:34.725
that says, God's not working anymore.

1217
01:12:35.065 --> 01:12:39.885
God is working, and our lives are living proof

1218
01:12:40.745 --> 01:12:42.525
of a living savior.

1219
01:12:44.145 --> 01:12:47.565
How can we be sure Jesus came back

1220
01:12:47.875 --> 01:12:49.245
from the grave?

1221
01:12:49.675 --> 01:12:52.965
Well, he was dead. And there were early accounts,

1222
01:12:53.145 --> 01:12:55.405
and the tomb was empty, and there were eyewitnesses

1223
01:12:55.825 --> 01:12:57.245
and lives were transformed.

1224
01:12:57.325 --> 01:12:58.805
I wanna end this whole series

1225
01:12:58.805 --> 01:13:00.445
with this quote and worship team.

1226
01:13:00.445 --> 01:13:01.645
You guys can start making your way out.

1227
01:13:03.665 --> 01:13:04.925
Uh, this is CS Lewis.

1228
01:13:05.465 --> 01:13:08.845
One of my favorite quotes from CS Lewis Christianity,

1229
01:13:08.985 --> 01:13:10.685
if false is of no importance,

1230
01:13:11.465 --> 01:13:13.685
and if true of infinite importance,

1231
01:13:14.145 --> 01:13:16.805
the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

1232
01:13:21.065 --> 01:13:23.605
And if I were to give one word

1233
01:13:24.625 --> 01:13:26.565
to the American church, it would be this.

1234
01:13:27.825 --> 01:13:31.085
We have reduced Christianity to being moderately important.

1235
01:13:33.745 --> 01:13:36.285
And it's time for us to recognize that the power

1236
01:13:36.305 --> 01:13:40.205
of the resurrection is the power that lives in our lives.

1237
01:13:41.275 --> 01:13:43.645
It's the power that works in this church.

1238
01:13:44.355 --> 01:13:46.725
It's the power that is working around the world

1239
01:13:47.465 --> 01:13:48.645
for his purposes.

1240
01:13:49.825 --> 01:13:51.245
And we celebrate that.

1241
01:13:52.305 --> 01:13:56.325
We celebrate King Jesus, no longer in the grave,

1242
01:13:57.985 --> 01:14:02.125
in heaven, making inter intercession for us,

1243
01:14:02.675 --> 01:14:04.685
waiting for the return.

1244
01:14:05.035 --> 01:14:06.525
Amen. Let's stand together.

1245
01:14:06.935 --> 01:14:09.285
Let's stay in this moment, and let's sing this song together

1246
01:14:09.465 --> 01:14:11.885
in praise and reflection.

1247
01:14:12.625 --> 01:14:15.205
And if God is leading in your heart, speaking in your heart,

1248
01:14:16.025 --> 01:14:19.605
you feel like he's leading, you to prayer, whether it's

1249
01:14:19.605 --> 01:14:21.765
for salvation, whether it's for a need in your family,

1250
01:14:22.195 --> 01:14:24.565
whether the a struggle that you're going through personally,

1251
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we wanna invite you to come to the cross, come to the front,

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me a prayer partner and pray with someone.

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Or just pray alone, whatever you're most comfortable with.

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But to just take these final moments, to just be reflective

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of the great God that we have, the great God that we serve.

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Thanking him for the gospel, for his presence,

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for his death, for his burial, for his resurrection,

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the power that's available

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because Jesus is no longer in the grave.

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May God bless you this week. Let's sing this song together.

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The best of breathing.

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When I'm not somebody I believe,

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hold on me.

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When I,

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when,

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hold on,

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hold on

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Me.

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I, I have reached,

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I, I

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I'm tired.

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I start

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on to,

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I

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shown, I have reached.

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Hold on.

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Amen. What an amazing day.

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And listen, we've said this a lot in these last weeks,

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and we wanna remind you,

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The spirit of God's been saying something to your soul

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and you need to speak it out.

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Meet us at the cross and pray. Okay?

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Amen. I was made to

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Just between you and

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me, love you.

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I was made

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To, oh,

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now I have a purpose.

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Now I have a

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glory purpose.

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Now I have a, you,

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me, no one else.

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No one else. Love you. Like I love you.

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Any name

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and no one Love you.

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You made,

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made.