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Although our primary text is 
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16, I'll be other referencing 
other gospels to fill in some of

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the details for clarity of the 
story about the burial and 

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resurrection of Jesus. 
On Good Friday, we spoke about 

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the death of Jesus and its 
implications for us to believe 

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and receive eternal life from 
Jesus. 

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We understand that Jesus died 
sometime. 

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It was around 3:00 in the 
afternoon on Friday and sundown 

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was around 7:00 PM. 
That gave Joseph of Arimathea 

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and the disciples about four 
hours to get permission from 

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Pilate to take the body down, 
take it to the grave and put the

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grave clothes on. 
And so they didn't have a whole 

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lot of time to do that. 
Nicodemus, a man who previously 

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came to Jesus in John chapter 3,
accompanied Joseph carrying a 

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mixture of myrrh and olives 
aloves. 

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Aloe's is a aromatic resin from 
a plant. 

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It smells a little bit like a 
Lily. 

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And that those spices that they 
brought were about £75 for you. 

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Those that are in kilo, it's 
about 32 1/2 kilo. 

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Normally only about 5 lbs of 
spices were used when brewing a 

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person at that time. 
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estimated to be a minimum of 
$30,000. 

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We think funerals are expensive 
today. 

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This is the this is a was extra 
as extravagant as the the 

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perfume that Pastor Jake talked 
about on Friday that was poured 

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on Jesus head when he was dining
with Simon the Leper earlier 

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that week. 
How much are we willing to 

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sacrifice for Jesus, Mary 
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We're sitting there opposite the
tomb watching the burial. 

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On that afternoon of the 
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They saw their beloved friend 
Jesus being wrapped as their 

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friends Joseph and Nicodemus. 
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and believed that Jesus was the 
Son of God. 

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But now this How could they 
explain it? 

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They were numb with sorrow. 
They had lost their great 

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teacher who had interpreted the 
teachings of the Torah, the 

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Psalms, and the Prophets. 
Nothing made sense. 

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Why? 
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The Law required that the dead 
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sundown. 
And now time was of essence. 

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There was no time left to 
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the Sabbath began. 
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day they could make some sense 
of all this that has happened 

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within the last 24 hours. 
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emotionally and spiritually 
exhausted. 

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The next day being the Sabbath 
and after sundown, Mary 

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Magdalene and the other Mary 
went out and bought more spices 

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to anoint Jesus body. 
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the first day of the week, at 
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They'd been asking each other 
who rolled away, Who will roll 

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away the stone for us from the 
entrance of the tomb. 

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They were probably unaware that 
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had gone to Pilate and asked 
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stone so it couldn't be moved. 
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rolled that stone away, they 
would be They could be thrown in

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jail, they could be killed for 
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emperor. 
The religious leaders had said 

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that maybe the disciples would 
steal the body, and so they want

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to make sure it didn't happen. 
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the tomb, they looked up and 
they saw that the stone, which 

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was very large, had been rolled 
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Then as they went into the tomb,
they saw a young man dressed in 

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white robe sitting on the right 
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And they were alarmed. 
But he said to them, don't be 

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amazed, you're looking for Jesus
the Nazarene, who was crucified.

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He has been raised. 
He's not here. 

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Look, here's the place where 
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But go and tell his disciples, 
even Peter, that he is going 

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ahead of you into Galilee. 
You'll see him there, just as he

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told you. 
Then they went out and ran from 

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the tomb, for terror and 
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and they said nothing to anyone 
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was gone. 
He disappeared. 

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This wasn't just some kind of 
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The most incredulous invent in 
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Jesus's body. 
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events in human history outside 
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The only thing left in the tomb 
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head cloth that was used to wrap
the body of Jesus after he had 

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been taken down from the cross a
few days before. 

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Not only was there the shock 
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was fear that they may be next. 
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hiding behind closed doors. 
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before when they had gone into 
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Jerusalem proclaiming Hosanna 
the King of Jerusalem of Israel.

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What a difference. 
The angelic being had told them 

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that Jesus had been raised from 
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We note that this is in the 
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In the Greek, Jesus didn't come 
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He was raised by God to life. 
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This was not some kind of 
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in the part of Jesus. 
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But with us, as with us, he was 
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Jesus is the only prophet or 
religious leader that ever lived

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to be raised from the dead and 
live forever. 

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As Christians, we have the 
greatest message of hope for the

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world. 
The resurrection from the dead 

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proves that Christianity is real
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This was a proof that the 
apostles used in proclaiming the

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good news that everyone on the 
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of their sins because Jesus died
for them and God raised him up 

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to be reunited after he had been
forsaken. 

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While He took our sins on the 
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Jesus verified with a number of 
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He visited them, and the longer 
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appearances, as do other 
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As we look in verse 9 of Mark 
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day of the week after He arose, 
He appeared to Mary Magdalene 

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from whom he had driven out 
seven demons. 

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She went out and told those who 
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were mourning and weeping. 
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believe. 
They didn't believe when they 

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heard that He was alive and that
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Mark continues to tell us about 
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Jesus had indeed risen from the 
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different and after he appeared 
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them while they were on their 
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Now Luke tells us a little bit 
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in Luke chapter 243013 to 35. 
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they were returning home to 
Emmaus, they were talking with a

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stranger who explained all the 
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them. 
They didn't understand who it 

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was that was going with them, 
but when they sat down to a meal

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together, Jesus gave thanks for 
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him, and he disappeared. 
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They didn't sleep for a while 
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least 7 miles back to Jerusalem 
to tell the disciples that they 

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had seen Jesus and they still 
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But Luke tells us that while 
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appeared to the 11 themselves 
while they were eating, and he 

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rebuked them for their unbelief 
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they didn't believe those who 
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Do we need rebuke today? 
Do we believe that the record 

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that these disciples gave to the
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give up everything, Do we have 
that same kind of commitment to 

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Jesus, to give everything over, 
to serve Jesus to whom we owe 

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our very salvation and life? 
Some of you may not be convinced

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this morning that Jesus is the 
way, the truth, and the life, 

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that Jesus died for your sins. 
An atheist, Lee Strobel, wrote a

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case for Christ wanting to 
disprove his wife's faith in 

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Jesus. 
But in the end, he committed his

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heart to Christ because he 
recognized this was true and 

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he's become a pastor and author.
If you doubt, read the If you 

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doubt the Bible story, read the 
book The Case for Christ. 

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Or if you don't like reading, 
you can watch the movie that's 

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been made from that book. 
If there wasn't enough evidence 

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to convince his followers that 
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that appeared, he also appeared 
to many others. 

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Paul talks about these 
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chapter 5, verses 5 to 7. 
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Cephas, then to the 12, then he 
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brothers at one time. 
Most of those are still alive, 

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and Paul wrote that because if 
somebody doubted, they could go 

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back and ask these 500 people 
that Jesus had appeared to, to 

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recognize that this was in fact 
truth. 

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He also appeared to James, then 
to all the apostles, and last of

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all, as though to one born at 
the wrong time, He appeared to 

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me also. 
He appeared to Paul, a man who 

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was trying to persecute, to kill
those who are following Jesus 

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and had believed that he rose 
from the dead. 

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Jesus continues to show himself 
today to people. 

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And if anyone doubts this, I can
arrange for you to talk to 

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somebody here in our in our 
midst this morning who has 

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experienced Jesus coming to him 
at night time. 

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There are many stories of Jesus 
showing himself to Muslims who 

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then began a journey to find out
who this Jesus was. 

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They committed their lives to 
Jesus and for some of them it 

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meant death, martyrdom, because 
they were following Jesus, 

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because they had seen him in a 
vision and they had read His 

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word and they believed it going 
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In Mark 16 verse 15 to 18, Jesus
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a Commission. 
He said to his disciples go into

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all the world and preach the 
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The one who believes and is 
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one who does not believe will be
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These are the signs that 
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My name. 
They will drive out demons, they

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will speak in new languages, 
they will pick up snakes in 

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their if their hands. 
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they will not harm. 
It will not harm them. 

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They will place their hands on 
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Now, having gone to Japan for 
about 10 years, we feel that we 

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have been obedient to Jesus to 
go and preach the gospel to 

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other places. 
And Japan is a country with a 

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population that is aging and 
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The church is also shrinking 
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They need new life. 
They need people to come and to 

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share the good news of Jesus 
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Your lives will be enriched as 
you as ours has if you will go 

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to another people group who need
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Japan needs a new vision. 
Only a half a percent of the 

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population is considered to be 
born again believers. 

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To put that in perspective, the 
municipality, the town of 

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Leamington has about 29,680 
people in the 2021 census. 

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Now half a percent of that 
population ends up to be around 

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140 a 150 people. 
Now, in our area here, we would 

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have at least 10 churches or 
more that have 150 people, some 

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of them many more than that. 
We see the need for hundreds to 

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come to Christ in that country. 
It continues to be on our 

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prayers, our life, in our hearts
and thoughts, and as we 

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communicate with people from 
there, we cry out to God to 

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bring more into His Kingdom in 
that country. 

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You know, we still need to see. 
We still see. 

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Even though there are many 
churches in Leamington, we still

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see the need for many more to be
started. 

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You know, if we filled every 
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2 times even, it would still be 
many that would never be able to

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get in to the church. 
So we're not overchurched in our

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community, but we need a 
personal vision. 

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Not just a church vision, a 
personal vision to reach the 

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lost with the spiritual gifts 
that God has given to you. 

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What are you doing for the Lord?
Are you enjoying the blessings 

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that come from serving Him? 
God is giving great 

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opportunities for you to step up
and to become involved. 

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I'm praying that God will give 
you so much joy and pleasure in 

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serving Him that our church will
explode in our outreach both 

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here in our community and around
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I would be so excited if one of 
you would decide to go to a 

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foreign country, another land, 
another people group and share 

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the good news with them as well.
Little bit like Alex and Pedro 

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had done going to Africa, Mark 
wrote in 16 verse 16. 

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The one who believes and is 
baptized will be saved, but the 

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one who does not believe will be
condemned. 

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Do you want your family, your 
neighbors or your Co workers to 

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be condemned? 
Condemned to hell for eternity? 

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What will you do about it? 
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Jesus to them? 
You can just bring it up in your

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conversations explaining that 
this is the greatest part of the

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of the year where we recognize 
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living today and he's living in 
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What a wonderful message we 
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take us out of our own comfort 
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something like that. 
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after the Lord Jesus had spoken 
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up into heaven and he sat down 
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You know Jesus is watching us 
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He sent His Holy Spirit to those
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He is watching us now just as he
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Has He? 
Just as he has been watching for

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centuries. 
The church in action, the 

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message being preached, the word
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I believe he is looking for 
individuals who will get out of 

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their comfort zone, their 
materialistic lifestyle and get 

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excited about the good news of 
the resurrection of Jesus. 

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The disciples of Jesus went and 
spread the good news. 

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They travelled to Egypt, Rome, 
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and all around the Middle East 
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they willingly gave up their 
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Are you willing this morning? 
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They went out and proclaimed 
everywhere and now this next 

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phrase stood out to me the other
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I just like had never really 
come across it and it says here 

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while the Lord worked with them 
and confirmed the word through 

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accompanying signs. 
We have a risen Lord and Savior 

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who is always with us here. 
It says that the Lord worked 

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with them. 
Yeah, He's up in glory, but He 

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is working with us down here. 
When we witness, we don't do it 

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alone. 
Jesus is there working with us 

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as a spirit and the Creator of 
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He is able to be everywhere in 
the in the new form which he 

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received when he was 
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We are promised that one day we 
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In the meantime, what are you 
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have? 
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the judgement seat, what will 
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the sacrifice that he made on 
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If you've never given your life 
to Jesus, ask him this morning 

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to forgive and to take away 
every single stain, every single

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sin. 
Perhaps you've gone on your own 

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way. 
You've rejected his promptings. 

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We encourage you to renew that 
commitment to Jesus after 

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service. 
I'll stay upfront here. 

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If somebody wants prayer or 
wants to come forward, give 

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yourself to Jesus. 
Please do that. 

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God loved you so much that He 
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cross so that your sins would be
forgiven. 

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Don't you owe it to Jesus to 
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including your life, as a thank 
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Won't you do that today? 
Maranatha? 

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Jesus is coming again. 
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Lord Jesus, there's some here 
this morning, there's some in 

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our listening audience, our 
online audience that have never 

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given their lives to Jesus. 
Lord, show yourself to them. 

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Lord, I pray that you will 
forgive their sins. 

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You will make them holy, You 
will bring them into your 

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Kingdom, and they they can 
experience your joy and the 

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freedom that you give all 
people. 

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Thank You that you are here with
us, that you are watching us 

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from heaven and you are working 
with us. 

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And sometimes we wander in our 
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Forgive us, Lord. 
Bring us peace. 

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Amen.