1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:05,000 There are 1,000,000 and millions and millions of people around 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,200 the world today celebrating the Lord Jesus Christ that he came, 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:15,000 he died, he was buried, and he rose again on the third day just 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:21,080 like he said he would. What makes today so special is 5 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:25,880 that without the resurrection of Christ, our faith means nothing. 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,680 Without Jesus raising from the dead, this is just a Country 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,400 Club. Like there's no point in us 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:38,320 being here today without Christ being raised from the dead. 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,680 And what's wild is that if you look at all other faiths and all 10 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,680 other different belief systems men, there are people that 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:52,360 celebrate and mourn at the tombs of those who they believed came 12 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,120 and established their faith. You could go anywhere in the 13 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,200 world and you see buildings like with gold and fine fabrics and 14 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,120 you see people from all around the world gathered there to pray 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:09,480 and to mourn and to light candles and and to weep and to 16 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:14,320 and to remember what that person used to do. 17 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:20,200 But if you go to the tomb of Jesus, we're not going there to 18 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,280 mourn. We're going there to celebrate. 19 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,200 There is nothing elaborate about the tomb of Jesus except that 20 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,680 it's empty. And listen, if that don't excite 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:34,200 you, I don't know what does. And like I, I could barely sleep 22 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,600 last night thinking about today and this message and just 23 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,280 thinking about my week and thinking about like all the time 24 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,520 just talking and, and, and studying and praying through 25 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:48,920 this whole resurrection. He died on Friday. 26 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,480 He took our sin. They buried him to make sure. 27 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,800 And then he rose again. And as I was praying, I was 28 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,280 like, Lord, what, what do I say today? 29 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,680 Like what, what do I tell your people? 30 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,000 I just continually felt the Holy Spirit say, just tell the story. 31 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,000 Just tell the story. So what I want to look at is the 32 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,320 story of the resurrection in the book of Luke. 33 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,640 Now the resurrection story is in all the gospels, Matthew, Mark, 34 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:20,320 Luke and John. And what's interesting about 35 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:23,760 this is that the the the resurrection story and Luke is 36 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:29,760 actually the shortest as there's not very many details. 37 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,440 So what I want to do is as we go through the story of the 38 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,240 resurrection, I'm going to cross reference a lot. 39 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,520 So that way we get the whole picture of what happened on that 40 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,760 day. And then we're going to pray and 41 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,320 respond to what the word of the Lord has to say. 42 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,120 And then after that, all the kids are going to go outside and 43 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,640 get eggs and then they're, and then, then we're going to push 44 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:54,280 them to eat candy and then send them all home. 45 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:59,520 So it's going to be great. All right, Look at verse one, 46 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,720 verse one and two of the story of the resurrection, and we'll 47 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,520 talk about it. We're just going to walk through 48 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,360 this thing like we always do. Verse one says this. 49 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,920 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the 50 00:03:10,920 --> 00:03:15,920 women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 51 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,000 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, verse 3. 52 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,800 But when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord 53 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:27,120 Jesus. All right, so let's, let's set 54 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,040 this thing up here. So Jesus died on Friday. 55 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,920 He gave his life on the cross. And remember how the Sabbath 56 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,600 works. The Sabbath you can't work, you 57 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,560 can't really do anything. So when Jesus died, Joseph, 58 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,960 Aramanthea, and then also Nicodemus took his body. 59 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,760 And they asked Pilate and the Pharisees for the body, and they 60 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,720 took it and they put it in Joseph's tomb and his tomb. 61 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,920 They didn't have a lot of time to prepare the body. 62 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,600 They wrapped it and they put it in the tomb. 63 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,680 Why am I telling you this? Because this has a this is a key 64 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:09,080 detail on what we're about to walk through with the women 65 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,840 encountering Jesus. So let's begin the first day of 66 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,960 the week. We know based off the Jewish 67 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,880 calendar that the first day of the week is a Sunday. 68 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,279 The way that the Jewish calendar works, it starts at 6:00 PM and 69 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,360 it goes to 6:00 AM. So that means Saturday is the 70 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,000 Sabbath day. The first day of the week is a 71 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,480 Sunday. Why is that so important for all 72 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,800 of us? Because Sunday is the day of the 73 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,320 Lord. Why do we gather on church on 74 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,560 Sunday? Because he resurrected on 75 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,480 Sunday. That's why we come together as 76 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,480 believers and many people. And there's nothing wrong with 77 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,440 gathering in other days. But the main day, the day that 78 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,320 the Lord rose from the grave is a Sunday. 79 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,480 So that is the Lord's day. And listen, I need to talk to 80 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,200 our men and our fathers and our our guys real quick. 81 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:58,840 If you're leading your family, well, your kids better know that 82 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:03,200 Sunday is the day of the Lord. It's not a day to catch up with 83 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,520 life. It's not the day to do laundry. 84 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,680 It's not the day to go play sports. 85 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,040 Like even though those things are fine, it's going to happen, 86 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,440 it's OK, But it doesn't mean that's not what Sunday is. 87 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,160 Those things fall on the Lord's Day. 88 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,960 It's not the Lord's Day falls on those things. 89 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,000 So as we raise our families and as we grow our children and we 90 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,600 teach our kids, our kids need to know that Sunday is the day of 91 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,080 the Lord. So regardless of everything else 92 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,120 that you got going on, you better. 93 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:39,200 They better know that it's the Lord's Day and we happen to be 94 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:44,200 doing stuff on the Lord's Day. It's the first day of the week. 95 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:49,920 And then it says very early in the morning, early in the 96 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,120 morning, this text means it's just the the third watch. 97 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,560 So it was between 3:00 AM and 6:00 AM. 98 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,840 You ever hear that saying you were up before Jesus and the 99 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:03,600 Mexicans? I could say that I'm sure. 100 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,840 All right, so you're like, I'm not coming back. 101 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,720 All right. So it it was between 3:00 and 102 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,880 6:00 AM that these women were up. 103 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,080 We know it was at Daybreak. It was very early in the 104 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,440 morning. These ladies probably didn't 105 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,840 sleep very much the night before, knowing what they saw 106 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,200 and experienced probably an expectation to go to make sure 107 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,840 that the body of Jesus was properly prepared. 108 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,760 Because what they probably experienced was watching Joseph 109 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,520 and Nicodemus do a rush job on it because they had to hurry up. 110 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,680 So that way they beat that Sabbath deadline, they were in 111 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:48,640 anticipation to make sure that their savior's body was properly 112 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,360 prepared. So they woke up early that day 113 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,320 and it says the woman took spices they had prepared and 114 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,440 went to the tomb. This is where Spice Girls, and 115 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:06,560 I'm joking, all right, So dad joke, all right, for some of 116 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,760 you, like Gen. Z are like, where are the Spice 117 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:13,360 Girls? So they took spices. 118 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:18,920 So what you would do is somebody that had a tomb was usually 119 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,560 somebody very wealthy in the family and they would carve the 120 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,480 tomb out of the side of a mountain or a cave, like out of 121 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,600 rock. And there's pretty much you, you 122 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,760 take a step inside the tomb and then there's compartments where 123 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:37,400 they would lay the dead bodies and the body of the person in 124 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,920 your family was deceased. They would wrap the body up. 125 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:46,120 And then they will use spices and ointments and oils to embalm 126 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,040 the body. And then years after the body 127 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:55,240 decays, they take what's left, which is the wrappings and the 128 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,880 bones. And they put it inside of a box 129 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,640 called the Osos you. Sorry, I can't even say this 130 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,720 word, Ossuary. And that box called the ossuary 131 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:11,160 is pretty much stays inside of that tomb to remember the dead 132 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,200 and then repeat process of whoever else would pass away. 133 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,280 So the women wanted to go to the tomb to prepare the body of 134 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,040 their Lord Jesus. They woke up extremely early and 135 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:29,720 as they were going to the tomb, in the Gospel of Mark, it says 136 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,240 that the women were having a discussion as they were walking 137 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,159 toward the tomb. And what they were wondering is 138 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:38,799 how in the world are we going to move this massive stone? 139 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,840 You see, in a lot of these tombs, the stone was used to 140 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,200 protect the dead body or the, the, the, the, the items inside 141 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:53,280 from animals or grave robbers. So the tomb had to be extremely 142 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,600 heavy. It had to be able to seal it. 143 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,600 So that stone was a circular object and then they would push 144 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,040 that stone. It would take many men to do 145 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,640 that and the stone would fall inside of this Crest in the 146 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,320 bottom. So once it latched in there 147 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,440 would be really, really difficult for it to move unless 148 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:19,520 you had many strong men. So in verse 2, it says that they 149 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:25,240 got there and the stone was rolled away from the tomb. 150 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,920 Did you guys catch that detail? Look at the wording. 151 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,520 It was it was they found the stone rolled away from where? 152 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,120 From the tomb. That means that the stone wasn't 153 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,040 just rolled away like men pushed it. 154 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,880 That means that somebody took that stone and they rolled it 155 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:47,760 away away from the tomb. It was like somebody just taking 156 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,920 it like light work and just dropping it there. 157 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,440 Now, here's the crazy thing about that detail. 158 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,640 The stone usually measured between like 1.5 and 2 tons. 159 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,320 It was not. It was nothing light. 160 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,360 Let me give you guys some examples. 161 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,960 Mid size sedan is about two tons. 162 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,960 A small Suva large adult rhinoceros. 163 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,440 A fully loaded trailer is about two tons. 164 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,640 Me after going to Texas de Brazil. 165 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:25,680 I'm not alone about two tons try moving me right. 166 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:34,120 This thing was heavy all, and for the women to see that detail 167 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,440 and said that the stone was not just rolled away, but it was 168 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:42,000 rolled away from the tomb. And then in the Gospel of John 169 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,520 says that there was an Angel sitting on top of it. 170 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,720 Like I just did this. So the women get there, they see 171 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,880 the stone rolled away from the tomb, which means it looks like 172 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,680 there's no way men could have done this. 173 00:10:56,560 --> 00:11:00,480 But when they entered, they did not find the body of Jesus. 174 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,280 When they got to the tomb and other gospels and John, Mary 175 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:11,920 Magdalene got there first and she stood there baffled. 176 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:17,560 How in the world can this be where the Savior's not here, the 177 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:21,640 Savior's not here, but they got, she got there first and then the 178 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:25,560 other ladies came afterward. What I want you all to 179 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:31,360 understand here with this tomb being so heavy, this tomb had 180 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,280 nothing to do with Jesus coming out. 181 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,840 I say this every Sunday, every every resurrection Sunday has 182 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,800 nothing to do. Like Jesus wasn't waiting there. 183 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:47,000 Like, all right, let's go. No, like, because what we see in 184 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,320 John chapter 20, he was transcending walls. 185 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,360 He showed up to the disciples. Listen, the stone being rolled 186 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,480 away has nothing to do with Jesus coming out as everything 187 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,480 inviting the women in. And it's the same thing to us. 188 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,560 When that stone is rolled away, it is giving you an invitation 189 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:08,000 to come inside and look. What do you see? 190 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,240 Nothing. Yes, Jesus is not there. 191 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:17,000 There's something though, his rags that were wrapped. 192 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,200 We'll talk about that here in a second. 193 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:22,080 The women went inside. They looked. 194 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:24,960 It was an invitation for them to come in. 195 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,200 And verse 4, it says that when they were wondering about this, 196 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,400 suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood 197 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,880 beside them to the angels. Now, in other gospels, it says 198 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:38,960 that one of them spoke for the pair. 199 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:41,960 Matthew focuses on the one that spoke. 200 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:46,600 But what we know is that angels were present at the resurrection 201 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:51,680 of Christ. Then verse 5, what? 202 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,280 How did the women respond? The same way all of us would 203 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,160 probably respond if we saw angels. 204 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:00,760 Terrified. You're not getting your phone 205 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,280 out saying this is going to be a great video. 206 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,680 I'm about to go viral. No, you're about to like, pass 207 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,200 out. When angels show up, it's 208 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,680 terrifying. And verse 5 says, in their 209 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:20,720 fright, the women bow down with their faces to the ground. 210 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,680 But the man said to them, and this is a question that all of 211 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:30,080 us should really think about. Why do you look for the living 212 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,480 amongst the dead? I think this is a logical 213 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:40,400 question that the angels had. What are you doing here looking 214 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,840 for Jesus? This is a place for dead things. 215 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,680 Jesus is not dead. What are we doing here? 216 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:55,120 And then the Angel begins to remind them of what Jesus said. 217 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,480 And I think that the Angel seemed almost surprised that the 218 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:06,400 women were surprised because Jesus has been telling them that 219 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,760 this was going to happen and the angels were ready to see this, 220 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,280 so they naturally wondered why the women were surprised. 221 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,240 And I thought it was a legit question, but it's also 222 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,840 something that we should learn from as well. 223 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,640 We should not expect spiritual things from those things that 224 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,160 aren't dead. Why are we looking for things 225 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,480 that are living amongst things that are dead? 226 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,840 Why are we looking for Jesus in religious traditionalism and 227 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,960 formalism, in man's rules and human efforts? 228 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,200 Guys, those things are dead without Christ. 229 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,720 Isaiah says man, like all your righteous acts are number a 230 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:50,080 bunch of filthy rags for me without Jesus. 231 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,680 All of this stuff and many of us look for Christ and many of us 232 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:59,400 are looking for life in things that are dead and in God's word 233 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,800 says what, what, what are you doing here? 234 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,640 Why are you looking for things that are living amongst the 235 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,600 dead? We find Jesus where resurrection 236 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:14,600 life is and we worship him in spirit and in truth, not in our 237 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:19,360 works that he would look at us and be satisfied. 238 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,280 So we keep going with the story says he is not here, he's risen. 239 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:29,880 And then the angels do something where the angels are like, but 240 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,040 you did you remember the e-mail we sent? 241 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,560 He's not here, he's risen. Remember how he told you while 242 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,240 he was still with you in Galilee, that the Son of Man 243 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,280 must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified, 244 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,680 and on the third day be raised up again. 245 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:56,840 Then they remember his words. So when they came back from the 246 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,760 tomb, they told all these things to the 11 and to all the others, 247 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,960 when they finally realized, like this is what Jesus was talking 248 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,000 about. Now in John it says that Jesus 249 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,600 appeared to Mary while she was waiting and weeping. 250 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,400 So Jesus is already making his appearance to everyone. 251 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:22,080 Now what's interesting about this is that if you were, if you 252 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,360 were to debunk Christianity, you would have to go after the 253 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,080 resurrection. You would have to go after the 254 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,840 resurrection. You could argue about everything 255 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,920 else, but if the resurrection is true, then everything else 256 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,760 follows suit. You got to argue the 257 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,200 resurrection. All right, so this is what I 258 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,160 want to do. I knew that kids were going to 259 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,080 be in here today, so I'm going to ask for my kids. 260 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:47,680 Kids, where you at? Raise your hand if you're a kid. 261 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,040 I I need you all's help. OK. 262 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,680 All right, Now, listen, when I'm at home and I say something that 263 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,280 makes no sense or something silly, you know what Elena tells 264 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:02,680 me, Bra. All right, So what I'm going to 265 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,119 do is I'm going to point to you, and I need you guys to give me 266 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,480 your best, like, bra. OK, You ready? 267 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:11,599 I need all the kids. You got to do better there. 268 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:14,960 Come on. All right, And the parents, you 269 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,160 could do. You could join in, too. 270 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,359 They probably told you the same thing, Right? 271 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,599 All right, so I'm going to give you an example, guys. 272 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:24,480 Did you know that when we went to go eat, Rachel said she don't 273 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:27,599 like C CS? I know. 274 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,400 Isn't that crazy? And then somebody was arguing 275 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,600 with me the other day saying the In-n-out Burger is better than 276 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,440 Whataburger. I know. 277 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,200 And then they're saying that Juanitos is not as good as mil 278 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,880 tacos. Come on. 279 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,280 All right, so every time I point, I need to hear that, OK, 280 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,480 Because listen, here is some debunking theories. 281 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,720 There's something called the wrong tomb theory. 282 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,360 I know. And what the wrong tomb theory 283 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:01,240 says is that they believe that all the followers of Christ and 284 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,240 the ladies, they, they went to look for Jesus, but they made it 285 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:09,000 to the wrong address. So when they got there, they 286 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,280 were like, he's not here, but at the same time Jesus was buried 287 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,440 in another place. I know, isn't that crazy? 288 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,840 But here's what's wild because in Matthew, it says that Mary 289 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:25,040 Magdalene and Mary the mother of James actually saw where Jesus 290 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:28,160 was being buried. I know. 291 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,360 And then there's another theory called the stolen body 292 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:36,520 conspiracy theory. That means that somebody came at 293 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,960 night, rolled A2 time stone away, and they took the body of 294 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,600 Jesus. I know, isn't that crazy? 295 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,560 Which makes no sense. But here's what's even Wilder, 296 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,880 because in Matthew 27, it says that there were some guards like 297 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,760 Seal Team 6 Roman guards in front of that tomb, and they put 298 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:00,600 a Roman seal on the tomb door. And that means if anybody were 299 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,680 to move that it's a crime against Pilot. 300 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:06,000 You think anybody's crazy enough to go do that? 301 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:10,600 I know it's nuts. And then there's a theory called 302 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:16,320 the hallucination theory. I know the hallucination argues 303 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,360 that the disciples experience a shared hallucination rather than 304 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:23,480 a physical resurrection. There's actually this German 305 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,400 theologian named Gerd Lubman who makes the assumption that 306 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,920 everyone who saw the risen Christ imagined it. 307 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,360 So check this out. That means all 11 disciples, the 308 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:38,800 women, those who are on the road to Emmaus and 500 plus 309 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,040 witnesses, they all imagined it. I know it makes no sense, 310 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:44,920 people. Crazy, right? 311 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,080 And it all gets better. And then there's something 312 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:51,320 called the spiritual resurrection theory, which means 313 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:58,440 that the body decayed but the spirit resurrected where it says 314 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:02,040 that when they walked in. They saw absolutely nothing but 315 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,080 sheets of Lenin perfectly on the tomb. 316 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,800 And then the last one. I don't even think I should 317 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,760 mention this one. This is so outrageously 318 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,560 ridiculous. There's something called the 319 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,640 swoon theory, this idea that Jesus actually never died, that 320 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,680 he just passed out, that he was just hurting. 321 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,920 So then when they put him in the tomb, they wrapped him up and he 322 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:27,280 just got right up and he just pushed over a 2000 ton tomb and 323 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,200 a door. And then he fought off these 324 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,880 soldiers after he's been pretty much beat to death and after 325 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:36,080 he's been scourged. And then he walked seven miles 326 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:41,200 to Emmaus all hurt. Have you ever stepped on a Lego? 327 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,080 I step on the leg. I'm out for like 30 minutes. 328 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,480 I'm just like, I can't walk. It's so ridiculous. 329 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,840 Listen, you could do all the theories in the world that you 330 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:00,160 want, but the truth is, is that Jesus resurrected from the dead. 331 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,320 That's the only explanation. And there's all these messianic 332 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,200 prophecies that point to him doing that. 333 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,920 Jesus rose from the grave. He's not there anymore. 334 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,240 You can't argue that Jesus ain't real. 335 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,640 You can't argue it. Many people that try to disprove 336 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,720 the resurrection actually turn into believers of the 337 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,360 resurrection. God is alive. 338 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:31,040 So whenever somebody tells you Jesus ain't real, you know what 339 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:35,120 you tell them? Yeah, he is. 340 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:40,960 Verse 11. But they did not believe the 341 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,320 women. Oh, sorry, I skipped the verse 342 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,120 here. Verse 10. 343 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:48,680 Sorry. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanne, 344 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,240 Mary the mother of Jesus, and the others with them who told 345 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,720 this to the apostles. But they did not believe the 346 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:01,400 women because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 347 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,520 There's a lot of jokes in that one, but I'm not going to 348 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:18,130 actually bro. So here they are. 349 00:22:18,130 --> 00:22:23,570 They go to the tomb of Christ. They see the angels, they see 350 00:22:23,570 --> 00:22:28,090 the empty tomb, they see the linen lay perfectly on the 351 00:22:28,090 --> 00:22:32,210 grave. Mary Magdalene has an has an 352 00:22:32,210 --> 00:22:37,240 encounter with the living Jesus. They run and they go tell the 11 353 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,520 disciples and they are they're telling they're pouring their 354 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,160 hearts out to them and the 11 disciples are like y'all crazy. 355 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,000 When the ladies told the disciples, you know what the 356 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:54,640 disciples told the ladies, bro, But there were two disciples 357 00:22:54,640 --> 00:23:03,360 that did it say that two disciples actually went So when 358 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:04,920 they heard the news the next verse. 359 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:10,360 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, bending over. 360 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:15,320 He saw the strips of Lenin lying by themselves and he went away 361 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,520 wondering to himself what had happened. 362 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,520 The Gospel of John gives a better description. 363 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,880 It says that when when they, when they heard the news from 364 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,760 the women, even though the other disciples, they didn't really 365 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,360 believe or they didn't really understand what was going on. 366 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,080 It says that Peter and John got up and took off running and into 367 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,400 the book of John. John tells himself that he beat 368 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,600 Peter to it. He showed up first, he had 369 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,000 better cardio. But he gets to the tomb, but he 370 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:51,040 doesn't go inside. He sees the stone rolled away 371 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:55,120 and he's just there. But Peter runs inside of the 372 00:23:55,120 --> 00:24:00,520 tomb immediately and he looks around and he's like, man, what? 373 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,680 What happened? You know, Swat about the 374 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,480 resurrection is that not even the disciples believed that it 375 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:12,360 was happening. The women, nobody thought, which 376 00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:15,800 even proves the resurrection even more because there was no 377 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,760 wishful thinking that it was actually going to go down. 378 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:25,400 Nobody was prepared for it. So what does this say about us? 379 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,680 What about us? I just want to end with three 380 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,760 things. What does the resurrection mean 381 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,080 to us? So as believers in Jesus Christ, 382 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,280 the resurrection should not just be a Sunday event. 383 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:41,240 This is something that all of us, this is something that all 384 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,960 of us should cling to. This is the foundation of our 385 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,880 faith and this is how we live, why we live our lives the way we 386 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,720 do. So number one, what does this 387 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,400 mean for us? It means that your life is an 388 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:58,360 open invitation to show the world what the Lord has done. 389 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,240 Your life is an open invite to show the world what Jesus has 390 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,600 done for you. The same way that the stone was 391 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:11,080 rolled away from the empty grave is the same way that our hearts 392 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,680 are put on display, that Jesus changed your life so that we, 393 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,200 the whole world, can see that the gospel is real. 394 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:24,160 The open tomb is an invitation for people to come in and look 395 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,520 around and discover that he's not there. 396 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:33,800 Your life, the way that you live your life, your heart of flesh. 397 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,440 Paul tells us First Corinthians that you are a new creation. 398 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,640 The old is gone and the new has come. 399 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,400 And for many people, you're going to be the only Jesus that 400 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,160 they get to see. Your life should be put on 401 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:53,160 display. It should be put out in the open 402 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,040 so people see your life and they're like, there's something 403 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,520 different about that guy. He used to not be that way. 404 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:04,240 What happened? The empty tomb, That's what 405 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,280 happened. I'm forgiven. 406 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,240 The world can see the risen Savior now. 407 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,760 I'm forever changed. My sins are forever forgiven. 408 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:21,720 Let the world see #2 what does the empty tomb mean? 409 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,360 Evidence that dead things are no longer attached to you. 410 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,280 Every time you see resurrection in the scriptures, there's 411 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:35,720 always a note in in the passage that whatever they wrap that 412 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:42,000 person in comes off. When Jesus died, they wrapped 413 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,320 him in linen and the way that that people would do that is 414 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,840 that linen cloth was wrapped and then in that the wrapped cloth, 415 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,560 sometimes Hebrew or Jewish families would put their name on 416 00:26:54,560 --> 00:27:00,560 it and then they would put spices and ointments and oils 417 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,320 and it almost become like a mummified situation, like it 418 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,960 almost kind of crusted. It got hard to keep the body 419 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:13,120 from decaying too fast and doing it the right way. 420 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,320 When Jesus rose Lazarus from the dead. 421 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,200 After four days, Lazarus came out and the Bible says that the 422 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:24,480 heat, Jesus said take off those pieces of clothes from him, he's 423 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,680 no longer in the grave. When Jesus came out of the 424 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,640 grave, he left the very thing that they wrapped him in inside 425 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,040 the tomb. Because when you become alive, 426 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,000 you leave the very thing that signifies death in your life in 427 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,160 the tomb. So if I'm made alive in Christ, 428 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,480 that means like the sin that's so bonded with me, I'm leaving 429 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,920 that behind me. And if the Scripture is correct, 430 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,960 if the gospel is real and the gospel says that I'm a new 431 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,760 creation, that means that dead things no longer have a hold in 432 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:02,080 my life, then then the question is then why? 433 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,920 Why do I carry that around? It's not attached to you. 434 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:09,000 That means that you must be holding it. 435 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:15,520 You've bought into the lie that says that you have to hold these 436 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,880 things forever and that because of your situation and because of 437 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,400 your family and because of the cycle of sin in your family and 438 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,320 because your grandma did it and your auntie did it and your mom 439 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,280 did it, that means that it's stuck with you forever. 440 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,040 And that's not what I see in scripture. 441 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:39,520 No, it's not. You leave dead things where they 442 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:44,040 belong, in the grave. But because of the resurrection, 443 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:50,080 you come out of the grave and you cannot be resurrected unless 444 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,960 you die first. You must be dead to be 445 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,680 resurrected. That means that we have to die 446 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,400 to ourselves. We have to put some things to 447 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,720 death in our life. So that way when we are 448 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,920 resurrected with Christ, like Paul tells us in the gospel in 449 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,280 the New Testament, we are a new creation. 450 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,920 Everything is new. Everything else is left in the 451 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,040 grave where it belongs. Dead things no longer are 452 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,560 attached to you. And then the last thing, and 453 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,040 we'll end with this, the resurrection is not. 454 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,400 So that way you could be amazed, the resurrection, so you could 455 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,120 be saved. The Resurrection Sunday, Easter 456 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,920 Sunday is not a day. So that way we could all come 457 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,000 together and be like, wow, that was an awesome service. 458 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,600 No, it's so we could come together to point everything to 459 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,120 Jesus. So that way you could give your 460 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,120 life to him. You could surrender your life to 461 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,520 him and say, I want to follow Christ. 462 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,600 I'm going to surrender my life to him. 463 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,560 You know what's so crazy about like this? 464 00:29:53,560 --> 00:30:01,840 This account in John when Peter and John run to the tomb in 465 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:06,200 Luke, it says that Peter got there, he entered, and then he 466 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,800 says he went away wondering to himself what had happened. 467 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,800 Another word that fits better is astonished. 468 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,920 Peter got to the tomb, he looked around and he was astonished. 469 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,640 In John's gospel it says that John. 470 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,640 This is John chapter 20, verse 8. 471 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,640 This is finally the other disciple who reads the tomb 472 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:36,400 first also went inside and John says that he saw and he 473 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:41,120 believed. There's going to be one of two 474 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,560 things here. You're either going to be 475 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:48,200 wondered, astonished in of the resurrection, or you're going to 476 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:54,560 believe the resurrection is not. So you could look at it and be 477 00:30:54,560 --> 00:31:00,440 like, wow, that's so cool. The resurrection is that you 478 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,000 could look inside and say he did exactly what he said he was 479 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,720 going to do and that he rose from the grave. 480 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,240 That means that the check cleared with God, that the 481 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,440 payment that Christ gave on the cross worked. 482 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,840 That means that forever, forever, forever in my life, I 483 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,600 am now accepted by God through the blood of Jesus. 484 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:25,720 I am always forgiven and I'm always covered by His grace. 485 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,360 It's not about astonishment, y'all, It's about belief. 486 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,440 It's not about tradition, it's about faith. 487 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,960 Celebrating the resurrection doesn't make you a Christian, 488 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,440 like eating a cheeseburger in and out make you a mediocre 489 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:45,440 burger. You could celebrate all you want 490 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:49,240 to, but what we're driving people here, what Christ wants 491 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:54,280 you to understand is belief. He wants your faith. 492 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,160 You don't get atonement out of amazement. 493 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,440 You get atonement when you put your faith in Christ. 494 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,840 So really what I want to leave you with today is just that. 495 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,560 Do you believe in the resurrection? 496 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,160 Do you believe in the resurrected Savior? 497 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,160 Have you surrendered your life to him? 498 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,320 Have you have you asked for the forgiveness of your sins? 499 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:30,240 And listen, if you haven't, today is a great day to do that. 500 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:36,240 You've been invited in. Easter is not just about 501 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,360 tradition, guys. It's about belief. 502 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,920 So what we're going to do is as we worship, we're going to have 503 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,760 our prayer team at the quarters. Listen, if you want to make a 504 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:50,880 decision for Christ, go to our prayer team, let them know. 505 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:52,680 I'll be up here till you come talk to me. 506 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,560 I think some of us also need to respond in a way saying, you 507 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,680 know what, I've been a follower, but I have not been baptized yet 508 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,640 because I don't know what that looks like or I have all these 509 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,560 solicit. Baptism is not salvation, but it 510 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,440 shows people what is happening on the inside. 511 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:16,080 And Christ calls us to do that, be baptized, let the world know, 512 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,440 remember, you're inviting the world in to see what the Lord is 513 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,840 doing. And then lastly, I think some of 514 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:26,600 us need to take some time and worship and actually worship the 515 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,720 Lord. Put away your devices, put away 516 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,200 your agendas and, and you need to spend time just thanking 517 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,480 Jesus. And he rose from the dead, and 518 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,960 that he resurrected, and I'm forever saved. 519 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,400 And as the Father crushed the Son on the cross, we've been 520 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,880 crushed by His grace. I think some of us just need to 521 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,480 worship and thank the Lord for what He's done. 522 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,640 We'll pray for us and then we'll worship together as a church 523 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:54,120 family.