1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:05,040 All right, welcome back, parents. 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,320 Well, we're in a season of our lives, Jason and I with 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,000 grandchildren now that when our kids and our grandkids are 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,120 together, like for a holiday or something. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,320 And the, the sound of, of them visiting, right, is, is a 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,680 beautiful sound. And so I have this sense 7 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,880 sometimes, especially during a break, sometimes I'll just stand 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,960 here and to hear you guys visiting and enjoying being 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,160 together. I think the heart of God being a 10 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,000 father kind of just enjoys his kids being together in the, in 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,120 the house, right, And all the hustle and the bustle of it. 12 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,280 So I just, I always want you to be mindful that, that sometimes 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,240 we'll talk about the music part of the services, like, Oh, 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,320 that's the worship part. But my encouragement too is that 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,920 no, I mean you getting in your car on your way here, that's 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,480 worship. And then you walk in and you 17 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:55,320 interact with others, you see others, you connect, you don't 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,120 sneak in. Our our church is hard to sneak 19 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,480 in and just find a seat, right? That's you Like some churches, 20 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,040 you can kind of sneak in and not talk to anybody. 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,400 OK, I hope that that doesn't happen here. 22 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,440 I don't think it does, right. So my sense is that, OK, then we 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,320 sing and that's worship. And then even the announcements, 24 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:15,400 believe it or not, it's like this is the business of church, 25 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,640 right? Other times to connect every 26 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,880 part of what we're doing. This is kind of our liturgy. 27 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,640 Maybe some of you grew up in a church that was liturgical, 28 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,960 right? And it had certain kind of 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,280 ancient traditions. Well, we don't have so many 30 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,080 ancient traditions necessarily, but but our liturgy is coffee 31 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,600 and doughnuts and visiting and singing and a break. 32 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,280 The 5 minute break is part of our liturgy. 33 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,400 And I must say that I even teaching it, that 5 minute break 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,320 kind of gives you a minute just kind of rest your head. 35 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,280 And then we get to dig in deep to the word of God, right? 36 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:52,480 And certainly our attention and an honoring and admiration in 37 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:54,680 awe of God's word. That's part of our worship. 38 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,080 It's all part of our liturgy. So God's enjoying his children 39 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,400 being together in the house when we're together. 40 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,600 Now, if you have your Bibles on this Easter Sunday morning, 41 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,440 please take them and turn to the New Testament, to the book of 42 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,560 Luke, about the 80% through your Bible. 43 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,520 If you're new to the Bible, the New Testament, find that. 44 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,880 And then you have Matthew. Mark, Luke and John are the four 45 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,480 accounts of the story of the life of Jesus. 46 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,920 And then it goes on to Acts, which is the history of the 47 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,600 early church, and then letters that early church leaders sent 48 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,480 to church as an individual. So we're going to be in Luke 49 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,040 chapter 24. Again, notes are on the back 50 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,400 table each week if you're new to our church, I, I print out 51 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,240 pretty detailed notes that you could take home with you and 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,280 hopefully remember what we studied on Sunday morning. 53 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,280 So those are available to you. Either pick them up now or on 54 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,240 your way out. I'm reading to you from Luke 55 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,800 chapter 24. This is Luke's account of the 56 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,560 resurrection Sunday morning, and this is what he says. 57 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:59,240 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went 58 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,760 to the tomb taking spices that they had prepared, and they 59 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,960 found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 60 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,520 They found Jesus resurrected on that Sunday morning. 61 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,080 And we celebrate it today. Now this morning, I want to talk 62 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,400 to you about the resurrections, not the resurrection, but the 63 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,480 resurrections. And I'll explain that to you in 64 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,920 a minute. Let me pray for us, God. 65 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,880 I personally feel like like Christmas and Easter are just 66 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,520 the most important, important messages of a calendar year. 67 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:42,160 So this morning I stand before you and before this church 68 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,760 saying, please God, speak to us about how enormous the 69 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:52,480 resurrections are in our lives and in history. 70 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,880 So our hearts are open as an act of worship and we're eager to to 71 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,880 grow and our understanding of your truth and your word. 72 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,480 So we lean in, our hearts are open, our minds are ready. 73 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,400 Jesus, Holy Spirit, speak to us through your word. 74 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,680 We pray in Jesus name and everyone loudly together said, 75 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,000 Amen. So we're talking this morning 76 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,840 about the resurrections, and when I say resurrections, what 77 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:27,360 I'm saying is that it's plural. Of course, we're here today to 78 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,840 celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, but we're also here today 79 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,200 to celebrate the resurrections that we will experience because 80 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,360 of his resurrection. His resurrection leads to 81 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,680 eternal resurrections in US and we we experience resurrection 82 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,240 here on earth in our lifetime. Now that's the point of baptism. 83 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,560 When we come to faith in Jesus, we are, we become alive 84 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,320 spiritually. Jesus called it born again like 85 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,920 we, we, we, we are resurrected. And This is why baptism is what 86 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:02,320 it is. When you're baptized and 87 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,360 Christians are encouraged, if you come to faith in Jesus, it's 88 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,400 a command be baptized. Why? 89 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,880 Because we're putting on display out outward what has happened 90 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,640 inside of us. And so the idea of baptism is 91 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,840 that when you go under the water, you're cleansed for one. 92 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,360 But then when you come out of the water, you're resurrected in 93 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,360 Christ, right? So we celebrate that 94 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,480 resurrection at the point of our salvation, but then we will also 95 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,840 celebrate the resurrection eternally. 96 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,160 And I want to unpack that for you this morning. 97 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,320 I want to connect the resurrection Jesus on that first 98 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:41,200 Sunday to the resurrections that happen in our lives and will 99 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,960 happen in our lives to come. So what about the resurrection? 100 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,400 Well, according to Paul, the resurrection and the well, the 101 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,600 death, the burial and resurrection of Jesus are of 102 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:57,440 first importance. This is why the confessions are 103 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,600 so important. And and This is why we try, I 104 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,800 try to find songs that feel like an apostles creed of sorts, 105 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,440 because the things that are most important to us as Christians we 106 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:11,400 should be mindful of. And I must tell you, sadly, that 107 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,280 a lot of churches tend to find like little niche corners of 108 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:19,040 theology, a little thing and it sets them apart differently. 109 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,680 So maybe it's the the way they dress or they would take 110 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:28,000 something that yes is important, but ultimately what is of first 111 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,240 importance. So a lot of churches are built 112 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,480 around like 1 little thing in their theological spectrum and 113 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,080 they go, this is where they make it more important than it is. 114 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,720 OK, hear me out on this. Paul says that some truths are 115 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,880 of first importances. So the things that a lot of 116 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,880 churches disagree about and divide them, well, I don't think 117 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,480 it's honoring to God. But I must tell you, theology 118 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,480 and doctrine and orthodoxy is so important to me. 119 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,920 But I do it in the context of saying, OK, what is the first 120 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,760 importance? And if you find a church in 121 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,880 there, again, it's sometimes you'll go to a church. 122 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,280 You're like, I didn't even know that that argument existed. 123 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,920 I don't even know the Christians disagreed about that. 124 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,800 But this church then will kind of focus on this place of 125 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,680 disagreement. So at our church, we say we're 126 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,760 interdenominational. And what does that mean? 127 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,680 You could come to our church and think you're still a Catholic if 128 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,280 you want to, or Methodist or Pentecostal or Charismatic or 129 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,360 Baptist. See, we rally around the things 130 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,320 that are of first importance. And this is not watering down 131 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,720 the truth of God's Word. It's leaning in to the example 132 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,840 that Paul gives when he says these things are a first 133 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,600 importance. So where does he say this? 134 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:39,240 In First Corinthians 15, Paul's writing to the Church of Corinth 135 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,160 and he says to them, now I would remind you, brothers of the 136 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,720 gospel, what is the gospel? The gospel is the good news of 137 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,640 the love of Jesus displayed at the cross and the burial and the 138 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,760 resurrection. The good news is that we can 139 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,720 receive acceptance and forgiveness and relationship 140 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,600 with God. That is the gospel. 141 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,560 It's good news, he says. I remind you of the gospel I 142 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,760 preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 143 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,400 and by which you are being saved. 144 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:14,080 If you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you 145 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,360 believed in vain. So he's saying, hold fast. 146 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,560 If you hold fast, then he said otherwise you believe in vain, 147 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,440 right? So hold fast to these truths. 148 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,240 So what are the things he preached to them, and what does 149 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,720 he want them to hold fast to? What he's going to tell us for I 150 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:35,720 delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, 151 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,919 that Christ died for our sins in accordance with Scripture. 152 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,480 What is the first importance? Jesus died. 153 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,960 He didn't faint, He didn't swoon, He didn't go into a coma. 154 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,920 He died, and this is the point of the ancient creeds that say 155 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,080 that Jesus descended into hell. Did Jesus go to a place with 156 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,840 fire and brimstone? Some people think that no, 157 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,160 that's not what happened. The ancient creeds were saying 158 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,320 he descended into hell, meaning Hades or death. 159 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,400 It's a way of saying he died, OK? 160 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,840 Not that he literally went to his body to the place of 161 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,360 torment, OK? It's just saying he died and 162 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,440 this is of utmost first importance in our faith, OK? 163 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,040 What else? He died for our sins in 164 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,560 accordance with the Scriptures. That he was buried, It had been 165 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:22,240 prophesied, Jesus talked about it, that he would be, he would 166 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:27,440 rebuild his temple in three days and that he was raised on the 167 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,200 third day in accordance with Scripture. 168 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,880 So Christ died, was buried and raised. 169 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,520 This is a first importance. This is how important the 170 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:38,640 resurrection is. And then what else? 171 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,240 And that he appeared to Cephas, meaning Peter. 172 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,240 Peter who was one of his disciples. 173 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,120 Peter, you remember, was a fisherman and you, if you know 174 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,160 the story, you'll remember that Jesus raises his disciples up 175 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,720 and Peter is somewhat the one who often take risks and he 176 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:56,440 walks on water, sinks it a little while later, but he he 177 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,760 gets out of the boat. And so Peter though denies Jesus 178 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:06,440 eaten, knowing Jesus on the night that Jesus was betrayed 179 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,240 and arrested on that Thursday night. 180 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,480 So Peter was the denier. He was also the rock, though 181 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,920 Jesus said. Peter had a revelation When 182 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,360 Jesus said who do people say that I am? 183 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,360 They said, well some a prophet, some a teacher. 184 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,640 And Jesus said, but who do you say that I am? 185 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:26,720 And Peter said the Christ Son of God, and Jesus said upon this 186 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,880 rock meaning upon this truth, I'll build my church. 187 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,880 Some people in certain Christian traditions think that when Jesus 188 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,200 said that to Peter, that he was meeting Peter on you, I'll build 189 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,400 my church. He didn't mean that. 190 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:42,840 He meant on this revelation that you have, that I am the Christ, 191 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,360 the Messiah. I'll build my church. 192 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,800 And then Peter was also a rival to Paul sometimes. 193 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,760 So what's beautiful and 1st importance, Paul's saying, hey, 194 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,720 this rival that I have, I want you to know that Jesus appeared 195 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,120 to him and Jesus was going to build his church again upon this 196 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,680 revelation that Peter had. This is the first importance 197 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,840 that Jesus is the Messiah that had been prophesied about. 198 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:08,640 What else is the first importance? 199 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,160 That he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most 200 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,600 of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 201 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,000 Now, why is this the first importance? 202 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,760 This is the stuff that Paul preach, right? 203 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,360 He says, focus on these things. When Paul is saying Jesus 204 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,560 appeared to 500 people, he's saying there's historical 205 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,480 evidence for the resurrection. It's not a myth. 206 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,280 It's not a fairy tale. People saw Jesus. 207 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,880 He appeared again to over 500 people. 208 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,080 And when he says that some had fallen asleep, in this context, 209 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,120 he's saying some have died and many, many of the early 210 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,520 followers of Jesus were martyred because of their belief in the 211 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:51,240 resurrection and the lordship of Jesus, right? 212 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,640 So these are the first importance. 213 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:54,880 Verse 7. Then he appeared to James, then 214 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,360 to all the apostles, last of all to 1 untimely born. 215 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,680 He appeared also to me. So watch this. 216 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:04,080 This is the first importance. Paul is saying he appeared to 217 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:09,200 James, who was the brother of Jesus and the pastor in 218 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,960 Jerusalem. And then he says he's being 219 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,720 comical in the way here. He says last of all, as to 1 220 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,400 untimely born, He appeared also to me. 221 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:21,560 He was like, I'm untimely born. You know, early on Paul was 222 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:24,440 trying to martyr Christians to kill them. 223 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,880 And he says, and Jesus appeared to me. 224 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,320 I've seen him personally. These things are of first 225 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,720 importance according to Paul and what he preached, not a whole 226 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,360 bunch of little fringe doctrines on the side. 227 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,680 OK, so he's given. So when you read the writings of 228 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:42,280 Paul, know that, OK, these are the things that he thinks were 229 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,120 most important. Now, the resurrection, 230 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,360 resurrected Jesus again, had been seen by many, and many 231 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,840 would lose their lives, as we said, in this belief in the 232 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,280 resurrection. And this shows how committed 233 00:12:53,280 --> 00:13:01,160 they were to their belief in it. They gave their lives believing 234 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,320 and proclaiming the resurrection. 235 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,760 This morning we get to come to church and we have freedom and 236 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,280 we're not being, you know, tortured or arrested or 237 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,520 crucified because of our belief in the resurrection. 238 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:16,760 The early church, their commitment to it, was so great 239 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,680 that many of them laid down their lives. 240 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,120 Now you need to know that the resurrection of Jesus is 241 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,320 incomparable. What? 242 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,240 What do I mean by that? There's no other resurrected 243 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,840 person who, who or Jesus was man 100% man, 100% God. 244 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,200 He is the only resurrected 1 And you might say, well, what about 245 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,440 Lazarus? And what about Gyrus's daughter? 246 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:44,880 Remember Jesus resuscitated Lazarus and Gyrus's daughter, 247 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:45,640 right? She was ill. 248 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,920 Sometimes we think of, oh, Lazarus was resurrected. 249 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,480 No, Lazarus was dead for a few days in the tomb. 250 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,120 But the Bible says he started to stink, right? 251 00:13:55,520 --> 00:14:00,240 And so Jesus resuscitates him, but Lazarus is going to die 252 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,360 someday in the future. And Jairus's daughter, she's 253 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,720 I'll Jesus resuscitates her. She lives who knows how long, 254 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,440 but she eventually also is going to face death. 255 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,120 But watch this. Jesus is resurrected. 256 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:17,760 And what that means is that when he gave his life for us on on 257 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,360 Calvary, he was buried. When he resurrected himself, 258 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,600 He's never going to face death again. 259 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,760 And this is what will happen with us who follow Jesus, who've 260 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,160 given our lives to him. We will be resurrected, not just 261 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,240 resuscitated. We will be resurrected in a 262 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,880 physical body. We're not going to float around 263 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,280 in heaven, just spirit. No, our bodies like Jesus will 264 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:47,120 be resurrected fully and we will never again face death. 265 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,960 And that makes the resurrection of Jesus unique and different. 266 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,000 Yeah. In the notes, if you have them 267 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,240 this week, I put some squiggly lines in between sections. 268 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,400 I'm calling these turn signals. Sometimes it's like, OK, I'm 269 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,120 taking a turn here. So I want you to know, OK, we 270 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,240 just finished one idea. Now I'm going on to the next 271 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:03,800 one. OK. 272 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,800 So I want to show you John's accounts of that resurrection 273 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,680 center. Let's let's visit how John, the 274 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:14,400 apostle John explains what happened that morning. 275 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,400 All right, John 20, starting in verse one now on the first day 276 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,720 of the week, and Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early. 277 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:28,200 And Mary Magdalene, you'll remember, was a woman of ill 278 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,800 repute. She was a woman who would not 279 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,880 have been very respected and was coming out of some really 280 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:41,800 troubled behaviors, ungodly. And Jesus goes out of his way to 281 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,880 bring her to an awareness of his love for her. 282 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,880 And it's so magnificent that on this Sunday morning, who is it 283 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,440 that is going to the tomb is going to discover that the stone 284 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,560 has been rolled away in John's the, you know, this love 285 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,880 disciple of Jesus, But he's saying it was Mary Magdalene. 286 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,000 It's so beautiful to think that Jesus was going to use her in a, 287 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:10,000 in a profoundly historic way as the first to see the tomb empty 288 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,520 on the first day of the week. Mary Magdalene came to the tomb 289 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,800 early while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been 290 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,520 taken away from the tomb. And she was going because she 291 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,480 was going to put spices and prepare Jesus's body for 292 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,200 continued burial, right? So it's to keep his body from 293 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,560 decaying and smelling, if you will, right? 294 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:30,360 So she found the stone roll away when she got there. 295 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,200 Now, you must know that when the stone is rolled away, it's not 296 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,400 so that Jesus can get out, because Jesus can walk through 297 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,600 walls. Jesus can transcend time and 298 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:43,200 space, so the tomb is open so that we can get in. 299 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,160 It's God's way of saying, hey, here's evidence. 300 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,360 I'm going to help you believe because believing sometimes it's 301 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:54,680 difficult, but God rolls stones away and says, come on in and 302 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,080 see that it's real and see what has happened. 303 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,440 OK, so, so she ran and she went to Simon Peter, the other 304 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,359 disciple, the one whom Jesus loves. 305 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:09,319 So I hear John is saying she ran to Peter, the one who denied 306 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:11,240 Jesus. And John doesn't call himself 307 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,319 John in his gospel. He calls himself sometimes the 308 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:18,280 other disciple or the one that Jesus loved and said to them, 309 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,240 they've taken the Lord of the two men. 310 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,560 We do not know where they have laid him. 311 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,800 So John, it's so funny. He nicknamed himself, right? 312 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,040 He calls himself the disciple of Jesus loved. 313 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,400 Wouldn't you love to nickname yourself if you could come up 314 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:32,840 with any nickname? Poor doubting Thomas, right? 315 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,120 He, he was given a nickname, right? 316 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,920 I don't think he would have picked that one, right? 317 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,800 So but John, he gives himself his own nickname and he calls 318 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,280 himself that five times. And you could see those in your 319 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,000 notes. So the beautiful thing in John 320 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,240 calling himself this is to oh, to be that confident in the love 321 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,400 of God for you. What if you introduced yourself 322 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,240 to people, said hi, I'm Kurt and I'm loved by God. 323 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,840 I'm loved so greatly by Jesus. This is how John is introducing 324 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:04,120 himself. It's not arrogance or it's 325 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:08,400 really just confidence in the love that Jesus had for him. 326 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,160 Continuing verse 3. So Peter went out with the other 327 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,160 disciples, beating John, and they were going toward the tomb. 328 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,800 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple 329 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,080 outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 330 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:23,040 John mentions that he ran faster than Peter, which is a great 331 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:24,960 part of the story, right? Because he's real. 332 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,680 And but then when they get to the tomb, watch what happens and 333 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:33,120 stooping to look in, John saw the linen cloth lying there, but 334 00:18:33,120 --> 00:18:36,160 he did not go in. He doesn't enter the tomb, 335 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,440 right? It's curious. 336 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,520 But then Simon Peter, who ran slower, he got there following 337 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:47,040 him, and he went into the tomb and he saw the linen cloth lying 338 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:51,240 there. This is the heart of God for us, 339 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,120 right? Because I think Jesus ordained 340 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,200 the steps of that morning. Peter was heartbroken. 341 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,800 He had betrayed Jesus. He had sinned horribly. 342 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,440 He was defeated. And Jesus welcomes. 343 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:07,200 He's the first one in. And it just shows again the 344 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,960 magnificent scandalous love of God for those who have failed 345 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,920 and those who've wrecked things. So Peter, now this is going to 346 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,400 start the process of him continuing to believe and watch 347 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,760 it says. And the face cloth which had 348 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,720 been on Jesus head, not lying with the linen cloth, but folded 349 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,160 up in a place by itself. So why is it important that John 350 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,240 is pointing out that that the face cloth of Jesus was folded 351 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,360 in the tomb? Well, for one, it shows that it 352 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:38,640 wasn't a robbery. The body wasn't robbed and it 353 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,560 wasn't like an explosion. Maybe you think of the 354 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,840 resurrection like couple like dynamite going off or something, 355 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,440 right And just, you know, chaos everywhere. 356 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,080 No, watch this. Jesus just woke up. 357 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,680 He just woke up. He just resurrected himself. 358 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,640 And it's funny if my mom, I'm sure mom's watching this 359 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:56,920 morning. My mom. 360 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,920 One of the things, and I appreciate this so greatly, is 361 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,760 that when we were growing up, there was a big thing to to make 362 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,960 your bed. Right, make your bed first thing 363 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,240 in the morning. It's a great way to start your 364 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:06,560 day. And a couple years ago I saw a 365 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,240 naval commander who wrote a book and I think it was in the title, 366 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,040 the idea, right? It's like start your day, 367 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,280 whatever it was, It's like, so make your bed. 368 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,280 It's just I'm to this day really obsessed with, I like to make 369 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,640 the bed as soon as we can. Sometimes I'm ready to make it 370 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,640 before Jason wants to make it. So, but I got to, you know, it's 371 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,640 ingrained in me, right? So what maybe Mary taught Jesus 372 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,120 this, right, Because here Jesus, what does he do? 373 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:32,920 He gets up and he folds the linen cloth in a neat way that's 374 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,240 recognizable. He just wakes up. 375 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,640 OK. Verse 8 Then the other disciple 376 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,480 would reach the tomb first also went in, and he saw and he 377 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,920 believed Peter. Peter entering the tomb gave 378 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,800 John faith to do the same. And verse 9 For as yet they did 379 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,520 not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead. 380 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,280 Jesus had told them what was going to happen, but they didn't 381 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,160 understand it, right? I mean, it was so obvious, but 382 00:20:56,160 --> 00:21:00,160 they missed it. And I, I, I call to say as of 383 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,240 yet moment in, in our lives, there are things that you might 384 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,880 look back and go, oh man, when I was 20, as of yet, I didn't 385 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,840 understand. And then your understanding of 386 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,960 the gospel and God's love and truth, you grow in them, right? 387 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,120 And there might be some things in your life right now where 388 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:20,640 your thinking is off. And if you'd be open to say, 389 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,960 God, direct me and show me where in my life do do I need to 390 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:25,080 adjust? Where am I? 391 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,760 Where have I started to believe something untrue about me or 392 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,040 about you, God? And so John is looking back and 393 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,640 he would have been an old man at this time looking back, writing 394 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,200 the story. And he's looking back. 395 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,920 And so just great. He's saying as of yet at that 396 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,600 time, I still didn't get it. He gets it later. 397 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,400 But early on, even after those three years with Jesus, his 398 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:52,560 understanding was still limited. Now I'm taking a turn here. 399 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,360 I want you to know that his resurrection again will lead to 400 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,400 our resurrections. And this is the point of the 401 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,760 death and the burial and the resurrection of Jesus. 402 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:09,680 The point was the resurrections of those who choose to follow 403 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,800 Christ, the resurrection of Jesus, and our upcoming new 404 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,680 resurrections enable Jesus watch this to endure the cross. 405 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,480 Maybe you want to just like how is Jesus able to endure such 406 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:29,480 torture and hurt and betrayal? Well, Hebrews explains how he 407 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,840 got through it. Verse 2 of chapter 12 of 408 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,120 Hebrews, the writer of Hebrews is saying we're looking to 409 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,880 Jesus, who was the founder and perfector of our faith, move for 410 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:48,240 the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the 411 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,600 shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 412 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,240 You might read that and think, oh, OK, the joy that set was set 413 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,400 before Jesus was, oh, he got to sit at the right hand of God. 414 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,000 But that's not what Paul is saying. 415 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,040 And other passages will even display this. 416 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:10,360 Paul is saying that Jesus looked ahead to his resurrection and he 417 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,440 looked ahead to our resurrections and looking ahead 418 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,800 enabled him to endure the pain of the cross. 419 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,800 OK the resurrection of him and his followers for the joy set 420 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,760 before him he endured. Romans 8 he talks about this in 421 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,800 verse 18. He says, for I consider that the 422 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,640 the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing 423 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,560 with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 424 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,800 OK, The glory that is to be revealed to us is the 425 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,120 resurrected Christ eternally with God. 426 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,480 So how do we get through? How do we endure? 427 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,880 How do we get through the heartache and the tragedies of 428 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,640 life? Well, Paul is saying you get 429 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,360 through the tragedies of your life the same way that Jesus got 430 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,040 through the cross. And that is looking ahead to the 431 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,240 glory that is set before us. And the glory that is ahead of 432 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:04,200 us as Christians is the resurrection, not of Jesus. 433 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,240 That's in the past. It's our resurrections to come. 434 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,680 OK? Paul talks about this also in 435 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:14,240 2nd Corinthians 4, verse 17. He says for this light momentary 436 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:19,200 affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory 437 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,280 beyond all comparison. When we are resurrected, it will 438 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,640 be eternal and it will be on comparison. 439 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,240 And this is what gets us through the light momentary afflictions. 440 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,280 And verse 18, he says as we look not to the things that are seen, 441 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,520 but for the things that are unseen, for the things that are 442 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,560 seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are 443 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,800 eternal. When Paul says the things that 444 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,000 are seen are transient, he means they're temporary. 445 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,440 What you see now is temporary, but in the resurrected state 446 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,000 that you will be in, it will be eternal. 447 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,240 It will not fade. And it's an awareness of 448 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,480 resurrection or eternity with God that enables us again to get 449 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,560 through affliction. Paul talks about it again at 450 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,440 First Corinthians 15. He says, behold, I tell you a 451 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,440 mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, 452 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,240 but we shall all be changed. And when he's saying we shall 453 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,960 all be changed, I mean, he's saying we'll all be resurrected. 454 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,680 To change equals resurrection. And he's saying it in the 455 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,480 context of saying, hey, this is a mystery. 456 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,880 I don't quite understand it. Paul has such great 457 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,360 understanding about so many things, but it's understanding 458 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,840 of the return of Jesus. It's a little mysterious, right? 459 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,880 So anytime that you hear people talk about the return of Jesus, 460 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,280 just know that Paul himself said it's a mystery, so approach it 461 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,720 from that way. Now he's saying not all will 462 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,160 die, but all will be changed. When Jesus returns, those who 463 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:49,040 are alive will go to be with him, right? 464 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,720 And then we will receive again the resurrected body. 465 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,600 He says in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last 466 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,240 trumpet, For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be 467 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,760 raised imperishable, and we shall all be changed. 468 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,240 So at this point, I haven't hear intentional songs. 469 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,960 I'm watching the clock. But some years ago I had a 470 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,320 friend, his name was Nate Trotsky. 471 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,440 He's, he's a Major League Baseball coach now and he had a 472 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,080 school in California where I live and he was a musician and 473 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,360 he asked me to write some baseball songs with him, right. 474 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,560 And so I wrote songs about baseball. 475 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:25,880 I don't know anything about baseball. 476 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:28,040 And it convicted me. I thought, OK, if I'm writing 477 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,440 songs about baseball, there are some things in our Christian 478 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:31,920 truths that I've not written about yet. 479 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,240 So I wanted to, I made a list of songs I wanted to write. 480 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,640 I wanted to write a communion song. 481 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,200 I wanted to write a blessing song, which I wrote. 482 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,120 It's called May the Lord and I. And I wanted to write a song 483 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,520 from this passage. I'm like, OK, if I can write 484 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,520 baseball songs, I can write. So I wrote a song called At the 485 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,640 Trumpet Sound. At the Trumpet Sound, You can 486 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,000 find it, it's on YouTube. I look like I'm 18 and it was 487 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,080 only like 20 years ago. So I've aged a lot since then. 488 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:58,360 But so, but the idea was like, listen carefully. 489 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,960 I'll tell you a mystery. We will not all fall asleep, but 490 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,840 we'll all be changed in the twinkling of an eye. 491 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,440 We will rise to be with him. We will meet him in the sky 492 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,920 glorified. Something I can't remember. 493 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,240 But at the trumpet sound. At the trumpet sound. 494 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,240 Tears will all be lost away. No more doubt. 495 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,000 Or I can't remember the words. You'll have to go see it. 496 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,920 OK. I forget lyrics to songs I write 497 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,440 even. OK, So go find it. 498 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,640 OK. But I wanted to write a song 499 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,040 about this passage. So Paul is saying watch this 500 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:36,840 when? And this is really important to 501 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:37,680 understand. Get this. 502 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,600 Our bodies will be renewed. It's a mystery. 503 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,000 And those who die, where do they go? 504 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,040 You have loved ones that have maybe passed. 505 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,600 Where are they now is a question. 506 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,040 Well, here's what I think Jesus said to the man on the cross. 507 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,720 You will be with me today in paradise. 508 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,040 And there's lots of biblical president to say that. 509 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,440 Watch this. When people die, their spirit 510 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,000 goes to be with God. Their spirit goes to be with 511 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,160 God, but they're not. They're resurrected body. 512 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,680 They're not in it yet, but at the resurrection, at the 513 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,280 resurrection, we will get our bodies back and they will be 514 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,360 perfected. They will be in perfect state, 515 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,200 right? But for now, their spirit is 516 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:15,800 with God. So your loved ones who know 517 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,160 Jesus, they're with God, but they will get their resurrected 518 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,480 body. OK, That's important to know. 519 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,640 So watch this, Paul says, for the perishable body must put on 520 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,960 the imperishable, right? Our bodies right now are 521 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,240 perishing, but he says your perishing body will put on 522 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,520 imperishable. And you think about perishables 523 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,280 at the grocery store, for this mortal body must put on 524 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,240 immortality. We're mortal now, but our 525 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,760 bodies, we're not going to float around in heaven like this 526 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,320 little spirit ghost thing. No, we're going to get a body 527 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,840 and it's going to be immortal, 54 says. 528 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,200 When the perishable puts on the imperishable and the mortal puts 529 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,800 on immortality, immortality then shall come to pass. 530 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,120 The saying that is written, death is swallowed up in 531 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,640 victory. Oh death, where is your victory? 532 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,640 Oh death, where is your sting? Now it's really important to 533 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,600 know where the then is. So he says when the imperishable 534 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,920 puts on or when the perishable puts on imperishable and 535 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,600 mortality, immortality, then we'll say to death, where is 536 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,280 your sting? This is widely misunderstood by 537 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,200 a lot of Christians because they think, oh, we get to say that 538 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:19,840 now. Death, where's your sting? 539 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,720 Death, you got no sting. You got no sting. 540 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,360 It's like, no, death still hurts. 541 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,200 And if you've lost a loved one, if you've lost someone you love 542 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,000 and somebody goes, oh, death, where's your sting? 543 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,680 And you go, I forget it, man. Death stings. 544 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:35,840 It still hurts. Why? 545 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,000 Because we're not yet to that last resurrection, right? 546 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,760 Paul's saying at the trumpet sound right at the return of 547 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,840 Jesus, when we're resurrected and perishable puts on and 548 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,400 perishable, at that point, then we'll say to death, where is 549 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:56,280 your sting? But right now we still live in 550 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,440 perishable bodies and we still face death. 551 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,720 But at the resurrection at the last, then we'll say to death, 552 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:09,120 where is your sting? Now, Jesus had talked about his 553 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,680 resurrection and he talked about the other resurrection that 554 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,240 Paul's talking about the the resurrection of all of those who 555 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,000 know Christ, right? And here are some occasions 556 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,680 where he talked about it. He talked about in John Chapter 557 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,240 11 to the sister Martha of Lazarus. 558 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,320 OK, and I'm going to move through this part just quickly 559 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,160 if you're looking at the notes, but she said that Jesus, I 560 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,040 believe in the she said, I believe in the resurrection of 561 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,200 the on the last day. OK, so Jesus says, you know, do 562 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,280 you believe in the resurrection? She says, yes, I believe in the 563 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,800 resurrection on the last day. This is the little resurrection 564 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,360 that Paul's talking about. She's not saying to Jesus, I 565 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:45,800 believe in your resurrection to come. 566 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,200 I believe there will be a resurrection of the followers of 567 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,160 Jesus to come. And why does she believe this? 568 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,040 Because she had heard Jesus talk about it. 569 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,880 OK, Jesus talked about in Luke chapter 14, he talks about this 570 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,800 resurrection to come in verse 12. 571 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,920 He said, He said also to the man who had invited him, When you 572 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:06,480 give a dinner, this is a When you give a dinner or a banquet, 573 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,360 this was a religious leader Jesus was talking to. 574 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:13,040 He said do not invite your friends or your brothers or your 575 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,720 relatives or its neighbors, lest they also invite you in return 576 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,080 and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, 577 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:26,680 invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you 578 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:31,400 will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will 579 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:37,840 be repaid at the resurrection of the just When you do good. 580 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,000 Don't just do it for those who can pay you back. 581 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,440 Do it for those who can't pay you back, and then you'll 582 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,640 receive your reward at the last resurrection, the resurrection 583 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,920 of the just. So the resurrection of the just. 584 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,480 Well, who are the just? That becomes a question. 585 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,120 There's going to be a resurrection of the just. 586 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:56,240 Who are they? Romans 425 Paul says he's 587 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaking of Jesus and he says who was delivered up for our 588 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,920 trespasses and raised for our justification? 589 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,200 Why was Jesus raised? What was the point of his 590 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,840 resurrection? Our justification and the 591 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,320 justification that we receive because of the resurrection of 592 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,080 Jesus, it makes us part of the just. 593 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:23,920 Now we are in the family, the gathering of the just, those 594 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,400 who've been justified by Jesus. Jesus says there will be a 595 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:33,560 resurrection of the just those who are justified and Paul talks 596 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,720 about it in Romans 3 also he says for all fall short of the 597 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,760 glory of God. Everybody, everybody, none of us 598 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:44,400 are good enough to earn the love relationship with God. 599 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:50,480 None of us but what happens all of sin fallen short but verse 24 600 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:55,560 and are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption 601 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:59,000 that is in Christ Jesus. You and I are justified. 602 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:04,120 Justified equals salvation. Justification equals salvation. 603 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,560 We receive this Paul says because of the resurrection of 604 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,240 Jesus. Now you need to know that on the 605 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,480 cross where Jesus was. He's looking ahead to his 606 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,880 resurrection and the resurrection of the just. 607 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:25,360 And three of the Gospel writers point out that Jesus was mocked 608 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,320 on the cross. And how was he mocked? 609 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:32,480 They mocked him saying save yourself in Matthew 2739. 610 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,200 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and 611 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,120 saying you were you who would destroy the temple and rebuild 612 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,760 it in three days. Save yourself. 613 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,640 If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross, save 614 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,040 yourself. He'd said He could rebuild his 615 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,120 body, his temple, in three days. So they're mocking him because 616 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,440 of it. And in verse 42, he saved 617 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,000 others. He cannot save himself. 618 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,640 He's the king of Israel there. They go on and on and Mount Mark 619 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,720 points the same thing out in Mark 15. 620 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,800 They were mocking and saying, come on, save yourself, save 621 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,960 yourself. And they even said if you save 622 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:06,200 yourself, we'll believe in you. If you save yourself, then we'll 623 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,000 believe. The ironic thing was that if 624 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:13,159 Jesus would have saved himself, then we couldn't have been saved 625 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,760 ours, our being saved, our salvation is because he was 626 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,600 willing to not save himself. And this is important to know 627 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,520 because this is sometimes again, they were they were twisted in 628 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,960 their thinking. If you save yourself, don't 629 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,040 believe in you. They missed it. 630 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,320 Luke says it this way. One of the criminals who were 631 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,280 hanged railed at him saying are you not the Christ save yourself 632 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,719 and us. It's a big part of the story at 633 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,560 the cross. Save yourself. 634 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,400 But Jesus and John 1014 said I am the Good Shepherd. 635 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,480 I know my own, and my own know me, and just as the Father knows 636 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:51,199 me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 637 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:57,640 He volunteered and chose not to save himself so He could save 638 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,360 us. Through the resurrection we 639 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,080 received justification. Through the cross, we received 640 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:05,600 payment for the penalty of our sin. 641 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,960 But it connected with what happened on that Sunday morning 642 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:14,000 leads to us finally someday being able to be part of the 643 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,720 resurrection of the just. He knew all along he was going 644 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:20,520 to lay down his life and then he was going to take it back up 645 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,880 again. And he says this in verse 18. 646 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,240 No one takes it from me, meaning his life, but I lay it down on 647 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:28,680 my own accord. I have authority to lay it down 648 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,240 and I have authority to take it up again. 649 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:39,120 And this charge I received from my father says Jesus, Now in 650 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:40,920 your notes, I said, tying it all together. 651 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,000 And I put like a little bow there. 652 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,880 You can see that. So I'm putting a bow on this, 653 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,840 OK. The resurrection of Jesus is the 654 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:53,600 greatest event, and it is of first importance according to 655 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,040 Paul. And knowing that Jesus endured 656 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,960 the cross, looking ahead to his resurrection and ours to come 657 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:03,600 gives us an example of how we can get through anything that 658 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,760 life brings because we look ahead to the resurrection of the 659 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,200 just to come. So we can endure the struggles. 660 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,920 We can endure the heartaches. Looking ahead, looking back at 661 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,160 the resurrection of Jesus and looking ahead to ours to come. 662 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:25,280 These are the resurrections. Let me pray for us. 663 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,040 Wow, God, thank you for your truth found a word. 664 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,240 I love God that the way that you laid out scripture, there's so 665 00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:39,360 many connecting parts of its tapestry. 666 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,040 Romans points to the Old Testament and Romans points to 667 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,360 the Gospels and the Gospels point elsewhere and the prophets 668 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,800 point to Jesus. It's all connected and and I 669 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,400 love growing in our understanding of how you did 670 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,440 that. And I pray that you would help 671 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:59,000 us as your followers, Jesus, to to be aware of your 672 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,640 resurrection, how great it made a change in all of history and 673 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,960 then help us to understand our resurrections to come in Jesus 674 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,200 name. Before we leave this morning, I 675 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,040 want to take just a brief moment and I want to explain to you 676 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,880 that in order to become a Christian that it takes an 677 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,000 effort on your part. You don't have to you don't have 678 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,640 to perform well. You don't have to do so many 679 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,880 good works or pay such penance really to become a follower of 680 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,800 Jesus. You have to confess with your 681 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,400 mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord and then you 682 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,920 shall be saved according to Romans. 683 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,920 OK, so, so if you were maybe baptized as an infant, your 684 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:43,800 parents intentions were great, but that doesn't seal you for 685 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:50,240 becoming part of the justified by Jesus at the at the, at the 686 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,520 resurrection. So this morning, Easter Sunday, 687 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:58,360 2026 would be a great, great, great Sunday to say, Jesus, I 688 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,800 want to take that step and I want to surrender my life to you 689 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,560 and I want to become a follower and I want to welcome you to be 690 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,400 the Lord of my life and receive your forgiveness. 691 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,360 And what we believe is that you receive eternal life and it 692 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:09,880 starts now. You don't have to wait till you 693 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,240 die to receive eternal purpose in life. 694 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,720 You don't just endure this life. No, our our pursuit of Jesus 695 00:38:15,720 --> 00:38:19,240 makes this life so much more full and meaningful and his 696 00:38:19,240 --> 00:38:22,440 presence and his Holy Spirit. So this morning I want to pray 697 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,280 and my heart and hope would be that if you've never decided to 698 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,920 follow Jesus and you would decide to do it this morning and 699 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,040 then that you would tell somebody, you would tell a 700 00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,720 family member, a friend that you made the decision to become a 701 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:35,360 follower of Jesus. So I'm going to pray and my 702 00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,240 encouragement to you is echo this prayer with me. 703 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,680 You could pray Heavenly Father, I come to you in Jesus name and 704 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,560 I believe God, you're drawing me. 705 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,400 You're you're you want relationship with me. 706 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,840 And so you've gone this great lengths to do it and I see it 707 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,760 and so not of my own performance or hoops that I've jumped 708 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,040 through, but simply by believing because you've made us to 709 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:02,360 believe God, I pray that you would come into my life. 710 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:03,760 Jesus come and reign and rule me. 711 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:08,000 Fill me with your Holy Spirit and teach me in your ways Today 712 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,840 I make the decision to confess my faith in you and accept your 713 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,680 salvation and your lordship in my life. 714 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,320 So Jesus, come reign and rule in me. 715 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,120 I pray in Jesus name and everyone loudly together said 716 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,720 Amen. If you did make that decision, I 717 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:25,480 encourage you, tell somebody, reach out to me, tell a friend, 718 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:29,440 a family member, and we want to encourage you in your pursuit of 719 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,640 Jesus. Let's all stand together and 720 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,760 before you head out, I want to say a blessing over you. 721 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,400 And again, thank you for being here this morning. 722 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,920 So great to see you all right, if you'll prepare your heart to 723 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:44,520 receive this blessing before you go. 724 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:52,480 And now may the Lord bless you and keep you and may make his 725 00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,840 face to shine upon you. And may the joy of the Lord that 726 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,400 is unspeakable and full of glory, may it abound to you. 727 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,200 And may the peace of God that passes all understanding, may it 728 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,720 surprise you in the midst of all the challenges. 729 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,640 That life brings. And then may the mercies of the 730 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,640 Lord, in other words, the forgiveness of God. 731 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:15,120 That's new every morning. May it be especially new to you 732 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,520 and your mornings to come. And now may the Lord Jesus 733 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:21,560 Christ guard your heart and your mind, your salt and your light. 734 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,960 Go now and be salt and light unto the world. 735 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,320 You are blessed and we'll see you again soon.