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Robert Jeffress - Three Reasons The Resurrection Matters

April 1, 2026 | 27:29

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Three Reasons The Resurrection Matters | April 1, 2026

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas, this is
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"pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress."
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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Someone has wisely stated that
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Christianity stands or falls
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On the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead.
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Disprove it, and you have disposed of christianity forever.
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So why is an empty tomb
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The foundation of our christian faith?
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Today we'll identify the major life-changing components
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Of the first easter.
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My message is titled
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"three reasons the resurrection matters."
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On today's special edition of "pathway to victory,"
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If you ever have the opportunity to go to israel,
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One of the things that you will be thrilled by
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Is hearing and seeing the evidence,
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The archeological evidence
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For many of the events recorded in the bible.
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For example, from the old testament,
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You'll walk as we did into the city of dan
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And hear about heron, another old testament city.
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You'll see the evidence for the existence
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Of the philistines mentioned in the old testament,
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The existence of king david and his dynasty.
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You say, "what's the big deal about that?"
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Well, the fact is none of those facts recorded in the bible
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Had any historical confirmation until fairly recently.
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Critics of the bible used to scoff at the idea
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That the bible was historically reliable
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Until this evidence turned up.
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They're not scoffing any longer.
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The same is true with the new testament.
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In 1968, a decomposed body was found outside of jerusalem
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That dated back to the time of christ,
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And an examination of the body revealed that
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It was a man who had been crucified
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And the wounds coincided with those described in the bible.
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However, there is one event in the new testament
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That archeology will never be able to prove.
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A historian said it this way.
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Archeology may give us a better understanding
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Of the crucifixion and the tomb of jesus christ,
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But it can say nothing of his resurrection.
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Why can't archeology prove the resurrection?
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Very simple.
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There's nothing to be discovered.
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The tomb is empty.
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Aren't you glad of that?
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There's nothing to be found.
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And that empty tomb of jesus christ
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That is still empty after 2,000 years
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Is the foundation of our faith.
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That's what we're going to talk about
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For the few moments we have this morning.
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If you have your bibles, turn to matthew chapter 28,
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And let's review what happened
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On that first easter sunday morning.
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Remember, this is sunday after the crucifixion on friday.
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Matthew records now after the sabbath,
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As it began to dawn toward the first of the week.
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Mary magdalene and the other mary
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Came to look at the grave,
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And behold, a severe earthquake had already occurred.
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For an angel of the lord descended from heaven
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And came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
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And his appearance was like lightning,
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And his garment as white as snow,
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And the guards shook for fear of him
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And became like dead men.
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And the angel answered and said to the women,
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"do not be afraid for i know that you are looking for jesus
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Who has been crucified.
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He is not here for he has risen just as he said.
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Come, see the place where he was lying
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And go quickly and tell his disciples
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That he has risen from the dead.
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And behold, he is going before you into galilee.
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There you will see him.
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Behold, i have told you."
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And they departed quickly from the tomb
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With fear and great joy,
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And ran to report it to his disciples.
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Now i want you to consider for a moment
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What had happened in the last three days.
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For three years, jesus' disciples had given up everything
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To follow after him,
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Believing that he was truly the messiah.
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But on that friday afternoon when jesus said it is finished
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And died and was buried, their dreams disappeared.
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Their hopes dissipated.
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All was lost.
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Everything was for nought.
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But then on that easter sunday morning,
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Two of the women went back to the tomb of jesus.
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Why did they go back?
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They were going there to finish
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Preparing his body for burial
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To prevent the rapid decomposition of the body.
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But when they arrived at the tomb,
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They were shocked to see that massive stone rolled away
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And an angel sitting on top of that stone saying,
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"he is not here.
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He has risen from the dead just as he said."
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And i believe when the women heard that phrase,
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"just as he said," a light went off in their minds.
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Yes, they remembered what he had prophesied.
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He would rise again.
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He has risen from the dead, just as he said.
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But then i think they begin to think about
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All the other things jesus had said as well.
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And it was very clear to them
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If what jesus said about his resurrection is true,
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Then every other thing jesus has said is true as well.
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You see, ladies and gentlemen,
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The resurrection was not some isolated event,
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Disconnected anything else in jesus' life.
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The resurrection was the culminating proof
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That jesus was who he said he was.
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And if he is who he said he was,
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It has tremendous ramifications for you and for me.
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Today, i want to talk about three reasons
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The resurrection matters.
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What is it that the empty tomb proves?
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Write it down.
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First of all, the empty tomb is proof
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That jesus christ died for our sins just as he said.
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He died for our sins just as he said.
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In matthew 16:21, matthew says,
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From that time on, jesus began to show his disciples
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That he must go to jerusalem
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And suffer many things from the elders
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And chief priest and scribes and be killed,
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And he must be raised up on the third day.
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Jesus said, "my death isn't going to be some accident.
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It's not some tragedy.
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That's the whole reason i have come, to die."
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Hebrews 9:11-12 tells us this.
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But when christ appeared as a high priest
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Of the good things to come,
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He entered through a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
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Not made with hands,
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That is to say not of this creation,
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And not through the blood of goats and calves.
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But through his own blood,
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He entered the holy place once for all,
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Having obtained eternal redemption.
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Jesus christ never had to atone for his own sins.
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He had no sins.
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He went into not a manmade temple,
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But into the true presence of god.
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And he came not with the blood of animals,
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But with his own blood.
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And he made the sacrifice once forever,
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Having obtained eternal forgiveness for you and me.
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Isn't that great?
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That is what our savior has done for us.
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Now, get this,
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What happened the moment christ died on the cross?
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We find this word in matthew 27:51.
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And behold, the veil of the temple was torn into,
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From top to bottom, and the earth shook,
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And the rocks were split.
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There was no more sacrifice to be made.
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Everyone had the opportunity
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To come before the presence of god.
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That's what that torn into curtain represents.
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But now get this.
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This is so important to understand.
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Just because that curtain,
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That wall of separation has been removed,
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Doesn't mean anybody can come into god's presence.
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God hasn't changed.
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God is still holy.
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The bible says his eyes are too pure to look upon evil.
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None of us is qualified to come into god's presence.
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We need somebody's authority
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To come into the presence of god.
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We don't need a human priest.
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We don't need a human pastor.
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We need jesus christ.
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He is our perfect priest.
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And on his authority,
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On the basis of the sacrifice he made for us,
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We can have access to the king, god the father.
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Ephesians 2:18 says it this way.
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For through jesus, we both have our access
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In one spirit to the father.
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That word access is a word that refers to in greek,
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A court official who introduces people to the king.
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No subject could come to the king's presence on his own.
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He needed a court official who had the authority
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To usher him into the presence of the king.
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A number of decades ago, when i was youth pastor
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Here at the church,
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We took our youth choir to washington, dc,
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For the mission trip.
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And while we were there,
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I really wanted to go to the white house.
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And more than that,
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I really wanted to go into the oval office.
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Now, president reagan was the president at that time.
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I didn't know president reagan.
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I knew nobody on his staff,
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But i knew i was going to get myself into that oval office.
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Now, just imagine, i had walked up to the white house gate
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And i had said, "i'm robert jeffress,
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And i would like to go into the oval office."
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What do you think the guard would've said?
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"well, you and everybody else, now get out of here, kid."
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"oh, but you don't understand, mister.
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I believe in the existence of ronald reagan.
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Surely that grants me authority."
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The guard would laugh.
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"you believe in his existence?
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So do 300 million other people."
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I said, "well, no, i just don't believe in his existence.
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I really love him.
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I think he's a great president.
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I'm one of his biggest supporters."
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Would that have gained me entrance?
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No. no.
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To get into the oval office, i had to know somebody.
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I had to have the authority to get into that office.
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Fortunately, we had a friend of a friend
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Who was a secret service agent,
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And he had all the credentials necessary
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To get into the oval office.
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So we met him at the guard station at midnight one night.
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Guard got on the walkie talkie.
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And once he was sure president reagan
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Was upstairs and asleep, he said,
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"now, follow me into the oval office."
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I got into the oval office
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Not based on any authority i had,
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But knowing somebody who had the authority.
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Now, it's the same way in our entrance
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Into the presence of god.
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Not one of us is qualified to go to god on our own.
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We have to know somebody,
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And that somebody is jesus christ.
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Through him, we have access to the father,
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Because of the sacrifice he made for us.
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When he said, "it is finished,"
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All of our death has been canceled.
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We are welcomed into his presence.
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You say, well, "how do you know
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God accepted his payment for my sin?"
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That's what the resurrection proves.
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Romans 1:4 said that jesus was declared to be
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The son of god with power by his resurrection from the dead.
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If jesus had remained in that tomb,
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You know what it would've meant?
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He didn't die for our sins.
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He died for his own sins.
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But the fact that god raised him up
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Proved that his gift was acceptable in the presence of god.
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The empty tomb, first of all,
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Proves that jesus died for our sin.
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Secondly, the empty tomb proves
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That christ has conquered death.
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The empty tomb proves that christ has conquered death.
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Perhaps you're familiar with the name harry houdini.
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Do you remember harry houdini,
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The great magician and escape artist
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From the first part of the 20th century?
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He had all kind of escape tricks.
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At one point, they put him in a straight jacket
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And dropped him into an icy river,
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And he was able to break free of the straight jacket.
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On another occasion, many times,
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They would wheel in a huge tank of water
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On a stage like this.
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And before the audience, they would handcuff houdini
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And submerge him in the tank,
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And he would break free as well.
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But harry houdini decided that he was going to
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Save his last trick for last.
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He would escape the power of death.
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He arranged with his wife margaret.
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They had an agreement that whoever died first
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Would attempt to contact the surviving spouse.
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Harry houdini died on october 31st, very fitting. 1926.
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His wife, margaret,
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Waited to hear from her deceased husband.
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She waited.
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She died in 1943 without ever hearing a word,
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And she died disappointed and disillusioned.
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Not even harry houdini could escape the grip of death,
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Which makes the prophecy of jesus
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All that much more amazing.
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Remember what he said in john 2
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The jews therefore answered and said to him,
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"what sign do you show us seeing that you do these things?"
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And jesus answered and said to them,
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"destroy this temple.
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And in three days, i will raise it up."
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The jews therefore said,
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"it took 46 years to build this temple,
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And you're going to raise it up in three days?"
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But jesus was speaking of the temple of his body.
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When therefore he was raised from the dead,
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His disciples remembered that he said this,
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And they believed the scripture and the word
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Which jesus had spoken.
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It's interesting to me that jesus' followers
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Had forgotten his prophecy of the resurrection
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Or they dismissed it.
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But even though they had forgotten what jesus prophesied,
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His enemies remembered very well
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What he predicted about himself.
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Remember what happened on saturday
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After the crucifixion and burial on friday,
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Matthew 27:62-66.
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Look at this.
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Now, on the next day,
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That is on saturday, after the crucifixion,
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Which is the one after the preparation,
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The chief priest and the pharisees
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Gathered together with pilate.
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And they said, "sir, we remember
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That when he was still alive,
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This deceiver said, 'after three days,
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I'm going to rise again.'
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Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure
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Until the third day
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Lest the disciples come and steal him away
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And say to the people he has risen from the dead
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And that the last deception will be worse than the first."
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So pilates said to them, "you have a guard.
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Go and make the grave as secure as you can."
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And they went and they made the grave secure.
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And along with the guard, they set a seal on the stone.
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You see, these jewish leaders were scared to death
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That the disciples would steal the body of jesus
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And claim he had risen from the dead.
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They knew that would validate that he was the messiah.
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So they wanted the authority from pilate,
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The roman government, to make that grave secure.
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Now, why does matthew go to all of this detail
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To tell us how the tomb was secured?
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Well, it's to answer the question,
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What happened to the body of jesus?
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The disciples lacked the courage and ability to steal it.
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The romans and jews lacked the motivation to steal it.
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The person who moved that stone was god himself.
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God reached down and rescued his son from the grave,
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Proving that he had the ability to conquer death.
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The empty tomb proves that jesus christ conquered death
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Just as he said.
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Well, you're saying, "pastor, that's nice.
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He died for our sins.
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He conquered death.
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But what does that mean to me today?"
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This is the best part of the story.
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It means, the empty tomb means
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That one day christ will deliver us from death
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Just as he said.
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The empty tomb is proof that, one day,
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Christ will deliver you and me from death just as he said.
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There's not one thing you can do
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To escape the certainty of death,
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But you can escape the consequences of death.
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If you and i die without our sins forgiven,
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We are separated from god forever and ever.
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That's what hell is all about.
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But god promises that we can be delivered
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From the consequences of death.
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We can know for sure we're going to be
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Ushered into his presence
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If we know jesus as our savior.
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Over and over again,
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Jesus promised rescue his followers
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From the consequences of death.
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In john 6:40.
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For this is the will of my father,
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That everyone who beholds the son
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And believes in him may have eternal life,
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And i myself will raise him up in the last day.
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John 11:25.
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I am the resurrection and the life.
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He who believes in me shall live even if he dies
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Over and over and over again,
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Jesus promises life to those who, what?
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Believe in him.
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Don't miss this, folks.
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To believe in jesus doesn't mean
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To agree to a certain set of facts about jesus,
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That he came, he died on the cross
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For the sins of the world,
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And he rose again on the third day.
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You don't get to heaven by believing that intellectually.
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Even the demons believe that.
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There has to be a time
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When you trust and clinging to,
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Depend upon jesus for the forgiveness of your sins.
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The bible says when you confess your sins to god
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And you put your faith completely in what jesus did for you,
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Then you have eternal life,
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And then you can know for sure
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That god will rescue you from the grave
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Just as he promised.
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The empty tomb proves that christ
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Will deliver us from death just as he said.
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In 1989, a massive earthquake n
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Early destroyed the country of armenia.
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Within four minutes, 30,000 people were killed.
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After the initial shockwave,
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A father quickly left his young wife and his young child
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To head to the school where an hour earlier
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He had dropped off his little boy, armand.
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When he arrived at the school,
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His worst fears were confirmed.
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The school had been reduced to nothing
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But a pile of rubble.
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Mothers and fathers stood at the perimeter
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Beating their chest saying,
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"my child, my son, my daughter."
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The father stood there.
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As tears streamed down his face, he remembered
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Something he always said to his son.
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"son, whatever happens,
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I'll always be there for you.
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I'll always be there for you."
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The parents were crying out.
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He tried to keep his composure
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And identify where his son's classroom would've been.
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Once he had located where he thought
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The class would've been.
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He climbed that mountain of rubble
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And he began clawing away at the stones.
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Two hours, four hours, six hours.
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People tried to pull him away saying, "it's too late.
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They're all gone. they're all gone."
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But the father kept remembering what he had said to his son.
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"son, whatever happens, i'll always be there for you."
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He dug for 12 hours, for 20 hours,
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24 hours, digging through that rubble.
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Finally, a fire official came and said,
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"you have to leave, sir.
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There are fires breaking out.
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It's too dangerous for you to stay."
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But the father had made a promise.
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He was going to keep it.
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36 hours, he dug through that rubble.
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At the 38th hour, he pulled away a boulder,
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And he heard the voice of his son.
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He cried out "armand, armand, is that you?"
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He said, "yes, dad, it's me.
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I told the other boys and girls
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That if you were still alive, you would rescue me,
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Because you always said,
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'no matter what, i'll be there for you.'
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And i told the other kids,
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'if my dad rescues me, he'll rescue you as well.'"
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The father said, "what is happening down there?"
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The boy said, "dad, there were 33 of us.
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14 of us are still alive.
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When the school collapsed,
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It formed a wedge and it saved the rest of our lives,
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But it's dark down here.
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We're tired, we're hungry, we're afraid."
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The father said, "armand, let me help you out of there.
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Come out of there."
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Armand said, "no, dad,
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Let the other kids come out first.
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I know you'll keep your promise.
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I know you'll be there for me.
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I know you'll rescue me just as you said."
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Ladies and gentlemen, 2,000 years ago,
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God the father reached down
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And he rescued his son from the tomb
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Just as he said he would.
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And one day god the father will reach down
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And rescue those who know christ as savior just as he said.
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That's why the resurrection matters.
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♪ music ♪
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Just like armand's father kept his promise to his son,
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Our heavenly father will keep his promise to you.
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Have you reached out and taken hold of his hand?
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Well, just before we close today,
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Let me share a comment from marie
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Who listens to "pathway to victory"
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When unexpected challenges hit,
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It's easy to feel defeated and robbed of joy.
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We can always choose how we respond to them.
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The bible tells us that as a person thinks within himself,
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So is he.
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Our attitudes impact everything,
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Our work, and even our eternity.
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A lot of people think the easter story spans
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Just a few chapters in the new testament.
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But in reality, the easter story
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Began way back in the book of genesis
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When mankind sinned against god
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And god began an intricate plan for man's redemption,
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And god's rescue continues to this day.
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Well, next time, we're going to look
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At life's most important question.
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What happens when we close our eyes
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For the last time in this world?
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Thankfully, the resurrection of jesus christ
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Gives us the answer.
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Stay tuned for a preview
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Of what's coming up next on "pathway to victory."
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Easter is not about spring renewal families or daffodils.
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Easter is the answer to life's most important question.
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It's the question that job first asked 4,000 years ago
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When he said, "if a man dies, will he live again?"
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Set your dvr and join us next time
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June 13-20, 2026.
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Robert Jeffress - Three Reasons The Resurrection Matters

April 1, 2026 | 27:29

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